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Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 04, 1787

Page

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War Council Orders Mass Movement to Low Countries

In Vienna on July 12 the council of war met and continued till daybreak. By July 6 encampments were countermanded and twenty regiments including four cavalry were ordered to march to the Low Countries. Six artillery companies departed on July 9. The force at the Netherlands is said to be 60,000 men. Paris July 19 the Rouen parliament forbids grain export on pain of death as bread runs short in Normandy.

Turspay Vienna Hungary Gth Inft Council of War France Rouen Normandy

Britain prorogues parliament to October amid Dutch distress

The London Gazette reports His Majesty in Council orders the current parliament prorogued to October 16. News from Holland shows rising unrest and embargoes, while ships reach Bengal and Cornwallis governs with liberal style. The Pegasus dispute ends with Prince William Henry arresting his First Lieutenant over a shipboard order. The Greenland whale fishery is highlighted for its global importance and seafaring prowess.

London London Gazette St. James's Calne Wilts James Townsend L. Gaz Kew St. James’s Lord Carmarthen Holland Windsor Duke of York Republic United Provinces Rhodesland Trilam Warner Downs England Ganges Bengal Clifton Earl of Oxford Fesson Lord Cornwallis East India Nctt Crimon India Marthalsea Admiralty Old Bailey Greenland Great Britain Prince William Henry Pegasus Blairfax Schomberg

Ship registry clause and strange cures on the coast

A reprint notes the 17th century ship registry clause from George II and explains its precise wording. It also reports a remarkable recovery in St Andrews workhouse where an elderly woman blinded for seven years regained sight after daily eye washes with urine. A fatal fall near Brighthelmston follows a wind gust displacing a man’s hat. Horse thefts are tied to Montgomery and neighboring counties, with 163 horses reported stolen in two years.

Ance Pegasus Penrith Threlkeld Keswick Cumberland Derbyshire Ashbourn Lincolnshire St. Andrew’s Norwich Elizabeth Downes Hart, Millener Casle-square Bughthelmston Mr. Stiles Rottingdean Mr. Hart Brighthelmston Salop David Elias John Lowargh Montgomery Worcestershire Glocestershire Devonshire

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