Price of Provisions and Labour in 1765 Debated
A letter from Catherine Court on Tower Hill argues trade policy should balance provisions and labour prices. It contends scarcity of hands raises wage costs, but cheap provisions could still boost industry by enabling fair profits for the industrious while encouraging the idle, tying prosperity to proportionate pricing.
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Royal drawing room and political notes from London
London reports a grand drawing room at St James's with the Majesties present, a royal dine at the Queen's palace, and an evening return to Richmond. The House of Commons adjourns to Tuesday, and Earl Temple travels from Pall Mall for a Berkshire visit. Pitt is ill at Hayes Kent, with Paris telegrams predicting further money-rate reductions. Montreal sails to Cadiz from Gibraltar, reporting events around the 24th.
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R Strange Plans Paris Trip and Auction of Drawings
R Strange announces a Paris mission to obtain necessary assistance for completing his work and ends notice that his drawings sale closes on the 27th. At his house in Castle Street He’ll publish early winter items including two prints from Bologna and a map with a child, and three mares with specific details. A reward of five shillings per horse for delivery to the White Pearl or Hampstead Heath.
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