Building Act Requires Ladders In London Parishes
Editor notes a late building act requiring every parish in London and Middlesex to maintain public ladders of three heights for fire escape. Failing officers face a ten pound fine split between informer and surveyors, with distress on goods as enforcement. The extract urges readiness and warns against exploiting the law.
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London
Westminster
St. Mary-le-bone
Paddington
St. Parkras
St.Luke
Chelsea
Middlesex
Thall
His
Sarry
Nuts of the Harse-Chestnuts in washing and feeding
Postscript from a reader promotes Harse-Chestnut nuts as a soap substitute for washing linen and wool. It describes preparation from peeled nuts, steeping in soft water, producing a frothy liquor that lightens fabrics and removes stains. It also notes poultry, cows, and horses may benefit from the meal and oil.
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Sunes Vitae
Horfée-Chefnais
France
Switserland
S.A
Arrival of Duke de Narbonne to relieve Count de Marbeuf
Foreign intelligence from Bastia reports Duke de Narbonne has arrived to relieve Count de Marbeuf and has ordered the release of all foreigners confined in prisons. Paris dispatch notes the king’s esteem for supporters of the late monarch and recalls a royal exchange with the Countess de Marian.
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Bastia
Duke de Narbonne
Count de Marbeuf
Paris
Countess de Marian
Prince de Soubise
la Muette
Queen
Madame de Provence
King
Madame d’Artois
Count d’Artois
Count de Provence
Insolvent Debtors Bill Debate in Upper House
An insolvent debtors bill faced committee amendments in the Upper House. In the Commons yesterday the Quebec government bill neared a third reading. A money bill dispute arose over preserving Crown rights and clerical dues amid precedents. The debate referenced historic precedents and authority.
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House of Commons
Auarter
Cea
C—per
Quebec
Mer
Lords
H—ard
Edward the
Treasury
Historic House Divided Over Privileges and Reforms
A heated session ends with a division of 56 to 20 as the House debates sheriffs and printers privileges. Reports show the Commons ready to modify the royal address, weigh coin standards, and adjust ways and means. A Boston yarn production note and a rash of local crimes follow, including a fatal arson attempt, a murder near Oxford road, and a woman burned to death in Lambeth.
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House of Commons
Lloufe
Shise-hall
Boston
New-England
Satory House
Addington
Cuddesden
Oxford
Thomas Robinson
Ranelagh
Dr. James
Whitechapel
Gloucefer
Fune
Mr. Oakey
Huntley
Thomas Hawkins
Oakey
Hawkins
Stonehouse
Love Clift
Ridinghouse-lane
Portland-chapel
Oxford-road
Horse Grenadiers
Clift
Manuel Shripley
Lambeth
Marlborough
Price
Alexander
Edinburgh
Scotland
Laf
Dumfries
Ebenezer Gilchrist
Commodities and securities prices in a late edition
Market items show corn and other grains with bids from 16 to 46 shillings per quarter. Wheat oats barley rye and flour prices listed alongside exchange rates and various bonds and bank notes. Also notes on stock prices and a lottery ticker at the end.
Velnos Original Vegetable Syrup Promoted in London Ad
Victorian advertisement extols Velnos Original Vegetable Syrup as a mercury free cure for scurvy and venereal disorders. It claims oath affirmation in 1772, lists Saffery and Son as sole distributors in Frith Street and Bishopsgate, with prices and hours for consultations, plus a treatise by H Laffory on inefficacy of mercurial cures.
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Velnos
DE Velnos
England
London
Messrs. Saffery
Great Britain
Laffery
Frith-street
Soho
Bishopsgate-street
Saffery
Prince’se Street
H. Laffory
Corporation of Surgeons
Messrs. Evans
PaternoRerrow
Southern
St.James's Streeg
Mariner
Compton-street
Lane
Aldgate Price
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Gesiekat Evenine Post
Brighthelmstone
South Downs
Poole
Lewes
St. James’s Street
Ridkout
Crown Inn
Barton-upon-Trent
John Holland
Thomas Webb
Thomas Stathamys
Barton Park
Derby
Alaborne
Uttoxeter
Burton Upon Trent
Nathaniel Litter
Armitage Park
Litchfield
John Fletcher
Mr. Harrison
Stoney-Stratford
Bucks
N&t
J. Beesroft
Faternofter-row
Postscript
Foreign Intelligence
India
Navy, &c
Long Ann
Liberty
J. Wilkie
Paul
Lovmorvar
Fawed
E. Taureau Blanc S
M. de Voltaire
J. Murray
Fleet-street
Shakespeare
W. Richardson
University of Glasgow
Rae
Srop
Mr Theobald
C. Bathurst
J. Beecroft
W. Strahan
J. and
F. Rivington
J. Hinton
L. Davis
Hawes
Clarke
Collins
R. Horsfield
W. Johnston
W. Owen
T. Caffen
E. Johnson
S.,crowder
B. Whitey
T. Longman
B. Law
E. and
C. Dilly
W. Griffin
T. Cadell
W. Woodfail
G. Keith
T. Lowndes
T. Davies
J.robson
T. Becket
F. Newbery
G. Robinson
T. Payne
J. Williams
M. Hingerton
J. Ridley
Jeylin
Paul Wright
Society’of Antiquaries
Whiston, Bathurst, Rivington
Mingerton
Richardsor
Urquhart
Almon
Woodyer
Cambridge
Prince
Frost
Gray
Chelmsford
Essex
Nora
Foster-Isne
St. Paul’s Church-yard
His Majesty’s Navy
N.B
Sun
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