Books for Youth Education and British History Published
The undermentioned books published by W Lownes London are recommended for parents guardians and those educating the rising generation. A geography for youth with maps questions and longitude latitude. a history of England and the British Empire with an essay on government. a new memory method with chronologies and tables. prices range 3s 6d to 4s bound with engravings and maps.
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W. Lowndes
Fleet-street
London
Cooper
Commodore Byron
Wallis, Carteret
Cook
England
British Empire
Alexander Bicknell
N.B
Memoria Technica
Cure for Epileptic Fits by Howells Powders Promised
By His Majestys Royal Authority all kinds of fits are cured by Dr Howell. Rebecca Green testifies after decade of epilepsy and hospital stays that Howell's powders restored her health. Attestations, witnesses, and notices of the medicine sold at No 98 High Holborn, London, with price sixpence.
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Howell
Rebecca Green
Savoy
St. Bartholomew’s
Guy’s
St. Thomas’s
Howes
Guildhall
London
T. Wright
John Hunt
John Burges
Tralian
Savoy Steps
Strand
Fer
Thompson
Rob
Burch
Dyer
Tho. Berger
Hoffer
Betides
High Holborn
Red Lion Street
Hungry Juror Forecloses Fire Case in Berkshire Reading
Indictment for barn arson referred to a jury in Reading. A jailed juror threatened starvation to force a verdict. Hunger drove the group to a kitchen fire where they were found eating. After hours of resistance, the juror capitulated as others returned to the case. Verdic at six thirty morning declared.
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Berkshire
Reading
Burton
Posse Comitatus
Instructions from Governor Philips on Norfolk convict agriculture
Extract from a March 2 1790 directive to the Lieutenant Governor detailing how convicts should be employed on the Norfolk settlement. It emphasizes land cultivation, prioritizing flax to supply clothing and maritime needs, while ensuring basic provisions. The governor requests observations on soil, methods to boost independence, and reports to Ministers.
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Philips
Norfolk
Letter on Botany Bay as site for settlement in 1790
Governor Pairlis reports Botany Bay unfit for settlement due to bad harbour and easterly winds. He details Hawkesbury river exploration, navigability, fresh water limits, and rich soil nearby. A Port Jackson settlement at Rose Hill satisfies expectations with very good soil.
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Botany Bay
Pairlis
Lord SydNey
Sydney Cove
Hunter
Sirius
Broken Bay
Hawkesbury
Richmond Hill
Richmond-hill
Lansdown
Carmarthen
Port Jackson
Rose Hill
Nepean River and settlement plan drawn by colonists
The narrative details exploration south toward the Nepean and the river rising thirty feet, its breadth of 300 to 400 feet, and land near Rose Hill suitable for tillage. It discusses proposing 500 to 1000 acre farms for settlers with convict labor, two-year public aid, and potential land grants for officers and soldiers. It notes natives avoid the area and that grain markets may arise by the third year as cattle and poultry increase.
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Hawkesbury
Rose Hill
Nepean
England
Irish House of Lords Debates on Timber Cultivation Bill
In committee Lord Ranelagh chairs a debate over a bill to encourage cultivation and preserve timber, trees and plants. The Lord Chancellor opposes it as unconstitutional and harmful to landowners, while Lord Mountjoy defends its long standing use since Elizabethan times and cites legal precedents like King against Burnaby.
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Lord Mountjoy
Lord Portarlington
Lord Glandore
Ireland
Europe
Archbseop of
Cashel
Dunsany
Mountmorres
Lord Ranelagh
Elizabeth
England
Burnaby
Justice Holt
House of Commons approves three finance bills in session
On Thursday March 1 Mr Moen presented reports on the Tobacco Bounty and American Trade bills, all agreed to and ordered engrossed. A second reading of the Qualification Bill was read and committed for tomorrow. The Great Money and Revenue bills were reviewed, reported to-morrow, and the House adjourned.
Lords Message on Timber Preservation Bill Ends in Rejection
A Lords message brings an engrossed timber preservation bill, read first time, but deemed a Money bill not originating in the Commons and rejected. Another Lords message returns a Money bill with no amendments. The day’s business is postponed until tomorrow and the House adjourns at seven.
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Corry
House of Commons
Committee of Further Ways and Means
Westmeath Election Report Reopens Seat Debate
Thursday March 3 report by the Committee on the merits states Mr Handcock was not duly elected and William Smith, Esq. should have been returned. the Clerk ordered to amend the return. The House read the Money bill, debated the eight-pence duty on rum, 53 for, 20 against, a majority of 33, then passed the report and bill.
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Westmeath
Handcock
William Smith
Dublin Birthday Ode and Dublin Lottery News
Dublin reports on Queen Victoria’s birthday celebration with an Ode at the Castle, a ball and supper, and a health visit planned by Countess of Westmoreland to Bath. Also note a duel on the North Lots injuring Mr W and a Drogheda murder of Excise Surveyor Pentrawp by a lashed blunderbuss.
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Countess of Westmoreeland
Bath
Stewart
Nessit
Shaw
Pentrawp
Pentranp
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Saion-Britain
North-America
Scotland
Church Awardens
STATE
State Paper
House OF Lords
Tursday
Dublin
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