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Newspaper

Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 19, 1789

Page

4

Hemp Cultivation Method Revealed At Court

Sunday and Tuesday postings summarize varied reports from courts and foreign affairs. Notable items include a new hemp cultivation method presented to Brook Warton, Esq., a damages dispute over auctioneering at Chilton Lodge, and a elopement pairing Pollard of Thornhill with Clapham of Dewsbury amid broader royal and diplomatic note. Reports also note a French bid to reclaim debt from the American Congress, English beer exemption, Livy texts found in Fez and Morrocco libraries, and a devastating Antwerp riot followed by a major earthquake near Citadi Castelio with many dead and ruined towns.

Reyal Brook Warton Chaftie Court of Common Pleas Macnamara Chilton Lodge Wilthire Christie Pollard Thornhill Yorkshire Fortune Clapham Jinen-draper Dewsbury Gretna Green American Congress Marshal Matachowski Naples Fez Morocca Antwerp Novi Citadi Castillo Rome Tuscany Jemruiur Citadi Castelio

Patriots of Brabant Outline for Belgic Constitution

The document outlines a Belgic constitution accepted by Brabant patriots for Emperor Austria. It includes: equal enjoyment of the Joyous Entry, no new sovereign law without Sovereign Council confirmation, annual States General assemblies at Brussels, six deputies per order, Brabant and Flanders with twelve commissioners each, annual accounting by the Government General, birthright rules for officials, oath of loyalty to Sovereign and States General, limits on private judicial instructions, two senior clergy in superior courts, reestablishment of the University of Louvain, and a biannual National Council presided by the Malmnes archbishop to regulate church discipline. It notes guarantees from France, England, Presia, and the States-General of the United Provinces, and mentions a dispatch to Vienna.

Brabant Council of Low Countries States General Brafsets Flanders Netherlands Louvain Malmnes France England Presia United Provinces Vienna

Fire injures lady near Reverend Cro in Holiwell

On Wednesday last the lady of Reverend Herbert Cro in Holiwell Oxford sustained severe burns when her clothing caught fire while reaching for the chimney. The accident occurred at their home and reports say she was very badly burned.

Herbert Cro Holiwell Oxford

Canal Navigation Plan as Leominster to Stourport Proposed

The article outlines a proposed canal navigation from Leominflér to Stourport over about six miles including three tunnels 330, 12954, and 3859 yards long. Estimated cost stands at 83,000 pounds with tonnage value around 4900, about 5 percent of total outlay. It also notes long-lived villagers and a sensational marriage sale in Oxford, plus a criminal custody update on William Saville.

Leominflér Stourport Minnigaff Galloway William Marchal Judd Robin Gray William Saville Thomas

Hermit Joseph Maxley Dies in Rus-in-Urbe Gardens Hoxton

Joseph Maxley known as the Hermit, a former Lincolnshire clothier turned preacher and millennial pamphleteer, died Friday at a small house near Hoxton. Once charitable with followers and money, he later faced lunacy proceedings then spent years abroad and at home publishing anonymous tracts. He left 101 to his milk server and belongings to Mr Goughton, with burial to be private.

Rus-in-Urbe Gardens Hoxton Joseph Maxley Lincolnshire Stepney America Goughton

Bodies Found In Bank-Side Clay Led To Suffolk Jew Tale

Ipswich reports a man’s body recovered from clay along a bank side during road widening between Leifton and Theberton. The man, identified by beard and clothes as a Saxmundham Jew who vanished 8 to 10 years ago, carried a box. A Leifton woman who bought the Jew’s goods at low prices is suspected. In Bagworth, Elizabeth Raven, a weak-minded woman, gave birth beside the road to a male stillborn child after being asked to bury it. Liveroon fire on Friday deadened a warehouse blaze, destroying cotton and sugar. insurers’ loss high, but firemen and volunteers saved the lower floors.

