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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 06, 1789
Page
4
A grand French embassy gala in Portman Square showcased royal attendance and elite fashion. The Queen, Princesses, and leading nobles viewed top Paris ballet performances by M. Depree and others, with lavish costumes, flower offerings, and a final general country dance.
Wreaths of flowers lined the hall as the Dukes of York and Clarence appeared in uniform. By ten thirty the company rose to dance country dances while the Royal Sisters mingled with nobility. The Queen conversed with the Duke of Gloucester as a sumptuous supper followed in a white fan decorated room. The Royal Family remained dancing past four in the morning. invitations numbered around gov. Glocester’s carriage horses ran away briefly on leaving Shug Lane but caused no injuries.
A reader voices gratitude for the Bristrot Society’s lifeboat premiums aiding ten drownings saved since December 1785. He pleads for the treasurer’s continued service, urges public support, and cites a drowning incident where a premium might have bought the landlord’s humanity, stressing the city’s need and his own loyalty as a late resident.
In Exmouth on the 1gth, a corked quart bottle was set afloat by a cockle-boy containing two letters. One addressed to Salisbury, the other to Ashbury, sent by post per the writer’s request. A note on one letter promised if you are a sailor you should deliver them to their journey’s end. The bottle drifted from a vessel in Studland bay, through Portland, and over Exmouth bar.
A letter from an anonymous citizen urges Bristol to grant up to six additional hackney coach licences. Three stands would be placed in front of the Parade and three near the Pump Room to serve Hotwells visitors. The proposal requests distinct plate letters AH to distinguish Bristol and Hotwells coaches and notes seasonal demand from the Rooms at Clifton and other local venues.
In Bristol on May 29, 1789, Candus condemns abolitionist hand bills as misinformed. He argues slaves in Jamaica face harsher conditions than European laborers, asserts slaves resist freedom, and warns against full abolition. He urges regulated trade and cautions about unrest if reform proceeds.
A long list of tradespeople with from High Street St Mary le Bone to Deptford and Bristol, naming Each tradesman and their profession, with scattered dates and inns. The fragment notes meetings or notices at Bush Tavern Bristol Swan Inn Wells Castle Inn Birminham. Attornies are Ward Conway. June entries appear alongside January and July dates.
A dense list of short items including marriages, deaths, and local notices from various towns. Names include John James Mallard, William Nicoll, Richard Charles Connell, and Miss Janett Douglas. Also mentions the Champion ship, King’s Lynn, Frome, Hackney, Dublin, and Bath.
A narrator from Paitaperraia on December 15 1788 reflects on urban life and literature in a note on affordable books. He contrasts poverty and wealth, commends local satire and dramatic works, and extols native productions over foreign imports while praising wit and virtue.
The Commissioners for sick and hurt seamen invite sealed tenders on Friday June 26 at 1 p.m. to contract victualling for sailors and marines sent to the Naval Hospital at Jamaica. Further details available at the Commissioners office Somerset Place London or with Messrs Thomas Shute Bristol and Rosgart Bupaicoms Liverpool.
May 21 1784 at Bush Tavern announces the annual meeting of the Bristol Society for the Texures and Discharge of Persons confined for small debts. Names include Levi Ames mayor, Richard Hawkswell chamberlain, and donors Mary Olive legacy for relief of poor prisoners at Newgate plus gifts from Mr Haydon and Mr White.
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