Verses on the New Comedy and Snowden Hill
A dense verse critique praising modern drama restoring wit and humour, lamenting dull censorship, and heralding J An IDYLLIUM to the Bishop of St. Asaph and Shipley. It lauds Snowden Hill and Apollo guiding the new bard, praising Thalia, the Muses, and the Laureat as welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Door Johmson
Door ‘Goldmith
Comian
Thalia Long
Britain
St. Asaph
Snowden Hill
Shipley
Debate on Bacon bill against occasional votes in early assembly
Fragmented notes recount a legislative session where Speaker presided and Mr Bacon urged reducing elections abuses. Debates centered on a proposed amendment excluding people with inhabitancy rights, with lawmakers like Mr Morton, Mr Torsafoend, Mr Bitzewarth and Mr Marion arguing over the amendment’s impact and the bill’s efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lot North
Bacon
Sfehiber
Morton
Speaker
Tom Clear
House
Bitzewarth
Marion
Debating Amendments To Borough Franchise Bill
In a packed session the House debated amendments to a bill altering borough voter rights. Onslow urged preserving the original bill while others warned against inserting changes that could transfer voting power to churchwardens and rate assessors. The debate highlighted inhabitancy rules and concerns about six month residency. The division carried against the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothers
Constitution
Speaker
Bacon
Norwich
London
Fuller
Northampton
Postscript On Bills In Parliament And Dover Election Drama
Postscript describes royal assent to multiple bills including militia pay, mutiny and desertion, criminal law, trade abuses, turnip and crop protection, timber preservation, and harbor improvements. It notes the Voters bill reported, Dover election tensions with Barrett vs Calhoun, and foreign dispatches about Saint Vincent, Jamaica, Paris beggar reforms, and naval activity. It cites Newmarket races results and various local incidents and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Aberdeen
Greenock
Commons
St. Matthew
Bethnal-green
Fragmented notice on wheat sale and financial bids
OCR fragments show a periodical row mixing bids for corn market sales at Bear-Key with prices for quarters and loaves, along with bank stock quotes and government bonds. The readable items include Wheat at Bear-Key sale notes dated late month, and various prices for stock and annuities, plus a bank long annuity reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear-Key
Josten How
William Magsnatt
London
Two volumes of sermons by the Rev Thomas Pyle
The late Rev Thomas Pyle long minister at Lynn in Norfolk and canon of Sarum has two large volumes issued posthumously by his son Philip Pyle. The set, priced 125 bound, contains sixty sermons on plain and practical subjects. Published by G Rowson and R Beatniffe in Norwich with note of printers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Barrett
Thomas Hales
Dover
Friends To Liberty
Napier
Lord Sandwich
Admiralty
Celheun
Thomas Barret
Tho. Hales
Dominica
Antigua
St. Vincent’s
St. Vincent
London
Paris
Neuilly
Antoine Camboulas
Barbatogne
Castres
Jamaica
Rattan Isle
Campeachy
West India
Kinsale
West Indies
Kirwan
Galway
Lisbon
Malaga
Streight
West- Indies
South-Seas
Hamburgh
Cadiz
Alderman Thomas
Alsop
Kennet
Plumbe
Esdaile
Trecothick
Rawlinson
Hopkins
Alderman Plomer
Patriotic Party
Charles “Agill
William Stephenson
Ald
Sawbridge
Wilkes
Bull
Lewes
Newmarket
Blake
Firetail
Lord Offory
Lord Glermont
Milliner
Mr. Foley
Lord Bolingbroke
Giantess
Mir
Foley
Blank
Lord Grosvenor
D. of Grafton
Promise
Edward Bentinck
C. Davers
P.P. Nocrofsing
Lord Abingdon
Lord Craven
Ube
Beac
Fox
Parijalo'sa
Lionel
Lord Clement
Blakayheing
Logee
Guingas
Cramnel
Kate
Dublin
Limehustle
Henry George. Liddell, Esq
Newton
Durham
Mits Steele
Hampnett
Chicheser
Sussex
Thomas Shirley
Parks
Earl Fosters
Lady Anderson
Stephen “Anderson
Bart
Scarborough
Charles Cotterill
Fork
Mr. Westrope
Buntingford
S. Elton
Elton
King-freet
Tower-hill
John Wrench
Leeds
Mary Jones
Wem
Salop
Latham Coal Works
Lancashire
York
Joanna Nettleton
Dr. Nettleton
Halifax
Thomas Pyle
Lynn
Norfolk
Church of
Sarum
A&s
Clarke
Philip Pyle
G. Row
Nson
Paternollesergur
R. Beatniffe
Norwich
James's Powder for Fevers and Inflammatory Disorders
Public notice states future orders of Dr James's Powder must bear a receipt by Francis Newbery Junior and come from the known address No 65 the Bible and Sun near St Pauls Churchyard London. It warns that only certificates from Newbery authorize sales and directs country purchasers to rely on certificates for authentic packets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. James
Br. James
Francis Newbery
London
Renerence Newbery
Jona Newbery
St. Paul's Churchyard
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Apollo
Apello
Postscript
Lon Do'm
Canterbury
Mir. Barrett
Calhoun
Trevanion
Davey Lane
Catherine and
Petruchio
Covent-Garden
London Bridge
India
Consol
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