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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 16, 1799
Page
6
The text outlines allowances for dependents, including deductions for children, insurance premiums, and various abatement rates by income bands. It notes penalties for fraudulent income reports, rules on partnerships, and details on schedules for income from property and professions, with emphasis on forms annexed to the measure.
Londor reports a Court of Directors at the India-house naming Capt. Tho Well as commander of Charlton. A court martial aboard the Andromeda at Medway convicts Robert K. Piercey of defrauding seamen, sentencing him to two years and forfeit of pay. Charities and public relief appear in Scotland and England as coal, beef, and meal are distributed to the poor. Admiralty correspondence notes privateer captures, naval patrols, and ship actions near Corunna and West Islands. Bankrupt notices and dividends close the item.
A Pendleton trader near Manchester was committed to Lancaster Castle on Tuesday by the coroner’s inquest for the wilful murder of his wife. He is over sixty years old and the deceased was not much longer for this world. The family’s sorrow calls forth widespread sympathy.
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