The agony bill.
[Durham] : Walker, printer, Durham,
[1832-1837?]
'[96]' is printed at the foot of the first column beneath the imprint.
Dashing white sergeant - first line reads: If I had a beau, for a soldier would go.
Dated from internal evidence - the ballad 'The agony bill' refers to Andrew Agnew and the Lord's Day Society which was resolved to secure parliamentary support for the protection of the Lord's day. In 1832 a committee of the House of Commons was appointed to procure information on the facts of the case, and a bill introduced to achieve the desired ends. He encountered intense and varied opposition on account of the thoroughgoing nature of his bill, but he firmly refused to modify it. The bill was introduced on four occasions, eventually being read a second time in 1837 - information from the 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biography' online.
In two columns.
The agony bill - first line reads: Dear me what a change has seen our nation.
The female auctioneer - first line reads: Well, here I am and what of that.
The paper is pale blue.
Three ballads.
Ballads, English
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