Ipswich Leifton Theberton Saxmundham Leiflon Bia MincHam Elizabeth Raven Bagworth Heatherpits Liverroon Ed Cross-Street Tarletons

Canine Affection Ends With Dog's Death

A gentleman owned two pointers, a dog and a bitch, who habitually roamed together and slept side by side by the parlour fire. The pointer dog recently died, leaving the remaining bitch in mourning.

Dog Recovers in Quiet Hearthside Burial Scene

An elderly couple mourns as their dog, missing since the day prior, uncovers and drags its master to the fireside burial site. The animal curls beside the master, nestled under the shelter of the fireside as the household returns.

Bell-makers and merchants listed in Guildhall notices

A long column lists numerous tradespeople and notables with Dec 19 Jan 23 dates, including Wm Mears and Tho Mears bell-founders. Alexander Auber and Charles Rigaud merchants. David Moore mercer. and others from Rye, Hull, Bristol, Cheltenham, Neath, and London. Also includes clergy and military figures, marriages, deaths, awards, and public notices across England.

Bankfurts Wm. Mears Thomas Mears Whitechapel Guildhall Alexander Auber Charles Henry Rigaud Middle-Moorhelds David Moore Hawkshead Lancashire Mercer Rose and Crown Inn Kirby Kendal Westmoreland Thomas Marley Rye Sussex Taylor the George Thomas Terrington Kingston-upon-Hull Linen-Draper George and Dragon Kingon-upon-Hull John Heard Bude Rummer Tavern Bristol Hawkwell James Morris Cheltenham Glocestershire George Inn John Bowman Startforth Yorkshire Rose and Crown Barnard Casstle Durham David Morgan Langadock Carmarthenshire Chapman Ship & Castle Inn Neath James Hatch Joseph Hatch Fenchurch-street Matthew Jones William Hickes Worthing Stephen Noelly Green-street Middlesex Toyman William Griffin Kidderminster Worcestershire Woalstapler Black Horse Inn Stephen Gray Beverley Yorksire Tallow-Chandler White Hart Kingston-upon- Hull Thomas Cocks Manchester Spread Eagle Inn Salford Somerville Macqueen Frthstreet-full Hardwareman William Newman New Sarum Wilts White- Hart Inn William Jones Beth Bear Inn Bath Robert Tipping Liverpool London John Gee Smyth Chesterworth Suffolk Chaloner Byng Baldock Lord Malton Winterborne Clenston Milton Abbas Dorset Tho Caldecott Middle Temple Glamorgan Brecon Radnor G. Guy L.L.B Henfield Gardines Chipcafe Calle Northumberland Neville Kingston Upon Hull Nelson Queen’s Dragoon Guards Frank Hay John Hay Hopes John Cameron Falkirks Michael Proctor Tewkesbury Mills Mary Webb Ann Webb Taxal Chester Elvaston Derbyshire Salisbury F. Griesdale B. Newell Newell Mand Jamaica Stafford Dorchester John Floyer Chancery Lane Bristowe Burnell Hammersmith Robert Sanderson Greenwich Hospital George Robinson Walters W. Bye Hindon Shrewsbury Jonathan Thatcher Cheshire Ross

Magnificent Wright Family Bible in eighty numbers

An ornate advertisement for The Reverend Dr. Wright’s New and Complete Bible with extensive copper plates and scholarly notes. The work promises superior engraving, maps, portraits, and annotations, edited by Paul Wright D D, issued weekly in 36 numbers at sixpence each, to be completed with lavish typography and Emblems.

Phillip Botany-Bay Marquis of Salioury Hunter Shortland Watts Dawes Bradley Marshall Medland Sherwin, Mazell, Harrison Penrhyn Lieut. Ball Supply Capt. Marshall Scarborough London John Stockdale Piccadilly J. Norton Bristol Wright Great Britain Ireland Pollard Garden Land of Eden Paradise Frans Conder Christ Samaria Rennol Pie Cain Abel de Christian Paul Wright Oakley Alex. Hogs King’s Arms England Scotland St. Peter's Oatley Essex Chute N. B Dr. Walcut Anix Hope No Paternoster-Row

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