Prayer and unity urged in 1643 call for peace and reform
A London clergyman urges Reverend Brethren to ask God to bless the King and guide his government to peace amid civil discord. The appeal cites Oxford proclamations from 1643 for monthly prayers and rejects Popery, urging religious reform, virtue among ministers, and public virtue, to secure a holy and happy nation under Charles I.
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Charles the First
Oxford
St. Paul
London
England
Parliament Bills and City Notices Bleak Jubilee Hints
The report outlines multiple bills in Great Britain and Ireland on tariffs, militia costs, hospital funds, and port improvements. It notes second readings and committee commitments, a King's trial timeline, potential peerage creation delays, and political maneuverings, including Dublin and Covent Garden theatre profits and a Paris religious crackdown amid a Dover Street duel.
House of Commons March 25 Proceedings and Bills
The House read the order to form a committee on reducing the Poor's Rate by taxing dog stones, a plan debated and rejected by question. the Speaker left the chair not, the four months to reconsider. Mariners supply bill reported and enrolled. Camberwell Paving and Lighting bill passed third reading. Stourbridge Canal bill passed. First reading given to bills dissolving the marriages of Charles Horneck and Dr Elliot. A motion to grant more time for the importation of bugles and related duties was proposed. Bonds on Customs revenue with no prosecutions in five years were noted, as were duties on feather-beds. The House adjourned at four forty-five.
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King’s Row
Queen’s Row
Hermes
Hill
Islington
Bagnigge Wath
House of Lords
House of Commons
Treland
Great-Britain
Weis
Col
Ross
Ireland
Tong Tynes
Lord Harcourt
Order of St. Patrick
Kingdom of Ireland
Duchess of Kingston
Wallace and
Mansfield
James
Fordyce
Paris
Dover-street
Lydia Hall
Kingston
Tentergrounds
Camberwell
Stourbridge Canal
Charles Horneck
Dr. Elliot
Wandsworth Road assault defendants tried at Old Bailey
The Kingston affrays saw Harris Humphries Hughes and Williams convicted for wounding Mr Gordon on the Wandsworth road. The three gave no defence. Williams admitted being present but claimed the incident was unintended. Gordon lost an eye and was badly disfigured. A mother sought clemency for Harris. A suspect in Kentish road robberies was examined at Bow Street. A girl daughter of Mr Harding, silversmith, died after a pin accident in her throat.
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Old Bailey
Kingston
Gordon
Wandsworth
Harris
Humphries
Hughes
Williams
Chelsea
Battersea-bridge
Bell's Edition Shakespeare Prints Featuring Mrs Yates as Habella
A new print in Bell's Weekly Numbers edition of Shakespeare's Works presents Mrs Yates in the role Habella from Measure for Measure. The issue offers proofs, ornate bindings, and decorative life portraits of principal London stage performers, with pricing for single and bound copies.
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Bell
Shakespeare
GIRILDINA’s Royal India Composition advertised
Ladies and merchants are urged to buy GIRILDINA’s Royal India Composition for removing facial hairs. Sold by Gifford’s milliner at No 3 Serle Street Lincoln’s Inn Fields England. Price one guinea an ounce with directions. Ship merchants and commanders offered supply with postpaid letters.
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Girildina
Royal India
Gifford’s
Serle-treét
Lincoln's Inn-Fields
England
High Water Schedule at London Bridge
High water times listed for London Bridge show two daily peaks. Tomorrow’s tides occur 41 minutes after seven in the morning and 1 am after eight in the evening. Thursday’s higher mark reaches 43 minutes after eight in the morning and 17 minutes after nine in the evening.
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London Bridge
Prices for Corn and Grains in Market Notes
Market prices list corn at 36 to 408 and barley at 14 to 208 with rye 240 to 265 and oats 12 to 198. Fine flour and malt rates shown as dozens in the Corn-Exchange month Jane. Other grains including pease hog pease beans tick tare and other staples appear with varied shillings and pence.
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Jane
Bank Stock Prices and Bonds Report
Prices of stocks and bonds listed with India and bank names appear in an old market snippet. Entries include percentages for four percent and three percent bonds, references to Consol, Navy bonds, and bank-related notes with varied clerical errors.
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India
Banu
Consol
Bidagad
Fternoon
India Ann
Bank Ann
Pr. Navy
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Trinity Coles
Dublin
Michael’ Kearne
D.D
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E . Princed
J. Mirray
Annals of Scotland
Malcolm I
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Glapthorne
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F. Newbery
St. Paul's Churchyard
Great Britain
Joseph Priestley
Ll.d. F.R.S
Johnson
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Gto
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M.B
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Royal Academy of Sciences
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Vintach
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Thomas Jackson
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Adelphi
Strand
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Yorks Tire
Theophilus Lindsey
J. Johnson
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Penryn
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Falmouth
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