Great Yarmouth corporation. A report of the investigation before his majesty's municipal commissioners, appointed to examine into the corporate affairs of this borough |
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Great Yarmouth Corporation. a Report of the Investigation Before His Majesty ... Henry Barrett (of Yarmouth ) No preview available - 2019 |
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Page vi - Our said county, as well within liberties as without, according to the force, form, and effect of the same, and to chastise and punish all persons that offend against the form of those ordinances or statutes, or any one of them, in the aforesaid county, as it ought to be done according to the form of those ordinances and statutes...
Page iv - ... character of our ancestors for patriotism, courage and self denial. It appears from authentic documents that prior to the first of April, 1777, one hundred and twenty persons from this place . were engaged in the war, among whom were two colonels, one major, five captains and nine subaltern officers. This was a larger number than was furnished by any other town in the state. It need scarcely be added, that the inhabitants encountered a full share of the hardships and difficulties which were endured...
Page 11 - Borough consists of the Parish of Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, and the Hamlet of Southtown in Suffolk.
Page 268 - ... of lethargy into which they have been so long plunged, and induce them to take the honorable position of zealous cultivators of science, in place of the more degrading one of mere shopkeepers and traders. The profession certainly owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Thomson for the facts brought forward in his evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons; and to you, also, for laying them before the medical profession. Very important facts may also be found regarding the adulterations which...
Page 103 - This question occupied the attention of the Court for a considerable length of time, both this evening and next morning.