Measure to allow foreigners to lend on West Indies estates
In the House of Commons, Mr. Pultney moved to bring in a bill authorizing foreign lenders to finance mortgages on West Indian estates and to permit sale of mortgaged lands to repay principal and interest. Oliver Nugent of Dominica testified that money is scarce in the sugar islands and loans at low rates from Holland or Genoa could aid planters, with protections to prevent Dutch gains from collateral. The motion passed, amid questions about potential risks and safeguards.
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House Or Commons
Wie
Dempster
Pultney
West Indies
Oliver Nugent
Dominique
Holland
Genoa
Islands
Rock
London
St. Croix
West-India
Nugent
Neemer
England
Fuller
Hart
Sawdridge
Pellen
The Right Vomsurabe Lorn NORTH. Ou-Places 3¢ PUBLIC-DIVERSION.
A fragmentary political monologue condemns executive malfeasance and public libertinage. It laments how licentiousness corrupts citizens, harms families, and feeds social distress, urging moral and legislative correction in a metropolitan context.
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Senate
Catalogue of public amusements and venues in town
A dated catalogue lists theatres assemblies gardens wells riding exhibitions pantheons and disputation clubs among other venues. The author urges Lordship to use the catalogue to confine vice and suggests many establishments across town with names and locations, aiming to provoke action.
Descent From Mount Etna Through Lava Fields in May
An explorer recounts his ascent of Mount Etna from Catania on May 1, featuring St Nicole convent, Nicolofi village, congealed lava roads, the 1766 eruption remains, the Pian di Formento plain, the Philosopher's Tower ruins, and the perilous summit crater. The view spans Calabria, Sicily's eastern coast, and distant Taranto, with notes on local life, forest, and the island's distressing shifts in wealth and labor.
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Abyfna
Sicily
Mount Atna
St. Nicole
Catania
Nicolofi
Nicolo
Sicilans
Sciarra
Gui'e
Blafio
Emanuel Ferra
Piano di Formento
Empedocles
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius
Taranto
Augusta
Syracusa
Tavormina
Mesfina
Lentini
Leontium
Pifmires
Palermo
Metilina
Mciern
Syracuse
Germany
Pertha
Bisporto
Europe
Temolo and falma relation near quarter English measure
A temolo equals a fraction of a falma, described as very near one quarter of an English measure. The note links temolo to falma units and places the fraction close to a quarter unit in traditional measures.
The Man Who Was Going to Prison
A narrator recalls aiding a debt debtor by paying ten pounds to gain liberty. He reflects on compassion, wealth, and his own frugal sacrifice. The tale contrasts poverty and generosity, ending with the debtor’s freedom as darkness falls.
Noble Spaniard Duke of Frias Refuses Pensions
A D O TE notes ALESCO, Duke of Frias, once rich but careless with funds. As Chief of the Council of State, Constable of Castile, and Grand Falconer, his pensions would cover needs, yet he refused all pay. He argued a subject with ample estate should serve the Prince and not be mercenary.
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Alesco
Frias
Spain
Castile
Ean
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