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Newspaper

Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 26, 1788

Page

2

Speech of the Lord Lieutenant Opens Irish Parliament

The Lord Lieutenant delivers a royal speech in Parliament praising the Duke of Rutland's death, lauding foreign affairs progress, and urging measures for public service. He highlights linen manufacture, Protestant education, Church of Ireland, and national accounts, pledging cooperation to boost peace, commerce, and loyalty across Ireland. The address emphasizes Crown honour and imperial unity.

House of Peers Ireland Duke of Rutland United Provinces Duke of Brunswick House of Commons Church of Ireland

Court orders seven cruisers to guard coast of Portugal

Lisbon reports the court has ordered seven cruisers as guarda costas to curb illicit traffic. The vessels will form a line from the Douro to Sacra Bay near Spain, protecting the passage to the Straits of Gibraltar. All American ships are to be searched for specie, as large coin shipments have left the kingdom.

Lispon Portugal Guarda Costas Douro Sacra Bay Lafks Spain Streights Gibraltar

Slavery, East India Books, and High Life Gossip in London

A London report surveys the Hastings evidence with East India Company volumes and grand livery, notes clergy support for abolition links, Rouen factory distress, Irish furs import plans, a St James's Street footman duel over addresses, watches as status symbols, and a Holborn mugging thwarted by bystanders.

London Westminster Hall East India Company Hastings British West India Islands Rouen Canada Amerca Ireland St. James’s Street Starrs Barrington Mr. Johnston Holborn Gray’s Innlane

Shrewsbury Fraud Trial and Canine Disease Notices

The report details Alvarez and Jones's conviction in Norwich linked fraud schemes with aliases and mail orders, plus a Shrewsbury court move to aid in abolishing the slave trade. It also describes Oxford dog curbs and a harrowing hydrophobia case from Sutton, tracing a victim's decline from bite to death with vivid symptoms.

Tan Norwich The and Co Alvarez Mayor-street Hackney Israel Hicks Alvarey Merrrs, Taylor and Co Messrs Taylor Alvarezes Jones Morris Shrewsbury Oxford Thomas Adfetts Sutton Ias

Smalanc Ey 2 Victims in Despair and Death

An OCR fragment notes a tragic death at 36, describing it as alarming and dreadful. It mentions a widow and five poor dependent children left without other support than charitable benevolence. The text reflects a somber obituary tone with minimal readable details.

Offence for baiting bulls leads to mild penalty in Rugby

A Rugby man convicted of baiting bulls receives only twenty shillings as the penalty. Bath sessions report harsh future prosecutions for the offence. Wiltshire quarter sessions address thefts, poaching and gang activity led by Isaac Giles, with several transported or punished.

Birmingham Rugby Clerk Rugby School Bath Wilts Devizes James Carpenter John Grift John Gorney Sutton-Veney Isaac Giles Simon Pain Warminster Giles John Strickland Newgate Market John Hopkins Horsley Glocestershire Crown Inn Minchin Hampton Stephen Parmantier Conduit-street St. George Hanoveriquare Taylor William Simpson Bleet-market Mealman Chapman Aac Delvalle Fenchurch-street John Munden Swansea Chester John Hays Iindsey Lancashire Victualler John Dent Wapping-street Middlesex Aentain Mears Hatton-street Holorn Mariner Thomas Wall William Ball Bristol Maltners Brewers Copartners All Laveety Jaynes Bivins William Burk Mount Sorrel Leicestershire White Bear Inn Coventry John Kennedy Liverpool Farshaw’s John Lively Samuel Lively Manrrien Edward Miller Mundy Derby Middleton John Hatton Longstanton Cambridgshire Mills Bridgham Thomas West Burton Hill Sheppard Street London Cha. Moore Hexham George Delaval Bavington Northumberland Cuthbert Shaftoe Akyley Heads Durham

London News Capsule Of Fraud And Tragedy In Late Election

In a late canvass for a Scottish peerage seat, a London applicant baring a Scottish title refused to vote while stating he could not afford to live on a title and business income. A serious fraud scheme involving fake consignments from Philadelphia targeted a London firm, ending with an unreturned ship and vanished cargo. Separately a murder at the Red Lion in Nightingale Lane left a young sailor dead after a confrontation with a common prostitute, who was jailed at Newgate. A kitchen accident in Monmouthshire left Mrs Lewis gravely burned, and a remarkable stray dog incident in Margate followed violent winds.

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