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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 10, 1788
Page
1
From Trieste and Hassle Holland date lines the report notes Austrian troops barred from Turkish flour over poison fears. Peace restored brings constitutional reform and restored public tranquillity. Allies with Great Britain and Prussia celebrate the Republic’s relief from fetters and trade slowly revives.
The London Gazette notes May 2 that Hugh Lord Fortescue is appointed Lord Lieutenant for the county of Devon and for the city and county of Exeter. He took the required oaths today, replacing allegiance and supremacy oaths.
Thursday May 1 in the House of Commons the Wool Bill faced a long desultory debate with Sir John Thorold opposing its principle and moving to postpone further consideration for three months. The division ended 112 to 476 in favor of adjournment, and the committal was ordered for Friday.
London reports a christening of the Princess of Afluria’s newborn son with forty names led by Charles Marie Isidore. A cannon-stationing invention by an engineer under naval patronage is noted amid London’s economic woes, including cotton trade strain, East India monopoly backlash, and the wool bill debate.
The report covers wool smuggling losses of 1100 to 13000 packs yearly and debates on wool bills, Bank of England operators aiding two houses with Lancashire workmen funds, plus a Vienna Gazette summary of Turkish-Austrian clashes near Tamas and a Paris funeral for Count de Bufon, with medical notes on fatal bladder stones.
An 1788 Bristol record notes the Bristol Society for the Review and Discharge of Persons Confined for Small Debts held in May with Sheriff Morgan in chair. The committee reports 21 debtors freed and 83 well-reported prisoners relieved over the year, the fund totaling about £1,941 14s 6d including charges. Subscribing patrons include the Mayor, Aldermen, Evan Baillie, Thomas Daniel, and many others, with a long list of individual donors.
Bridge trustees announce the payment of one third of the present bridge debt on the same day in 1788. Treasurers to the Bridge Trustees, Messrs. AUGHANS and Company, will receive 79161.138.4d at the Bank of Merirs. By order of the Bridge Trustees, Thomas Symons, Crerx.
Proprietors of Bristol Bridge tickets are urged to deliver all tickets to the treasurers for check against receipts. Subscribers may lodge tickets worth fifty pounds each and receive two thirds of their amount, with delivery soon after June 24. Interest on tickets will cease from June 24.
By Royal Letters Patent, Thomas Beckwith paints claim superior cake colours that melt like Indian ink and resist cracking in any climate. Priced at 7s per dozen, three shillings cheaper than comparable interiors. Available in mahogany or inlaid boxes from 7s 6d to five guineas with drawing accessories.
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