Reading of the Navigation Act sparks bill motion
Thursday in the House of Commons a Test Speaker chaired as Mr Rose Fuller moved to read the Navigation Act of the 12th year of Charles II and an 18th century explanatory act. He argued foreigners should not own shares in ships trading to Asia Africa or America, urging a bill to bar non natural born owners to protect American and West Indian shipbuilding and trade.
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House Or Commons
Rose Fuller
Charles the Second
Navigation AG
Fuller
North America
West Indies
Asia
Africa
Jamaica
Boards of Admiralty, Trade, and Customs
America
Dempster
Grey Cowper
Wiitworh
Mane
Onslow
Jeru
Ameenilad
R. Whiteworth
Anderstand
England
Great Britain
Debates on Bastardy Laws and Dog Act in House of Commons
Wednesday debate centers on repealing a James I era law for concealment of bastards and harsher penalties. Speakers attack the Dog Act as unconstitutional. calls to amend or repeal seek clearer laws and safer punishments.
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James the First
Sven
Bill
Re-Whitworth
Speaker
Sip
Letter to London Sheriffs From a Gentleman
A gentleman writes to the London sheriffs praising their conduct and role in public life. He notes a recent exchange in the General Evening Post from January 28 about a political disagreement now resolved. He commends two sheriffs for their potential impact on liberty and parliamentary reform debates.
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Sheriffs of
London
Evening Post
Saw2Ripag
Duelling, morality, and the worth of human life
The London Spy laments duelling as murder and indicts officials who call it a path of honour. It urges capital punishment for such acts and condemns impiety. The piece appraises public duty, then shifts to industrial distress and silk manufacture woes, blaming overstaffed factories and imports while urging apprenticeship limits and regulated labor to aid unemployed weavers.
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Leidon
The Prudentia Tale of a Young Woman’s Self View
A twenty one year old single female writes a candid confession of her simple, genteel life. She rejects fashion excess while tending to household duties, markets, and modest study. She defends dignity in domestic roles and cautions young ladies against premature marriage.
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Prudentia
Kent
Dresden
Spectator
Guardian
Anecdotes of J J Rousseau and His Frugal Virtues
The text recounts Rousseau’s taste for music and self respected independence. Madame Pompadour helps him with a purse but he declines a gifted favour saying a laborer’s hire should match market value. A Duke of Orleans requests education for his son but Rousseau refuses, asserting princes should not dictate his role. He also refuses a Prince Conde visit after a Montmartre cottage scene.
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J. J. Rousseau
Fqousseau
Paris
Madai
Pompadour
Jean Jaques
Hercheme
Orleans
Chartres
Rousseau
Prince of Conde
Rouffeau
Montmartree
The Lawyer's Prayer Fragment 4
Fragment lines pray for conscience and virtue while opposing oppression and deceit. The speaker seeks protection for the weak and wants no sanctification of villains, hoping Heaven grants peace, honor, and a blessing on honest lives at death.
Greenoughs Teeth Tinctures for Scury and Tooth Ache
An old advertisement for FEET HS SCURVY and TOOTH-ACH tinctures by THOMAS GREENOUGH at Ludgate Street and F Newbery at St Paul's Churchyard. It claims teeth cleansing, whitening, firming loose teeth, preventing decay, and curing gum disorders. It also promises toothache relief within minutes. The notice warns against counterfeits and requires bottles to be in oblong square bottles with precise labeling prepared by Greenough.
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Thomas Greenough
Ludgate-street
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Greenough
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General Evening Post
Cesar
Lama Tittle
Mall
Card
Rose
Lord Camiie
Pythagoras
Dian
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