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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 16, 1789
Page
3
In Foreign Affairs from Vienna, the report notes arrival of the Prince de Narain from Madrid and declares a likely quadruple alliance forming among Vienna Petersburgh Versailles and Madrid. Some politicians claim to know the preliminary articles of the proposed treaty.
London dispatch notes the king's continued mental soundness and uninterrupted public work. Queen attends opera and shows. reports mention tax plans, slavery discussions, and naval arrivals. Items include Lord Hood's legal challenges, a duel judgment, Bengal emigrants with pensions, and a divorce move for Lady Strathmore. Public notices cover stock prices and marriage announcements in Exeter and Pencombe.
Notices record deaths and arrivals in Hobterness Gatwick Canton Mount Elford Exeter Honiton Norwich Zwoll and India. Included are William Henry Pennyman eldest son of Sir James Pennyman and Mrs Charlotte Robinson, Mrs Bowles midwife 63, Capt Hunt drowned at sea, and a 100 year old veteran and spouse noting 75 years of marriage.
A Scottish case describes a long running leg scurvy finally cured after using Merchants Drops in 1789. The patient Kirkholm near Stranraer reports nightly pain and bone exposure, but after a regular course and ministerial certificate, William McCusain attests the recovery. Drops are sold at 5s 6d with London advertising.
A Bristol column records arrivals and departures from various vessels including the Gratis Berg Fortune Schieldrup Minerva Hanson and others from Norway to Dublin and Cork. It notes ship positions near Barbadoes Dublin Liverpool and London with crews, captains, and ports. The report also mentions Spilsbury Drops for scurvy and gout, a canonical appointment at Hereford, militia paymaster, and local marriages and deaths with a tragic accident near Redland.
A chaotic report recounts a 27.81 lb sturgeon sold for one shilling per inch, fines for leaving ashes and occupying a coach seat, plus local parliamentary activity on Bath bills. It notes a Carleon river bridge plan, a three year old ewe in Smith in lambing, a fire at Axminster workhouse, and a condemned burglar recaptured. A murder-linked execution occurred beside a father in Wales. A June gaol delivery is announced in the city and county.
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