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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 15, 1787
Page
4
The writer recalls walking near a northern town and meeting a poor woman with two infants, one her own and the other a foster child. He reveals the tragedy of a gentleman’s seduction and neglect, the mother’s ruin, and the child’s future hardship, arguing seduction harms society and demands better moral accountability.
Sunday and Tuesday's Pofls conclude from our first Page. French money offers eleven percent interest but subscription fills slowly. Duc d Orleans reportedly may retire to England over the Constitution. Hastings's trial delays noted. A wealth tale links 600,000 remitted from India to Copenhagen and Hamburgh for Hastings. Pirates executed. Old Sarum returns Hardinge. Ships Catherine and Mass Farrington report off Wight and Newfoundland encounters, with troops from Quebec. Insolvency bill discussed to aid debtors, excluding traders. Catherine eyes circumnavigation with Kamchatka squadron ready. Beadle Mr Green’s body found.
The article recounts Lord George Gordon being detained by Bow Street officers after traveling from Birmingham to London. It describes his conversion to Judaism, adoption of Hebrew dress and customs, and his refusal to depart on the Sabbath, with Jews surrounding him in London atop a controversial recantation.
In Grocester on December 10, Joseph Sims, a Hempstead farmer, housed two traveling tinkers and their guides. While he was away and his wife and servant dairy work, his box was robbed of 62 guineas and a silver watch by Sam Bradley Worcester No 7311, kept by the tinkers after leaving.
Parisian topicks report a December 1 1787 address to the King from the Parliament protesting the exile of the Duke of Orleans and the imprisonment of two magistrates. They demand justice freedom and a bed of justice as leaks of fear haunt law and liberty and plead for mercy and release of the magistrates. A later deputation to Versailles on the 26th elicited a measured royal reply urging restraint and adherence to law while warning against sensationalism.
Royal authority asserts control over public order and punishes dissidents. Prolonged debate in Parliament delays verdict on Edett enregisterment and Duke of Orleans support. Exiles ordered for Freteau and Sabbatier as peers pressured not to assemble. Fitz-James denied access to Orleans.
The Proprietors will not be liable for parcels over value unless paid. The Birmingham Mail Coach departs nightly from the Kummer Lavern to towns including Worcester Shrewsbury Manchester Liverpool Coventry Derby and more. No crossing in the Mail Boat for non passengers. cross only with mail coach passengers or by alternative routes when spaces permit.
Dr Steers Opodeldoc promoted for chilblains in hands or feet and for bruises prains lumbago cramps numbness and joint weakness. Sold in London by H Steers and F Newbery and by various regional venders with caution against imitations and spurious copies.
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