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Evening Mail in London, Middlesex

18 Dec 1797

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Evening Mail

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

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Dec 18, 1797

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2

Revisions to Watch and Clock Duty Bill Debated in Commons

Parliament debates modifications to the Watch and Clock Duty Bill. Pitt outlines relief measures for households and shopkeepers, with higher-rate taxes for the wealthy, and plans for committee consideration, printing, and a report by the following Wednesday fortnight. Several MPs oppose or support the bill as speakers urge clarity.

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House OF Commons Mainwaring St.James Clerkenwell St. Luke Middlesex Plomer Nicholl Folliffe Lord Wm. Ruffell Southwark England Tierney Shaw le Fevre Wilberforce London Dea Gz Mr. Windham Toto Pitt Mr Tierney Mr. Pitt Mr. Tierney Europe Nichol Huffy Alderman Lahington Mr Dent Burdon Douglas Manawaring Alderman Combe Byng John Sinclair Pitz Horfiain Husbandry
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London News Roundup of Court, Fleet Market Tragedy

London datelined report inventories royal audiences on arrival of the king and the India fleet value at six million pounds. It notes ships weathered gales, corrections to earlier stories, mutiny affairs, and a boy killed by a carriage near Fleet Market arches. Mentions French prisoner agent, provincial debates, naval commands, and a pension for Sir George Fairfax’s widow.

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India M. Gattois Paris M. Cuars Retier Suertpan House of Commons Trerney Rose Pstt Long-acre Hanover-street Bowstreet Farrfax Hope George Fairfax Thomas Eyre Fovant Sarum Moss England Geneva United States Fleet-Market
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