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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 30, 1787
Page
2
From London Gazette London May 24 dispatches note plague incidents at Wagilar near Smyrna. After twenty days with no contagion symptoms, the village shows improvement and contagion fears ease. Constantinople records accompany the brief bulletin.
London dispatch remarks on the measles strike against three princesses and their recovery, noting earlier debates on inoculation methods and hazard. It reports political exchanges with Paris and Madrid, Dutch and Irish affairs, policing moves, stock exchange tricks, and court actions including convictions and procedural abuses.
The article discusses legal procedure in a case where a writ could not issue after proper obedience to summons. It notes an Ecclesiastical Court decision on a minor marriage case, reports on linen orders from the Isle of Man, and mentions a proposed congress to mediate Holland’s affairs. News from Jamaica and Hispaniola covers American commerce and cargo disputes, with reflections on Indian policy and experiments in tanning and dyeing.
A Greenland bound ship returns with dire fishery news. Hull and other vessels are reported stranded in an ice field. Captain Fayrer, surprised on deck, sights a colossal island of rice towering over the sea and threatening the ship with breaking fragments and a terrifying presence.
Descriptions of ice islands with polished silver appearance followed by a list of marriage proposals and social announcements. Includes notices of bankruptcies, residents of various London and nearby areas, and court-related names such as Rogers, Frewen, and Drought.
Reports from London detail the Prince of Wales at a levee since his illness, while Privy Council forms a committee to spur public finance, and dispatches describe unrest in the Austrian Netherlands and political maneuvering around the Stadtholder.
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