Sales catalogue 634: Maggs Bros

Date:
1936
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/170
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 634: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Talleyrand (Charles Maurice, Prince De Benevento)—continued. plus qu’ailleurs, ne peuvent s’accorder avec votre absence. ‘‘ Le porteteuille d’aujourdhuy n’est pas bien interessant. Les dépéches d’Allemagne vous apprendront peu de chose, et cette stérilité de nouvelles est heureuse. Elle indique une attente patiente des événements, et cette immobilité soit qu’elle soit le résultat de la confiance ou de la crainte nous convient. ‘“ Les dépéches d’Alguier sont assez satisfaisante. La position de toutes les puissances protégées par |’ Angleterre n’est guere moins pénible que celle de la puissance qui les protége dont l’omnium est aujourdhuy a 8 pour loo de perte. ies rapports de ces puissances avec la France deviennent de jour en jour plus pémbles, =.) i. f ‘“ Les nouvelles de l’Kgypte, de la Syrie et de l’Arabie exciteront votre interét. Tout semble conspirer contre un malheureux empire: l’ambition européenne depuis longtems le menagit, pouvait-on croire qu’il serait un jour sérieusement menacé par la tanatisme. ; ‘* Le General Hedouville a recu et communiqué la declaration que vous avez faite relativement 4 l’arbitrage de Vempereur Alexandre. Klle a eu Veffet de donner aux yeux de la cour de Russie un nouvel éclat au caractére de moderation et de grandeur que vous avez deployé dans cette negociation, mais on voit par la lettre du Gl Hoedouville que le ministére russe ne croit point a sa propre influence sur le gouvernement anglais et qu’il est peu capable de sentir tout ce qu’il pourrait tirer de force et de consideration de la haute marque de confiance que vous venez de lui donner.’’ 3820 TALLOW CHANDLERS. ‘’ THE PETITION OF THE TALLO CHANDLARS FOR TRADING IN BUTTER, CHEESE... etc.” Document on 1 page, oblong folio. C. 1640. £7 10s An interesting document in which the Tallow Chandlers beg for permission to trade in ‘‘ butter, cheese, meale, oatmeale, salt, candells, corne, graine,’’ etc., without molestation from persons who objected to their trading in such goods. ‘The humble peticon of the company of Tallowchaundlers of London. Most humbly showe that whereas yor peticonts have of ancient tyme usually bought & sold againe in theire shopps & mkette of the said city to all sorts of people dwellinge therein & resortinge thereunto sondry sorte of. victualls as butter, cheese, meale, oatmeale, salt, candells, corne, graine, beanes, pease, oates, flower & such hike things to the great releise & succor of the poorer sort of the inhabitants of the said city whose liabilities beinge smale are often tymes so farr from providinge anie quantity for themselves and theire families as that many of them would pishe did not yor peticonrs furnish them wth. things necessary for their daily foode and tnat at reasonable rates & prises yea often tymes to their owne hurt & undoinge by givinge creditt to them for the same, Yet notwthstandinge yor peticonrs the Tallowchaundlers of London have bin and some of them at this pnte are grevously molested & sued by intormers upon the statut of 5 Ed: 6. for buyinge of victualls though sellinge the same againe by retaile in their shoppes & mkette of the said city ptending that forasmuch as yor peticon’s the Tallowchaundlers are not men- coned & excepted in the proviso of the said statut by their prop: name of Tallow- chaundlers as fishmongers, Butchers, poulters and others are (although intended in the genrall subsequent words of (other victuallers) are not therefore licensed to buy or sell in grosse or by retaile anie virtually therein menconed but are liable to the penalties & forfeitures of the said patnt as ingrossers are. Therefore yor poore peticonrs most humbly pray that for as much as theire onely trade & course of life to wch they have bin brought up and for weh they have served as apprnteces cheiflly consisting in buying & sellinge of butter cheese meale oatmeale candells oates beanes pease corne graine & such like virtually (otherwise then by forestallinge) either they may be explained by the name of Taliowchaundlers to be such victuallers as are intended in & by the said patnt as fishmongers butchers poulters & inholders are, or otherwise that such course & order may be sett donne and established in theire behalf as that yor peticonrs may be eased & freed from the danger & penalties of the said patnts, And may be pmitted lawfully to follow theire honest callinge & ptessions wthout sutes of lawe & molestacon of Imfommers. . .”’
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