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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 11, 1789
Page
2
Foreign affairs report from Germany on March 18 states Venice intends to keep strict neutrality, despite hopes of a relief effort by the imperial courts. Latest dispatches from Venice confirm the republic will not abandon its cautious stance.
The King grants George Cranfield Berkeley Master Surveyor of ordnance replacing the late James Luttrell. The Reverend Philip Williams becomes Canon and Prebendary of Canterbury. William Morgan Clifford, Barrister, is approved Recorder of Monmouth replacing Robert Vansittart. The Gazette notes 53 Addresses to the King and Queen and that future issues will print on Thursday as well as Tuesday and Saturday.
In the House of Lords on Tuesday April 7 the third reading was completed and the Land Tax Bill the Male Bill and the County Election Suspending Bill were all passed.
Lord Newhaven urged a detailed account of Land Tax arrears up to 1779, while debates on licensing hawkers and pedlars questioned revenue effects and hardship. Amendments shifted the repeal aim to explain and amend the hawker law as ministers signaled broad support to ease the shop tax burden.
Debate over repeal language ends with acceptance of Fox proposed phrasing. Members argue wording should state the tax repeal is expedient and aligned with fair taxation rather than imply popular clamour. The amendment passes and the bill moves toward final enactment dated May 5.
London dispatches report that the king will attend a devout thanksgiving at St Pauls with no illumination. Aldermen, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs met in Guildhall, with addresses sent to the King and Queen on his recovery. Other items note taxes, elections, Dublin and India trade, and a six mile foot race between a stable helper and a groom.
In a brief report, Fazard's man loses about 40 yards in 34 minutes and 7 seconds while a starting delay of one minute is noted. A Coroner's jury indicts a Quack Doctor’s shop-boy for manslaughter in the poisoning of a child in Portsmouth, as a trial is set at the next offices. Separately a Saint James's green-flail keeper is stabbed by his son-in-law with an oyster-knife but is expected to recover.
In Whitehaven on April 1 a post-chaise to convey a couple to be married was halted when the bride was taken in labour. They wed after the birth, while a long list of bankrupts and divers dividends were noted for April and May. The notices include names tied to inns, shops, and trades across Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Middlesex, Leicester, Durham, Bristol, Exeter, and beyond, with several marriages and inheritances mentioned.
Letters Patent under the Great Seal promote Rev. Eulety Cleaver Doctor of Divinity to the Bishopric of Corke and Ross in succession to the late Right Rev Door Isaac Mann. Gazette notes include addresses to His Majesty and the Queen.
On Wednesday April 8 the House returned from a commission in the House of Peers. Mr Rolfe introduced a bill to extend legislative sanction to mutual aid societies formed by the lower classes. The Shop Tax repeal bill passed third reading. Mainwaring moved to reschedule petitions against the slave trade for April 27. A division occurred on Shoreham port duties. The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the King's message, and thanks were voted. A royal visit to St Paul’s on April 23 was planned with a committee appointed to regulate the move.
London April 8. His Majesty to go in procession to St Pauls Cathedral on April 23 with the Queen and royal family, Lords and Commons, and state officers. Route through the Strand Temple Bar and Ludgate Hill, guards along avenues. Scaffolding rises at St Pauls. Queen's Palace to display illuminations. Aldermen to decide attendance. seats along procession routes priced high. Bank directors elected with a large majority for the Directors slate.
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