Local officials honor MPs over linen import duty clash
Norwich assembly applauds Sir Harbord Harbord and Edward Bacon for opposing a proposed German linen duty seen as harming English exports. Free donation of city freedom to Sir Edward Astley for supporting the Grenville elections bill. thanks to Bacon and Harbord for backing the bill's Lords passage. News from Salisbury and Chelmsford city notices follow.
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Norwich
Sir Harbord Harbord
Bart
Edward Bacon
Germany
England
Edward Astley, Bart
Grenville
Edward Astley
House of Lords
Salisbury
James Hume Spry
Burrough
Abbots Ann
Andover
Hants
Reading
Wharsday
Mr. Hook
New College
Oxford
Baker
Heckfield
Chelasford
Joseph Harrington
Francis Belgard
Ald
Colchester
Court turmoil high in Versailles and distant rumors rise
The piece reports court turbulence in Versailles amid factional struggles surrounding the Duke de Choiseul and the Dauphin. Paris dispatches claim the French king’s smallpox is severe with little hope of recovery, alongside fears over access to the bedchamber and alarming dispatches from London. The article also covers British parliamentary sessions on Massachusets Bay governance, linen trade testimony, and turnpike toll reforms, followed by stock and farming notices, market prices, horse racing results, marriages, deaths, and local civic events.
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Versailles
Duke de Choiseul
London
Paris
Duke d’Orleans
St. James’s
Great George Street
Secretary of State
Ireland
Andrew Leslie
Jane Elizabeth Countess of
Rothes
Massachusets Bay
William Pollan
Boston
Great Britain and Ireland
Forster
Ruffin Company
Rufsia
England
Russia
Penruddck
Wilts
Middlesex
Great Britain
Westminster
Southwark
A&t
Bankrupts and notices from Guildhall lists and dividends
A list of bankrupts and notices arranged by place and trade including Joan Cox Ragst St James Clerken distiller and others with May 14 20 June 18 dates at Guildhall. Entries include Wm Harker calico printer Henry Stephens apothecary corn factor pedlar and more with venues such as the London Inn Exeter Bridgnorth and Swan Stafford plus dividend dates May 28 and June 18 and certificates to be granted at Guildhall.
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Joan Cox
St. James
Clerken,well
Guildhall
Wm. Harker
St. Paul
Deptford
Kent
Calico
Tho
Mare
Andrew
Helborn
Mercer
George Henry Eggers
Kingston-upon-Hull
John Holland
Barkway
Hertfordsh
Crown Inn
Cambridge
John Cooper
Maiden Lane
Covent-garden
Maercer
Jef. Roiz Silva
Johott
Minories
Francis Jet. Lopes
Avid Fontaine Tinware and Inventions at Holborn
Avid Fontaine of Holborn presents double black tin plate kitchen utensils that resist folding and outlast silver, plus a fumigating machine to destroy vermin in plants and fruit trees. He also offers tin and copper garden engines that spray 25 yards, carriageable with three wheels, and chimney funnels to stop smoking and rain ingress. Weather-cocks and vanes for summer-houses complete the offerings.
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Avid Fontaine
Middle-row
Holborn
London
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