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Newspaper

Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 03, 1787

Page

3

Farmer George and Royal News From Windsor to Botany Bay

A London digest reports King George III amused by the nickname Farmer George after a Windsor encounter with a flock of sheep. It notes legal cases, Beaumarchais plans, and naval ship launches, including the Comte de Regis at Havana and ships under construction near Carthagena. It mentions Ethan Allen’s deism volume, Siddons’s theatre receipts, a fatal collapse at an Old Hill area dwelling, and curious Durham Bishop ceremony at Nepham. Included are Canton mining updates, a pensioner’s pardon request, and Captain Phillips’ Botany Bay expedition tale.

Richard Joseph Sulivan New Romney Edward Deering George Neunham Lord Harcourt Windsor Georges Farmer George Prettyman George Gordon Esq Lord George Gordon King’s Bench Scotland Havannah Comte de Regis Notre Dame de Guadaloupe Royal Charles St. Pedro d’Alcantara Santa Catarina Carthagena St. Florentina St. Fulgence France Ethan Allen Beaumarchais Portman Place Burt Evans Akerman Botany Bay Newgate Canton China Europe Nefham Durham Darlington Stocburn Phillips Lisbon Brazils Powell Kent Pearse London Leworthy Barnstaple Watkins Hotwells James Tylngy Long Addington Devizes His Majesty’s Customs William Rogers Jones C’nnight St. James’s Church Small Edward Evans St. James’s Eliz. Watkins Edmund Watkins Pwlt Monmouthshire Laft John’s Southwark Samuel Kenyon Lawrence Pountney-Lane Fanny Dowell Fe’nnight John Deering Sherborne Tewkesbury Glocestershire Havard Esy Wright Henry Wright Trim-street Bath Winchester Blagden Blagden, Wife of Mr. Blagden Mnight Geary King’s-mead-share Jones Abergavenny Miss Thompson Trinity-street Walter King Naith-Houft Tremlett Anethony Tremlett Exeter Merthyr-mawr Place Rivers-ftrec George Vernon Lucas Wiedow Catherine-place Dimond Theatre-Royal Brunswick-square Maria Guife John Guife Highnam Court Glocester Sever St. Michael’s James Elliott St. Aufile Truro Chelwood Beacham Collier Clutton Henney Pensford Roffer

Emancipation Granted After Lisbon Court Intervention

A voyage narrative notes that a captain urged mercy before the Court of Lisbon to mitigate sentences for detained sailors. The plea succeeded, the transport crew behaved loyally, the ship reached Buenos Ayres, and prisoners were freed with minor land grants. A Gravesend letter reports a vessel with brandy consignment seized by Revenue Officers, and local hop prices and financial quotes cap the page.

Lisbon Buenos Ayres Phillips Gravesend

Bristol Lottery Adventurers Society Notice 1787

The Bristol Society of Lottery Adventurers announces an event dated January 1787. Officials invite members to gather for proceedings and lottery related planning. Details specify location and entry requirements as published in local notices.

Bristol R. Blaning Broad-Quay London Society of Lottery Adventurers A1. Jenkins Ames Aargraver Bridge-street Blaming W. H. Jenkins Bristol Society of Lottery Adventurers Sligh-street Braiston Ezekiel Hazard N.B George Palmer St. John’s Street Dublin Exchange Lottery Society Buters Rosser Broad-street Bistol

Enterprising shipping and local notices from Bath

A bustle of arrivals and departures at British ports with several ships listed. Community news includes charity gifts, magistrate actions, marriages, deaths, and public concerns like disturbance at Hotwells, custom-house contracts, and a plea for better ale measures.

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