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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 15, 1787
Page
2
From the London Gazette comes an Imperial Declaration imposing ad valorem duties on glass imports into these dominions. Rough glass pays 5 percent, polished glass 10 percent, and silvered or framed glass 15 percent. The declaration aligns with the 4th October 1786 ordinance, detailing entry dimensions and duty collection.
The House complains of indecent reporting of speeches and warns against misrepresentation. Debate covers army and ordnance estimates for North America and West Indies, proposed augmentation, naval support, and costs. Hastings impeachment managers appointed. Fox argues for impartial trial by the Commons and Lords as accusers.
In a heated session the House debated Francis and Hastings amid calls for impartial justice. Arguments centered on integrity, public trust, and the propriety of judging a man amid personal quarrels and past duels. The vote on Francis’s admission drew sharp lines as ministers defended motive and truth.
December reports from London describe Prince William Henry's arrival at the Cove of Cork, the Bishop of London's installation, and Warren Hallings’s forthcoming House of Lords trial on February 13. Maritime news notes the Mars East Indiaman’s shoreing off Margate with cargo damage, and banking talks between Mell. Hope and Co. of Amsterdam and South Carolina. Also, Old Bailey sessions convict a thief from the Cumberland Coffeehouse, and a Johnson Mendoza boxing match is announced with Esham as site.
Listings of multiple notices including dates, serial numbers, and trades. Names such as John James and William Lowe appear with occupations and places in London Suffolk Monmouth and Lincoln's Inn Fields. The document lists bankrupts and survivals with dates and locations.
A scrambled OCR fragment lists multiple 18th century nuptials and social notices. John PoAlethwaytes of Liverpool marries at an inn, Mr Kemble of Drury Lane Theatre weds Mrs Brereton, Elisha Tra paud of the Madrass Engineers weds Harriet Foster, Hon Thomas Walpole weds a French lady, Stephen Brignall weds Mary Christy Roe, plus remarks on bridegroom fees paid in farthings. Additional items reference Lord Riversdate, Mrs Mary Pris, Benjamin Forbusher, Lady Sutton, and Thomas Coppinger Moyle with minor biographical notes.
An advertisement outlines an 1788 annual almanac and account book with pockets for receipts and notes, prefixed tables of legal terms, feasts, tides, weather rules, bank transfers, and lists of public offices. It includes guides on coaches, taxes, measures, and various tables, with London and provincial booksellers listed.
An 1788 pocket ledger offers monthly notes, New and full moons, dances, enigmas, poems, songs, and a wide range of practical tables. Includes bank funds, mail routes, waterman rates, and household expense tables with an alphabetical index of peers and MPs.
From Madrid Spain a brief foreign affairs notice reports the birth of a daughter to Don Gabriel and Maria Victoria. The item notes the infant's birth occurred a few days prior.
The House of Commons hears charges against Sir Elijah Impey for abuse of authority in India, including expansion of jurisdiction, accepting a pleasure appointment, and aiding governors. Lordship Sir Gilbert Eliot accuses him of tolerating oppressions and concealing misdeeds in Bengal, prompting a six-count impeachment referencing Nundcomar and Hastings. The motions set next steps and printing for member use.
A House of Lords message informs Commons that preparations are ordered for Warren Hastings’s trial in Westminster Hall with suitable Commons accommodations. A rumor cites a French alliance plan to counter Prussia and Holland, drawing Russia, Spain, Sweden, Venice, and the Emperor into a balance of power effort, potentially risking war.
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