Regulation of butcher meat in mortality bills debate
In the Lords and Commons a heated discussion followed the Lord Mayor's move to third read a bill regulating meat kept under hot weather conditions. Burke and opponents warned of monopolies and oppression of small butchers, while proponents argued the bill removes power to seize bad meat and mandates magistrates to ensure fair compensation. The proposal was rejected in the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Commons
London
Burke
Orguy
Move to prevent plundering wrecked ships off Great Britain
Wednesday Mr Burke sought leave to propose a bill to stop the inhuman plundering of wrecked ships along Britain’s coasts and aid distressed vessels. The Lord Mayor and others questioned efficacy, urging enforcement of existing laws over new legislation, while witnesses cited local efforts by neighbors to deter such depredations.
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Burke
Great- Britain
London
Rashleigh
Rice
Cray Cowper
Istincron Spa
David Garrick
Mr. King
TP Hough
Bimor
Speaker
Prithee
Lord Flimsey
Protests and parliamentary debate on a bill in 1776 era
The excerpt shows a heated session with Lord Mayor and MPs clashing over a bill and its title, Mr Burke urging openness and decisive stance, followed by a user-submitted letter to the editor from February 8 1776 describing a Protestant gathering in a French town and reflections on religious tolerance and burial customs amid Catholic dominance.
Aeolian musings bids the bard retire from riot
A reflective verse passage contemplates aging, appetite, and the artist’s retreat from urban pleasures. It contrasts lower and upper life, wonders if a tradesman may flee worldly temptations, and invokes Moliere, Jonson, and Shakespeare as precedents for a safe harvest of literary gleanings.
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Ington
Islington
Thades
Drury
Moliere
Jonson
Shakespeare
Female Magna Charta: women demand equal rights
In a satirical aria the speaker questions male authority and urges women to wield power. They advocate lifting bans on women writing and preaching, calling for constitutional rights and a female Magna Charta led by bold English women. The piece mocks patriarchy, praising female intellect and courage.
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Ben- Jae He O. Gubeb
George Colman
Mrs. King
Anodynes
Caflock
St. Stephen’s Chapel
Lion Todioness
France
China
Rome
Sparta
John
Befs
General Magazine March Third Number Preview
A March issue advertisement for General Magazine announces the Third Number with a correct plan of the Province of Quebec and neighboring lands, an engraving of a Bride, a Spanish Story, and about forty original articles. It notes publication dates, list prices, and availability through G. Allen and booksellers, with praise from the Morning Post editors.
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General Magazine
Quebec
G. Allen
Bookfeller
Paternofter-row
Morning Post
Town and Country
Pyebois
Happinefy
the Observer
Ned Stuper
America
Black
Europe
A. Hamilton
St. John’s Gate
G. Robinson
John Mair
A.M
T. Cadell
Strand
Johnson
Wallis and Stonehouse
C. Dilly
London
J. Bell
W. Creech
Edinburgh
Tyro’s
Sallust
Catiline
Jugwrtha
Cordery
Oxfar
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Nifes
Church of England
Nemozx
Sam
Turlington
Martha Wray
Hilton Wray
Robert, Turlington
Quigina
King’s Arms
Birchin-lane
Hilfom Wray
Robert Turlington
Duffy’s
Stoughton’s
Squire
Radcliff's
Bostock
Hungary
Hooper
Anderson
Bateman
Godfrey
William Wray
Marsha Wray
Wade
Porny
Eton College
T’. Carnan
F. Newbery
St. Paul Churchyard
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
A. Rothweh
New Bondyeet
Ludgate-Areeg
St. Paul's
J. Pride
Leadenhall-Bregt
F. Grosvenor
Chancery-lane
Haibdrn
Kobe
Tolu
T. Greenough
Ludgate-hill
Cockspur Street
Haymarket
M. Purdie
North Parade
Rathy
King's Bench
Greenk
Balfam
Toly
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