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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 31, 1789
Page
3
A review reveals lack of unanimity among crown servants over a proposed plan. Speakers clash as Earl of Carlisle and Lord Stormont challenge the noble lord's cautious stance. A conference is requested and the House adjourns pending tomorrow's session.
A Wednesday round of parliamentary business includes a Commons to Lords conference, with a committee appointed to manage resolutions addressed to the Prince of Wales and the Queen. Ireland reports describe severe flood damage in Cork and Liverpool storms, plus ship losses and a cabinet council. Details cover Bengal trade shifts, East India Company measures, and military muster figures, with miscellaneous local accidents and stock quotations.
Reports note a majority against and names of speakers at Exeter Guildhall gathering. Sir John Duntze and Archdeacon Moore led the motion praising Pitt and the Commons for December actions. Gloucester poll closes date uncertain. Pitt holds a 32 vote lead. Marriages recorded include Mr Stephens and Miss Riley, Rev Hughes’s marriage, and Mr Deane’s wedding. further details incomplete.
Notices report the marriage of Miss Saunders of London to Mr Joshua Hopking of Exeter at TeWKsbury and Miss Ath daughter of the late Rev Dr Ash of Pershore. It records multiple deaths including James Coward of this city, Capt Woodhouse at Little Haven, Mrs Warren, and Rev James Stooke of Exeter, with various other obituaries and local incidents.
Bristol January 31 178g announces that Doctor Brunswick from London has arrived at McWaters St Augustines Back opposite the Drawbridge Bitlol for a long stay. He offers cures for internal and external disorders with certificates of many cures, and free aid for the poor Mondays mornings. Consultation fee one shilling to fund medicine for the poor.
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