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Newspaper

Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 09, 1787

Page

1

Ancient Min Turned Statue Sparks Foreign Discoveries

A newly found site near Garigliano reveals a fine Caligula statue fragment with a bust already in Vatican hands. artists will complete missing legs and an arm. Paris reports King Louis XVI attended the Assembly of Notables on May 25, then returned to Versailles to thank officials for their service.

Minturne Garigliano Caligula Vatican Paris Monsieur Versailles Marquis de Venuti

Royal pageantry and political notices from London June events

Reports from London describe a Thursday Messiah at Westminster Abbey with royal attendance and increased ticket sales, plus forthcoming ceremonial installations and church and legal proceedings. Friction with merchants over customs consolidations and a government push for virtue follows, with notices from Middlesex and references to French and Dutch reactions and European unrest on taxes and treaties.

London Westminster Abbey Abbey Prince of Denmark Duke of Beaufort Brecon Weshminster Abbey Ninister Middlesex Lord Loughborough His Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas Westminster France England Lannon Brittany Lisbon Holland United Provinces

Patriot Plans in Holland and English Harwich Dispatches

Reports detail Patriots press for controls on Holland finances, suspending the Stadtholder from command, and mobilizing Burghers with provincial troops to avert civil war. Also noted is the launch of a 74 gun ship at Deptford and letters from Harwich about Dutch disturbances and Sir James Harris sailing to Holland at the Stadtholder’s urging.

States of Holland Union Deptford Harwich Utrecht London Helveot James Harris England

Lunardi Demonstrates Thames Drowning-Saver Canoe

An exhibition at Battersea Bridge features Lunardi testing a small canoe device strapped to the body to save swimmers from drowning. Crowds cheer as he travels to Fulham and Chiswick, landing safely after praising the device’s convex bottom over a cork jacket.

Thames Lunardi Battersea Bridge Lord Dunmore Fulham Bridge Battersea Chiswick Townley

Notorious smuggler captured after Norwich escape

Stamford June 1 report details the arrest of Robert Shorten at a public house in Flitcham. A noted smuggler and horse-thief, he resisted, broke free from handcuffs, wounded a constable with an iron bar, escaped briefly, then was recaptured and taken to his lodgings. He had made several cutter trips to Dunkirk and recently landed a cargo.

Country News Stamford Flitcham Robert Shorten Norwich Castle Dunkirk France Bilfton Wolverhampton Montem Eton Princess Royal Salt Hill Mrsv Ellison Gloegester

Fragments from Salop and Shropshire Court Notices

In Salop, a man died after grievous injuries from a brutal assault. In Worcester, Thomas Evan Williams was fined for glove sales without stamps but jailed for three months inability to pay. Beverly, linked to cow theft near Cleobury, was captured and found with details of a past death sentence. Traunter seized his weapon. Lewes reports a Cornwall inheritance of 10000 pounds plus a gold bill, prompting a hopeful alliance between a steady footman and his favored servant as wedding attire is prepared.

Thomas Evan Willams James Holt Salop Dyers Beverly Bewdly William Trannter Jones Worcester William Birch Cleobury Shropshire Beverly Chelixt Castle Traunter

Trade Firm Change in Bristol Names 1787 Notice

Bristol May 31 1787 announces a change in the soap and candle trade names. The business formerly Fry Fripp and Co will continue under the firm of Samuel Shoe Co and the public is invited to favor the new partnership.

FRY, Fripp, and Co Samuel Shoe Co RED Lodge Stony Hill St. Michael Bristol Red-Lidgearden Richard Hill Tyler William Trotman Clare-street Edward Daniel

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