Meeting proposals for cyder counties tax reform in Gloucester
A letter from Gloucestershire reports proposals for tax reform on cyder duties, including choices between per hogshead taxes and head compositions, or abolition of excise, with collection by window tax collectors and oath on production. Also notes Poland's edicts in Warsaw, Royal Society officers elected, city finance grants, prizes, clergy and naval appointments, a Jamaica powder magazine explosion, and a British herb tobacco remedy marketed from St Paul’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucesters
Cyder
Hogshead
Warsaw
Poland
Royal Society
George Earl of Macclesfield
Thomas Birch
Nach. Bliss
James Burrow
Peter Collinson
Acad
Berd
Succ
Tsrael Maudunit
Charles Morton
Peter Newcome
Joseph Warner
James West
V. P. Treat
Hugh Lord Willoughby
Parham
V. P
New Council
John Canton
Carlisle
John Ellicott
Daniel Pever Layard
James Farr
Morton
Charles Moss
Wiliam Sotheby
William Watson
Thomas Wood
London
Parker
Cory
St. James’s
Westminster
Samuel Nicolls
Lawrence Bourne
Queen’s College, Cambridge
Devonshire
Athover
Derby
Litchfield
Coventry
Dronefield
John Ross
Regiment of Foot
Oughton
Admiralty
William Falconer
Glory
Court of Common Council
Rcod
Fe’nnight
Tetbury
Gloucestershire
Wightwick
Ashley
Sarum
Grammar
Christchurch
Surry
Roger Harwood
Forlett
Phoenix
Anderson
Jamaica
Bristol
Fort Augusta
Musketa Point
Talbot
Dunbar
Spon
Geneva
Beaufort
Bronkenschwerdt
St. Paul's
St. Paul’s
Cannister
GQ Arnaud
Royal Academy of Surgery
Paris
Society of Surgeons
King’s Street
St. Ann’s
Soho
M. Lacy
St. Martin’s Court
St. Martin’s Lane
Church of England
William Wogan
Ealing
Middlesex
John Rivington
J. Wilkie
C. Rivington
Staining- Jane
Turlington
Birchin-Lane
Royal Exchange
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Licentious times spark debate over libel and sandals
A London Evening Post letter series laments ministerial abuses and partisan harshness in public discourse. Pacificus defends restraint in prosecutions while Democritus and others mock dueling culture, cider duties, and fashion misadventures. A valet’s tale exposes promised attire versus travel loot and a printer’s quarrel over translation.
Biléot's Letter on European Trade and British-French Tensions
Extract discusses French policy and its influence on European diplomacy, alleging France engineered a rupture between Britain and its rivals while its own naval power waned. It warns British merchants face a critical situation as negotiations affect peace in Europe and trade with Spain, noting Spain’s mutual trade limitations.
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London
Biléot
Great Britain
Europe
Spain
France
Holland
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