Elegant Mansion and 30 Acres for Private Contract Sale
Market Drayton Shropshire announces sale of a modern mansion house once the residence of Coronel Avenant deceased. Includes stables, yards, walled garden, outbuildings, and about 30 acres of pasture land near Drayton. Viewings via Messrs Dicken and Warren. Also a market note on economy and discounted lavender water and hair products from Steel.
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Market Drayton
Shrofshire
Coronel *Avenant
Market Dreyton
Messrs. Dicken and Warren
Actomies
Drayton
Dictator officer praises botanical syrup in 1799 letter
Spithead January 2 1799 Henry Hows Esq first lieutenant aboard His Majesty’s Ship Dictator writes of a cure from botanical syrup and nervous cordial after a wound. He lists witnesses and agents across London and regional towns, praising the medicine and promising future recommendations.
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Spithead
Henry Hows
Bappum
Henry Boys
Albion-street
Blackfriars
James Sanderson
Charles Hanby
Manchester Square
Richard Graves
Hembury Fort
Honiton
Devon
Chapman Ives
Collishall
Norwich
B. Robertson
W. Hill
London
W. Bristow
Canterbury
Samuel Rash
Samuel Kinsford
Sturry
John Bray
Foy
Cornwall
Wm. Treen
Uppingam
Rutland
Rees Harris
Colchesters
Wm. Glasspoote
Shertorn
Dorser
J. Greville
Chifvick
Middlesex
Gratis
Doctor’s
Mr. Robinson
Tunbridge-ware
York House
Piccadilly
E. Newbery
St. Paul's Churchyard
Ward
Holborn
Gray's Inn
Jebouit
Pall-mall
Boulton
Royal Exchange
Collins
Salisbury
Spilsbury and Co
Expenditure and Revenue Machinery in War Meantime
The passage outlines how the legislature raised supplies with cheer and entered funds into the Public Treasury at minimal cost. It details tax management across war and postwar duties, receiver general charges, parish collectors, and stamp revenue, noting reductions in poundage and the abolition of many officers in Excise and Customs. The tone emphasizes efficiency and reform under the current minister.
Recurrent Costs in 18th Century Revenue System
The passage outlines expenses in collecting royal revenue, noting 1797 Committee figures for gross costs at 6 26 percent. detailing Customs, Excise, Stamps, and Taxes. It cites Post Office transport costs, reductions by 1799, uniform poundage taxes, and claims no major revenue losses beyond a goal. It also mentions 747 fewer persons and a revenue of 12,100,000 per year versus 6,000,001 under a prior minister, implying letter carriage as a major factor.
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Committee of Finance
Carritro
E&c
Tax on Income Exemptions and Abatements for Families
The article details exemptions from income tax, including a personal exemption for incomes under 60l. per year, and a 10 percent overall levy. It explains abatements for legitimate children, with rates varying by the claimant’s income, and notes that abatements are determined by commissioners after income assessment. It covers exemptions for mayors, clerical stipends, trustees, bankers, public bodies, and corporations, and explains how income is taxed in the hands of recipients or beneficiaries.
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Great Britain
Bank of England
Euch
Rickets Divorce Bill debated in Lords with key testimonies
In the Lords on the second reading of Rickets's Divorce Bill Captain Rickets seeks permission to dissolve his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Lambert and wed again. Evidence covers access, adultery with John Hargreaves, and the need to prove physical impossibility of access. Lords discuss bastardization, lineage implications, and potential exceptions.
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Rickets
Dallas
Henry Rickets
Elizabeth Jane Lambert
Earl of Cavan
His Majesty’s Navy
West Indies
England
John Hargreaves
Lancashire Fencibles
Trinity
Rickers
Hargreaves
King’s Bench
Capt. Rickets
Lady Elizabeth
Ballardy
Lord Kenyon
Rocheser
Duke of Clarence
Earl of St. Vincent
Adultery Evidence and Irish Union Debate Arise in Lords
In a session involving Lord Grenville and Lord Holland the Lords debated bastardy evidence limits and an Ireland union plan. Capt Rickets may be examined as discussions shift to papers on Ireland and the British Empire’s interests.
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Rickets
Lord Augland
Rochester
Ireland
Lord Grenville
Lord Holland
Compion
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STREL
Armanis
St Zeit
Steel
Catrine-street
Strand
Excise
Falt
Farber
House of Lords
Magena
House of Commons
Wednespay
Blackburne
Liverpool
Tyrawhit
Taylor
Opera House
Pitt
WV. Pulteney
Juro
Simeon
Ellison
Prince Epward
Ernest Augustus
Ametta
Eat
India
Newfoundland
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