Petition on Sunday work ban fears ruin for workers
A long petition pleads for relief from mandatory Sunday work, arguing it harms workers families and industries, citing royal precedent and dangers to virtue. The column also notes Windsor palace preparations, Voltaire inviting Wilkes, valued gifts to exile, naval debt plans, and various Atlantic and colonial posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afajesty
France
Windsor Castle
Geneva
M. de Voltaire
Wilkes
Tuiin
Holland
Germany
Amsterdam
St. Philip
Minorca
Africa
Gibraltar
Cape Blanco
Board of Trade
Jamaica
England
Guarda Costas
Cornet Exchange Offer at Forrest’s Coffee House
A Cor net of the Second Froop of Horse Giar at Full Pay seeks to exchange with a Half Pay Cornet of Dra pons for 13001. Apply to Mr Forrest at Forrest’s Coffee House opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross Longo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giar
Mr. Forrest
Forrest
Charing Cross
Stock jobbing a menace to public credit and law
A letter condemns stock jobbing as a pernicious gaming practice harming public credit and honest proprietors. The writer urges Parliament to enact an effective law to stop this fraudulent trade before it turns credit into a bubble, ruins trade, and corrupts governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren Iven
C. HonestTus
Speech on national frugality from Sir Charles Sidley in Parliament
A historical appeal urges frugal national management amid war calamity. The speaker criticizes courtly wealth, taxes in peacetime, and the heavy cost of governance. He notes lavish expenditures by courtiers and ministers, calling for reductions and tighter stewardship of revenue.
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Bermudas
Havannah
Guinea
New York
Engand
William Johnson
America
North America
Mortis
Manckion
Michilimackinack
Father Charlevoix
Quebec
New Orleans
Canada
Great Lakes
Florida’s
Maryland
Virginia
London
Meeres
Charles Sidey
Sir Charles Sidley
William
Mr. Speaker
Mr Speaker
Fur Hill
Cuarsiers
Lam
Tay
Treasoy
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Levant
Reine Des Anges
Havre de Grace
Cadiz
Henry
Kelly
Youghall
Susannah
Edwards
Kinsale
Harwich
Charles Willes
A. M
Willes
Breane
Somersetshire
Uphill
Tanderson
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Mor
Wis
Meropolis
Wiich
Iis House
Nevington
Daniel Lockwood
Ely Faea
Bithoptgie-street
Seard
Cahazal Cate
Gambarini
Fleet-street
Arabella W.hg
Earl of Rochester
Ciales
Barking-Creek
Essex
Mark Lane
India
Cuarcas Waenman
Royal Exchange
Puatchhouse
Branly
Ruin
Italy
R. Griffiths
T- Becket
P. A. P. Hondt
Strand
Great Britain
Westminster Hall
Charles Hales
Savoy
Lod Viscount Ligonier
J. Alan
Burlineton House
Piccadilly
Island
Nobbla
Mumphry Lunatic
Bare
S- Crowder
Pavernoster Row
W. Nicoll
W. Lriftow
St. Paul’s Church- Yard
C. Etherington
York
Bergerac
Poitier
Postscript
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