Corn Prices and Land Use in the Body Politic
A letter criticizes high grain prices and export bans as temporary fixes. The writer blames large landowners for dear provisions, arguing farms should be split into smaller holdings to restore supply. He laments labouring poverty and urges reform of land tenure to heal the economy. The piece ends with a critique of status and charity, signed by Salisbury.
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London Evening-Post
Mrr
Myres
Obert Nelson
John Rivington
Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
Bible
St. Paul’s Church- Yard
Nelson
W. Fleetwood
Ely
Relief for laboring poor through soap and leather duties
A reader urges removing duties on soap and leather and replacing revenue loss with a duty on saddle horses and export to aid the labouring poor and boost trade, arguing it would not harm revenue. A second letter questions bakers' Christmas boxes and calls for clear reasons for their move, defending master bakers against accusations of oppression.
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Carremie
the Cobler of
Cripplegate
London Evening Post
Meres
London Evening-Post
Sunday Cribbidge Club Night Debate Causes Tension
A Saturday Night's Club member recalls a proposal by journeymen to move club night to Sunday due to pay-table duties. He opposes the change citing religious respect and fear of enemies, while noting provisions are hard to obtain yet spirits remain high after weekly earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Meres
Cribbidge
Caledonian Dirt Paveway Quip Sparks Town Talk
In a West End gathering a gentleman noted Scotch pavements foul and slick under wet weather making streets dirtier and riskier. A witty lady replied that Caledonian dirt and slipperiness naturally travel with the Scotch pavements, remarking on their import to the district.
Ingenious Gentleman Plans Multivolume Satirical Works
Intelligence extolls a witty author drafting Scribendi Ca coethes a twenty six part treatise featuring a Button hole broomstick inoculation and a tract on poverty and frugal living. The work spans twelve folio volumes and is dedicated to a gentleman indicated as H Efq.
England ten times richer than Ireland and Scotland
A London wit estimates England including Wales as ten times Ireland and thirty times Scotland. Notes on parliamentary odds, recent political bets, and notable travels and arrivals. Reports Duchess of Norfolk leaving town, Earl of Thomond departing Dover Street, Lady Dowager Gower in Pall Mall, and Richard Vernon MP setting out for Newmarket. Guards pay distribution and a centinel’s death cited amid severe weather. Tomorrow in Newgate Street a debate on liberty and governance by philosophers is announced.
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London
Three Kingdoms
England
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Dutchess of Norfolk
Worksop Manor
Nottinghamshire
Earl of Thomond
Dover-street
Thorgrove
Essex
Gower
Pall-Mall
Richard Vernon
Bedford
Great George-street
Westminster
Newmarket
the Duke of Gloucester
Centine
Queen's Arms
Newgate-street
Local elections crowning Farringdon Ward names
Debates over last Friday's decisions ended with a majority approving the poll results. The Ward of Farringdon Without will see new common councilmen listed, including Deputy Gamon Vere Jones Baughan Savage Nowell Salter Hutton Tibbs Brome Bathurst Burnell Bromwich Sainsbury Say Richardson.
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Whipham
Farringdon
Gamon
Vere
Ma Jones
Baughan
Savage
Nowell
Salter
Hutton
Ma. Tibbs
Brome
Bathurst
Burnell
Bromwich
Sainsbury
Say
Richardson
Montpelier
France
Peter Dellaney
Spitalfields
Richard Michell
Mortimer-street
Cavendish-square
Tower-Hill
William Williamson
Longalley
Moorfields
Ludgate Hill
Birmingham
London
Catharine-street
Strand
Clarewalker
Jones
Haberdather
Bond-street
Mr. Jones
Earl of Winterton
Great Brook-street
Fragmented historical market and notices tidbit
A dense OCR fragment lists assorted bonds, stocks, and rates from various markets such as India Bonds par Navy and VidtuB Exch. Bills, with references to Amsterdam Rotterdam and Cadiz prices. It also briefly notes weekly mortality statistics and a corn market update with flour prices and no notable changes.
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India
Navy
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Merges
Buckmaster
St. Sepulchre’s
Buck's Lodge
London Eventne Post
Baron Wen
L.L. Wendrell
Mr. Fox
Ejeroes
Hercules
Mars
Love
Salisbury
Bridewell
Charing Cross
Hapborough Sands
Holland
Cumberland
Penzance
Scilly
Revenue
Isle of Wight
Hertfordshire
York
Liverpool
Downs
Seaford
Virginia
Easft
Drury-Lane
Ranger
Mr. Garrick
London Bridge
South Sea
Bk. Ann
Goa
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Paris
Chcange
Cadiz
Madrid
Bilboa
Leghorn
Genoa
Venice
Lifbon
Porto
Dubling
Seale S&s
Pri
Mexico
Cali
John Leland
D.D
J. Dodsley
T. Longeman
Long-Acre
Royal Bachange
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