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Newspaper

Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 03, 1787

Page

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Foreign Affairs and Church Notices from Paris and Durham

Summaries of dispatches from Paris and London noting Eden at a foreign ministers meeting, church discussions ahead, Dutch civic oath exoneration, and a Congé d Elire granting Durham Cathedral authority to elect a Bishop with Thuylow as possible candidate. Abdrahaman Aga grants audience in London.

R. Eden Paris Hacue Holland Schutters London Durham John Egerton Thomas Thuylow Lincoln St. James’s L’hajec Abdrahaman, Aga Pepelis

Address of Thanks and Royal Response in Commons

Report notes that the House waited to know when the Address of thanks would be attended with the royal speech. The King replied that he thanked the loyal address and the expressions of attachment, promising diligent consideration of objects recommended. Pitt announced plans to move on next week for Treaties with France and Spain. Also ordered no private-bill petitions after March 9 and a Supply report to be received Monday. The fifteenth Public Accounts report was read.

Pitt Commissioners of Public Accompts

London Gossip on Trade Alliances and Official Appointments

London dispatches report the French Ambassador’s audience with the King at St James's, expected Spanish ambassador arrival, and convocation prorogation to March 28. Rumors place Lord Barrington as Postmaster General, Baron Eyre named Lord Chief Baron, and discuss French treaty implications, new taxes, and shop tax opposition. Mentions of spinning schools in several counties and a letter from Mr. Howard in Vienna.

London St. James’s Paris Barrington Earl of Yankerville Eyre Exchequer France England Versailles York Gloucestershire Wiltshire Northamptonshire Devon Webb Lady Lansdown

Excerpts on Prisons, Clergy, and Lottery Claims in 18th Century Europe

A long extract notes reforms by the German emperor, church allowances to marry, and public sympathy for debtors. It mentions Mr Howard recovering from fever in Venice, audiences with rulers, and prison alterations. It covers ecclesiastical and civic changes, law cases in Leith and Bath, and a detailed promotional claim for SHERGOLD lottery shares promising high returns with assurances of no deception.

Howard Vienna Lazaretto Venice Germany Cologn Treves Mentz Dofor America Franklin Poppi Tuscany King’s End England Pegasus Barbadoes St. Vincent’s Prince William Henry Stauds Africa Bath Reading Paris Blackwall Portsmouth Botany Bay Eprinzpuren Court of Exchequer Thomas Williamson Meff Ramsay, Williamson, and Company Leith Corbet Excise Shergold Lombard-Street Catherine-Street Strand Fleet-Street Gal Cali

Bristol. For Kingston Jamaica. The Su1 Britannia

Notice dated January 1787 directs that freight or passage on the ship Protheroe and Claxton be inquired for by January end. It names Alexander Muirhead and references matters concerning the vessel and its sailing from Bristol to Kingston, Jamaica. Contractors urged to respond before the last day of February.

Kingston Jamaica Alexander Muirhead Protheroe Claxton Ll. Merchants-Hall Clifton Down Durdham Down Clifton Society J. Osborne John Brittain Hambrook Winterbourn Gloucester John Brittain Gayner Felton F. Ward Exchange Bristol

One Guinea Prize Draw Payouts and Draw Dates

The notice lists prize tiers in pounds and shillings for a lottery style draw. It specifies payment amounts for numbers drawn on specific days including the 1st, 7th, 16th, 14th, and last day. It notes differing payouts for tickets depending on whether they are the first drawn on certain dates or the last drawn on the final day.

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