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Bank dividend plan and West Indies trade figures in 1799
A Bank dividend set at three and a half percent is recorded along with a proposal to advance funds for public service. Debates note Go vernment advances to the Bank totaling eight million and a distribution of 1,225,000 pounds of loyalty five percent to Bank proprietors. The session also covers sugar imports from the West Indies, rum figures, and duties. Local items include a new water well near the Royal Exchange, a bridge in Sunderland, a fatal accident in Aldersgate, and a court trial in Maidstone where Arthur Young was acquitted. Additional notes cover a flood in Peterborough Lincolnshire area, Irish Guards marching to St James's Park, and a French or revolutionary-era policy on landings with passports.
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J. Hoare
House of Commons
Great Britain
West Indies
John Price
Kingston
George Woodford Thelluson
Radnor
Mzldop
Earl of Essex
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Stow
London
Peterborough
Lincoln
Prescot
Lancashire
Philadelphia
Birmingham
Sheffield
Sunderland
Arhoft
Seddons
Aldersgate-street
Mila Seddons
Baptist’s Head
St. John’s-lane
Clerken- Weil
St. John’s-street
Hamton-hills
North Riding of
Yorkshire
Ireland
1St Regiment of Guards
St. James’s Park
East India'Company
India-house
Bengal
Trowbridge
Robert Fellows
Shottithamy
Norfolk
Nelson
Fellows
Maidstone
Arthur Young
Gamaliel Lloyd
Blackburn
Arthur‘o'connor
Garrow
Fielding
Lloyd