04 Apr 1789
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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 04, 1789
Page
1
A self described moral crier announces readiness to resume duties and laments endured patience. The speaker warns against shameless fronts and repeated injury and hopes the public will respond with renewed attention to their labors.
A long critique on slander and the press, arguing calumny distorts truth and harms private reputation more than robbery harms property. It laments English public gossip, defends honest discussion, and warns editors while urging restraint and justice amid scandal. It blames vulgar envy and urges humane judgment.
The election of Lodolico Manin as Doge was announced on Monday, with details of his birth in 1786 and his role as procurator of St. Mark. The Queen appointed John Griffiths to a household post in Windsor, while a long royal address from London Quakers praises the King’s recovery and calls for peace. The Gazette lists numerous congratulatory addresses to the King and Queen from Oxford, Windsor, Quakers, merchants, banks, and various towns and dioceses.
London reports March 35 28 indicates the Duke of Gloucester will be appointed Commander in Chief of the Army. Latest dispatches from Mr Eden in Madrid say obstacles to a Spain Britain treaty are nearly overcome and a commercial alliance between the two nations appears likely.
Reports from Sa chispurry and Grocester recount the execution of T. Jones and T. Bailey for theft and highway robbery, with notes on a London native named Scott who narrowly escaped respite. Francis Cornock completes a motorless eighty mile run in under twenty hours, praised for temperance. Cuippine Sopsary marks royal celebrations with church services, schoolchildren, dinner, fireworks, and illumination.
India Muflin Dimity French Lawn Irish Cloth and Cambric Warehouse are listed along with the Three Piceons and Lespire at No. 173 Fleet Street London indicating a combined fabric suppliers district or shopfront cluster in the historical city trade scene.
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