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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 02, 1789
Page
2
A force led by the Pacha of Scutari met the Porte ordered opponent near Trieste in April. He was trapped between two Aves and routed, with about 900 men killed. The defeated commander fled in haste as Montenegrins rose against him.
The London Gazette notes the Hon. Robert Hobert taking oaths to join His Majesty's Privy Council of Ireland. It also lists addresses to their graces from diverse dioceses, counties, and towns in Ireland and England including Dublin Somer than Basingstoke Pembroke Tenby Canickfergus and others, plus messages to the King and Queen from various regions.
Major Scott moves to bring up a petition signed by Warren Hastings denying Burke’s charges. Fox and others urge rejecting the petition as ill-founded, while Burke defends his conduct and recounts India affairs to show the charges’ falsity. The House orders the petition laid on the table as duties and militia matters proceed.
A brief court or official notice states that the Bri tish Matcuny case or matter, as ordered, will be read on Monday. The language is fragmented but indicates a scheduled reading or parsing of the matter involving Wm. Young's poor bul.
London April reports celebrate royal entertainments with Duke of York present and grand balls. The piece notes a cabinet council, test act debates, and tax changes, plus Paris dispatches on the Emperor’s health. It runs through warnings of mad dogs in Wiltshire, a Lyme Regis bake-house fire, Easter baptisms in Manchester, and various US and domestic commerce and personal notices.
A dated fragment lists numerous marriage and engagement notices across Bath Brittol Kidderminster and other locales, followed by a testimonial on J Hayman Golden-Square Drops and its claimed cures, including a letter from John Soper praising the remedy and the London address for purchasing. The text mixes social notices with advertising copy and older manuscript formatting.
On a Commons message their Lordships resolved to defer further proceedings in the trial of Warren Haslings, Ely, until Tuesday next. The House then adjourned.
In a Wednesday session the House debated duties on hawkers and pedlars and then moved to render perpetual an act encouraging printing of calicoes. A trial of Warren Hastings was discussed with petitions against the managers and Burke’s support. A motion to delay Hastings’ trial was approved and sent to the Lords.
London dispatches report the Queen's Brothers delaying their England visit, plans to meet the King and Queen at The Hague, and a possible Regency role for the Duke of Gloucester during the absence. A Lifeguards regiment may prepare to accompany the King to Hanover, while debates over tobacco excise reform prompt opposition from manufacturers. The Britannia brings new sugars. unrest among slaves at St Vincent subsides after military action. Burke quips about Hart’s famine denial and a familiar London joke echoes in Scotland.
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