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Newspaper

Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 24, 1788

Page

2

Hastings Trial in the House of Lords Ends Day of Testimony

Captain Edwards testified clearly as aid to the Nabob of Oude and spoke at length on Hastings character. Colonel Auchmuty was examined. law questions on the East India Company case against Tod were answered, and the judge ordered the judgment affirmed.

Auchmury House of Peers Rose East India Company Tod Asoon Schabatz Yash Dubiza Prince Charles of Lichtenstein Verizilles Parliament of Paris Grande Chambre of Parlament Rouen Bourdeaux France Pitt Britain Far-India Company Court of King’s Bench Strathmore A. R. Bowes

Debate on Wool export bill and Hastings trial costs

The House passed the third reading of a bill to prevent wool exports after a division 72 to 24. In committee, revenues officers were urged to reward for seized vessels and illicit trade boats be banned. A French coaches duty was debated while Hastings trial expenses prompted contentious calls for a detailed account from managers. The motion was rejected 57 to 19, with tensions over public spending and accountability.

House of Commons Mornay Jon Thoreld St. Peter Burrell Revenue of Customs and Excise Burgess Warren Hastings M. A. Taylor Hastings Sampson Gideon Goentleman Balseys Pit Fax Treasury Karas Goxe Court of Peers Peter Hurrell Pitt Fox Huffey Burke L. Smith

Royals, Knights, and a Mock Battle in Hyde Park

London reports a morning mock engagement by three battalions of foot-guards in Hyde Park attended by over three thousand spectators. Queen Victoria marked her forty fifth birthday with limited public notice at Windsor as new Knights of the Bath were installed with the Duke of York presenting insignia at Westminster Abbey.

London Dukes of York Glocester Hyde Park Weminster Knights of the Bath Lord Redrew Lord Heathfield Alexander Hood Robert Boyd Charles Gray John Jarvis Willian Fawcett G. Yonge F. Plaidsmand Archbald Campbell Viscount Galway Prince’s Duke of York

Royal installation at the Abbey with royal procession

The article describes the royal visit to the Abbey with Queen and Princesses present, ceremonies including oaths to the order, and a detailed display of Knight of the Bath apparel. It notes the King’s approval for chapel usage and banners, plus court proceedings and varied reports from Europe, including Paris and Rouen.

Princess Royal Augusta Elizabeth Mary Sophia Amelia Buckingham-house Order Bath Knights of the Bath George I Henry VII Knights of the Garter St. George’s Chapel Castle of Windsor Haslings Sefson

Baume de Vie medicine fortifies stomach and cleanses blood

The advertisement promotes Baume de Vie as a medicine that strengthens the stomach and bowels, purifies the blood, and restores overall equilibrium, claimed to help gouty, rheumatic, bilious, and scorbutic habits and nervous or hypochondriac conditions in women. It notes stamp engraving, handwriting on bottles, and warns against counterfeiting as a capital offence. Sold by Dicey and Co in London and weighed by Becket in Pall Mall with dealers across towns.

Baume de Vie T. Becket Messrs. Dicey and Co Dicey and Co

Hastings Trial Revelations and Debates in Commons

Fragments of the Hastings trial cover testimony by Major Scott and Sir Elijah Impey about hidden correspondence and presents. The court wrestles with admissibility and decorum as the managers link Hastings Middleton and Impey to a plan to seize Nawab Vizir’s family wealth, with the Nabob resisting the treaty terms.

HOUSE LORDS Hastings Iday Ord Kinnaird Major Scott Court of Directors Earl Camden Court of Justice Board of Calcutta England Sheridan Middleton Sir Elijah Impey Elijah House of Commons Sir Elijah Fox Lord Camden Commons Foxfill Elijah Impey Chunar

Duty proposals on Scotch distilleries and imports

In the House of Commons the committee of Ways and Means examined a bill to regulate Scotch distilleries. Mr Pitt suggested extending a three pound per annum duty for every gallon of spirit distilled in Scotland for a licence to operate. He also urged raising the duty on Scotch pills imported into England from 6s 6d to 2s 0d.

Weirdxe Espay Ways and Means Pitt Scotland England

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