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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 24, 1789
Page
2
The Lords held a conference with the Commons on yesterday's resolutions. The Commons resolutions were read and ordered to lie on the table. A motion to take them into consideration on Friday was moved, leading to brief debate and a late adjournment.
A House of Commons debate centers on appointing a council to advise Queen Victoria on the care of the King’s person and royal household during his illness. Members clash over granting the Queen power to dispose of household offices and to appoint a council, with concerns about constitutional balance, precedent, and authority.
The debate centers on the regent, the Crown, and possible peer creation. Fox argues ministers must discuss the matter without personal bias and warns against excessive patronage. Pitt defends government measures, questioning permanence of India Bill and the Queen’s influence. Division results show party divisions as resolutions move to the Lords.
In the House of Commons a discussion on the Prince of Wales, the Marriage Act, and a possible Regent concluded with names and positions exchanged. Dover elected Travennion over Pybus by 95 votes. Devon Freeholders and Manchester address Pitt about the government. At Newgate, William Woodcock and Cornelius Carty were executed or to be hanged in chains for murders.
Thomas Mate was found guilty of wilful murder in Chester Crownmore Court for killing John Parry, an officer attempting to execute a warrant. After a five hour trial, Mate received a sentence of execution on the fourth of February, with his body to be delivered to surgeons for dissection. The Recorder Foster Bower lauded for protecting officers while upholding private rights.
The speaker asserts that when a warrant is valid and its purpose to kill a constable is known, the act constitutes murder. He adds that a house offers no sanctuary in criminal charges, only civil processes. Magistrates must ensure warrants are issued with strict caution to protect peace officers, as a three week respite is granted for Mate while judges review legality.
The declination of Mr Fox from office on December 19 1789 raises fears about credit abroad and Ireland turmoil while Pitt is praised for stabilizing finances and governance. The piece invites England to judge Pitt’s merit as he remains at the helm amid perilous circumstances.
Bankrupts listed by locale with dates January 17 to March including William Owen Cornhill John Sadlington War wickcourt Holborn and merchants Cailler brothers Exeter George Masterman Selby brewer William Stroud Wantage Henry Martin Minories drapers and others. Obituaries and marriage notices for Frome Gloucester Pembroke College head figures Mrs St John and Miss Langston with regional gentry and sheriffs.
A notice proclaims a prize of thirty thousand pounds with further capital prizes totaling two hundred twenty thousand pounds. It warns ticket buyers not to delay as prices rise from about sixteen shillings to twenty pounds before the drawing, and highlights the event’s broad appeal both domestically and internationally.
A Common Council meeting in the Guildhall on January 13 1789 resolves unanimously to thank the Prince of Wales for his beneficence to the poor in London. The thanks are to be transcribed and presented by William Curtis and Sir Benjamin Hammet with the town officers.
A Bristol freehold sale notice describes Lot XIII-A four acres in Murton Hill Paddock with 99 year feoffment and 10s annual rent, Lot XXIT a Redcliffe Street messuage occupied by William Brookman, Lot AMITI a second messuage with stable behind the last, occupied by Mates Dallaway. Occupiers are tenants at will except two lots. Conditions note building of brick-yard dwellings with uniform height. For details, contact NatHan Winpey and Sox. THOMAS HEMBURY Broker. Friday and Saturday posts list London news on Regency plans and various political and economic items.
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