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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 21, 1789
Page
2
The report notes 65 ships returning to harbour and a squadron at the Dardanelles with three ships of the line four frigates and a small sloop plus Russian priges. Two ships of the line three frigates and age sloop depart to join a near equal force guarding Ottoman coasts and archipelago islands. No plague accident verified in the capital since the ninth influx.
The Lords debated the Regency bill with Westminster petitioners presented by Earl Spencer. Amendments sought to extend governing powers during the Regent’s indisposition and to keep the Act of Uniformity open to future discussion. Bishops and peers argued over penal statutes and potential future changes, ending with a motion to add Ireland to the scope of the Regent’s residence.
The record details committee proceedings on amendments to royal provisions. Lords discuss granting pensions and regency limits, with motions from Lord Radnor and objections from the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Stormont. Several clauses are carried or amended, culminating in an amendment to vest royal care in the Queen and include those not yet of age 21.
Sir Alexander Hood presented a petition from Schmue Lord Hood alleging improper votes for Lord John Townshend in the Westminster election and that the petitioner should have been returned. Lord Townshend claimed ignorance of the petition and indicated indifference to the future date set for consideration, with March 1st to be fixed for the purpose.
London reports indicate the king is in a steady convalescence with improving health and appetite. He shows clearer thinking, and royal visits from the queen and children increase. The nation awaits fuller restoration, while legal and political matters proceed with the Regent’s emergence and court proceedings continuing at Lincoln’s Inn Hall.
A historical notices list records deaths and heirs in Wiltshire and surrounding counties. It names Henry Burnet of Chippenham and Mils Jones’s daughter of Bath, plus aristocratic figures including Lady S Hobart, Henrietta Gold toan, and the Duke of Gordon. Other entries mention John Hannington, Mrs Treacher, Sir John Sinclair, and Rear Admiral Whitwell among notable obituaries and inheritances observed in the public notice.
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