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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 09, 1788
Page
2
Dispatches announce a second major Russian victory near Oczakov over the Turkish fleet. The triumph, celebrated with a Te Deum in the cathedral, was witnessed by the Empress and court, with full details promised in a day or two.
The King appoints Joseph Ewart to be Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Berlin and John Lane to be Receiver of the one shilling rate on crown salaries, replacing Richard Carter. August 5 in WaitrEXHALL.
August reports from London detail Windsor preparations for the Royal Family return from Cheltenham, plus dispatches from Mt. Eden on Spain talks. Bank of England finances are debated as creditors seek relief, while Westminster election results crown Lord John Townshend amid anti ministry sentiment.
Reports describe Swedish actions in the Baltic against Ruthia, capture of two Russian ships, and a looming formal declaration of war. News notes ministerial communications, conflict lines, and a swing of naval fortunes influencing diplomacy and trade, with neutral ships released under new rules.
Severe sentences were handed down for thefts and frauds including transportation for seven years for Moayer ail abst and others, privily whipped for thefts, and a notable case against John Kegan alias O Regan for keeping a disreputable house. A Cheltenham dispatch notes Duke of York visiting with the King and attending Mrs Jordan's benefit theatre.
At Cuatuam on July 28 a crowd gathered for Signior Johannus Paulus Deroto's fireworks and a royal painting display near Room-lane Chat ham. He vanished with cash after the show, was later captured in Rochester, but discharged for lack of evidence. Several other names and notices follow from August through September.
A compiler notes several aged figures including 84 year old Reverend Thomas Collins vicar of Knaresborough, and the distressed Reverend Perkins formerly of Queen’s College, Oxford. Also mentioned are T Cowper and J Taylor as legal figures, and Francis Marriott a leading Witney blanket-maker, with famine like shortages affecting livelihoods.
In Vienna on 1 July 36 reports describe Col. Quodidanovich detaching two divisions of Samuel Giulai and a cuiraffier unit with volunteers to block a Turkish advance toward Machkovacz. On the night of the 3rd they crossed the Save and, after hours of fighting near Turkish Gradisa, forced the enemy to withdraw. Four volunteers were wounded and four others, plus a corporal, remained. Turks suffered 55 killed including two high ranking Agas.
London Aug 6 7 reports on the Lord Chancellor's status and anti monopoly stance, Bank revenues and India Company funds, and stock exchange stagnation from late bankruptcies. Notes Westminster election language changes, shipments to Portsmouth and Africa, rising European conflicts, French payment refusals, and a Nassau travels tale. A Dutch Amsterdam notice praises Princess of Orange, Barbadoes cotton, and a windling scam affecting a Charing Cross publican.
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