Parliamentary notes on bills and motions in the Lords and Commons
The document records committee appointments, a royal address of thanks, and amendments to a lease bill aiming to raise rents on new leases. It notes objections to two year revenue clauses, debates on policing rioters in Antrim, and procedural moves to expedite a panic measure. It also includes a long public letter praising Lord Holland’s ventures and asserting lessons from historical cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigteby
Ponsonby
England
Barry Barry
Flood
Antrim
Down
Suidh
Burgh
Parliament inquiry into Lord Holland fortune report
To the Printer of the Middlesex Journal the writer states that the report is again current and Parliament intends to examine how Lord Holland acquired his immense fortune, amounting to a sizable sum. The note conveys a formal summons or request for publication of the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Journal
Lord Holland
Thunderstorm Fatality at Totten ham Court Chapel
An account from Middlesex Journal details a deadly lightning strike during a sermon at the chapel in Tottenham Court. A man was killed by the bolt, a child was despatched to safety, and a fire caused by the strike was extinguished. An accompanying notice promotes children’s books and educational titles from the Little Book Warehouse near St Paul’s Church Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Church-Yard
Ludgate
Mrs. Lovechild
Robin Goodfellow
London
Royal Guide
Capt
Gulliver
Lilliput
Brobdignag
Mr. Win
Guildhall
Westminster
Abbey
St.Paul's Cathedral
N.B
Wolge Price
Apsop
Joseph Andrews
Tom Jones
Pardela
Sir Charles
Grandison
England
Oith
Prettiett
Newber Bookfeller
St. Paul's Church Yard
Ludgate Street
Messrs. Newbery and Carnan
Bookfellers
St. Paul's Church- Yard
Fragmentary Narrative of a Fatal Explosion in a Chapel
A damaged text fragment describes a disaster at a chapel where an explosion and a hail shower caused a crowd to flee. A mourner recalls finding a dead man whose body lay cold, while others searched for a surgeon as fear and shock spread through the congregation. The scene ends with a reader signing off as THEOPHILOS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nerie
Theophilos
Bloom of Circassia advertised as instant rosy cosmetic
Imported to Great Britain the Bloom of Circassia promises instant rosy cheeks from a vegetable extract. Priced at 5s 3d per bottle with printed usage directions, sold only at Newbery and Walter Shropshire bookshops in London. Each bottle bears the cypher E. C. F. to prevent counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great- Britain
Greece
F. Newbery’s
Bookfeller
St. Paul’s Church
Walter
Shropshire
King’s Arms
Golden-Bajl
New-Bond-Street
Great Britain
N.B
Velno's Vegetable Syrup Proved Cure for Scrofulous Disorder
A historical notice describes a man in the county afflicted with a malignant scrofulous bone infection in the left thigh. After failed treatments from six practitioners and hospital care, he used Velno's Vegetable Syrup for weeks, the ulcers healed, and he could walk again. The medicine is sold at multiple London outlets with a red-signed label by Burgows, Fletcher and Hopson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velno
China
Bovis Manufactory
Nor
Borrow
Houlk
Prince ‘of ‘Orange
Causney
J.burgows
Extraordinary Case Of Efficacy Of Balmic Tincture
A fragment from a medical notice describes a remarkable instance of balsamic tincture scurvy treatment. The report outlines the patient’s recovery and notes the tincture as highly effective based on the observed outcome.
A Victorious Cure Tale For Balsamic Tincture
An 1772 testimonial of Richard Restarick praising a balsamic tincture after failing at St George's Hospital. Richard, after long weakness and boils, credits recovery to the remedy and notes Mr Gratham’s witness. The dealer details wholesale and retail sale locations in London with price 3s 6d per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
N.B
Grantham
William Grantham
Pantheon
Oxford Road
F. Newpery
St. Paul's “Church
Chiapel-Street
Wardour Street
Convincing Claim Of Medicine Replacing Lithotomy Cure
A testimonial extols Mr Adams's Solvent as a radical cure for bladder stones, claiming relief after five years of pain. The letter cites Dr Fordyce, St Thomas's Hospital, and certificates from St Thomas's and doctors Mackenzie and Smith. Sold in ten shilling sixpence and five shillings sixpence bottles at multiple London shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witherses
Fordyce
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Adams
Wil. Jones
Ann Caneron
John Nelson
Bainbrig- Street
Bloomsbury
Anid
St.Thomas’s Hospital
Mackenzie
Smith
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Theald Lord
Holland
John Ayliffe
Italy
France
Scotland
Ayliffe
Publicus
Peinter
The
Michisee
Caifa
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