Speech in the House on revolutions and future regulations
The speaker rejects harsh moral doctrines in evaluating recent motions. He argues revolutions cause abuses by nabobs and treaty plunder, urges retrospective action to curb future evils, and defends resolutions as necessary to punish excesses while protecting justified conduct. He cites Bengal’s ruin and calls for firm, future-focused regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nabobs
John Duke of Marlborough
Prince Eugene
Bengal
Gome
Pete
Bath Water sent weekly from Original Mineral Water Warehouse
Public notice assures Nobility Gentry and Faculty of fresh genuine Bath Water from London via Walter Wittshire’s wagon, to Mr W Owen at No 14 Fleet Street, with witnesses. Also advertises Shin ing Liquid Blacking by W Bayley and others, sold wholesale and retail at multiple shops. price sixpence per cake to make a pint.
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London
Gates
Fleet- Street
Walter Wittshire
Wegson
Thomas Buct
W, Owen
Ww. Bayley
Alice
A. Rothwell
Civet-Cat
New Bond-street
Concentrated Anti-Scorbutic Juices Claim Scurvy Cure
An 18th century advertisement touts Antiscorbutic concentrated juices as an easy safe and perfect cure for scurvy. It asserts high authority backing and claims one tea spoonful equals a pint of the juices, with sale at several London outlets including Nicoll Royal Exchange and Richardson Urquhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Nicoll
St. Paul's Churchyard
Richardson and Urquhart
Royal Exchange
T. Durham
Cockpar-street
Chacknvcross
R. Davis
Piccadilly
Eregland
Patent Medicines Listed for Sale in a 18th Century Ad
An old advertisement lists various patent medicines and tonics available under royal patents. Items include Bateman's Drops for rheumatism, Anderfants Scotch Pills, Purging Elixir for blood purification after smallpox, Frances's Female Strengthening Elixir, Betton's Oils, Fryar's Balsam, Raceman's Spirit of Scurvy Graf, Cephalic Snuff, Godfrey's Cordial, and others. It notes the names Dicey and O Kell appear in each direction with bottle and box to deter fake imitators.
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Ike
Rabcliffe
Dicey and Company
S. Aris
Bateman
Frannces
Betton
Fryar
Raceman
Daffy
Bostock
Squire
Stoughton
Turlington
Godfrey
Bills moved and votes delayed in Commons sessions
The Commons yesterday read second time bills on Paper Cirrency and a Richmond Bridge project and committed them to a day fortnight. Bakers oppose the Bread bill, and counsel may be heard Wednesday. Other measures include restrictions on spirit sales and game preservation in Scotland and an Occasional Voters bill. Shipwrights petition debated, adjourned amid division, with a later motion to delay for three months defeated due to lack of members. News from India House describes stock bounty plans, and reports of Bombay fighting, Admiral duty cuts, political letters, and various crimes and accidents across London and Ireland. Numerous robberies, a fire in Cardigan’s Lane, a fatal fall from a horse in Piccadilly, and other local incidents are noted, alongside marriages and obituaries in York and Athlone.
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Commons
Richmond
House of Commons
Scotland
Esterday
India-house
India
Indiahouse
Bombay
Wedderburne
Bengal
Westminsterhall
Board of Admiralty
George Savile
Wilkes
Serjeant Glynn
Middlesex
Paris
Monaco
Versailles
France
Warsaw
Boston
New-England
Havannah
Hanging
Woolwich
King
Drury-lane
Dublin
Ripon
John Smithson
Laurence Poultney-lane
Lee - Bridge
Fortinger
Peccadilly
Hyde Park
Spencer Helton
St. George’s
Southwark
Thomas Duval
Fanny Eesington
Windsor
Colnbreck
Philip Hardister
East India Company
Richard Sugden
Pontefract
York
Middleham
Market-Weighton
Wolds
Hayton
Pocklington
Manby
William Williamson
Athlone
Vulcan
Aristarchus and the Letter in English Woman Notice
A brief 19th century notice indicates Aristarchus and an English woman are observed or subscribed and will receive attention. The fragment suggests a naming or subscription event connected to a literary or scholarly matter, with emphasis on attentiveness by authorities or editors.
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Aristarchus
No Change in Assize of Bread This Week
The weekly bread price remains fixed with no alteration to the assize. Prices for loaves and related baked goods stay steady as traders and bakers report stable costs and supply. Local residents are cautioned to expect no increases in standard bread items.
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John Armstrong
His Majesty
T. Baines
Ruffel-Brest
Covent-garden
R. Brookes
M.D
Royal Societies of
Berlin
Petersburgh
Postscript
Bridge
Bear-Key
Justin How
William MaysHatty
Bank Anny
Pr. Navy
Long Ann
Mr. Norton
Golden-square
St. Andrew's Mill
Blackfriars
Witnettes
W. Bull
William Roberts
Sc Andrew's Hill
Crown Inn
J Dobson
Casttes
St. Andrew's
Blackmars
Norton
Goden-square
Hottler
John Norton
N. B
Marehant
Kearfly
Ludgates
Fireet
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