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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 14, 1789
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage mentions timing and articles with ads, noting a Friday schedule and a second article following the first. The readable content is minimal and lacks clear names, places, or events to summarize further.
A London late article notes the King held a brief levee at St James's after Windsor visits, with audiences for French and Spanish ministers and a council aft erward. It mentions unsettled cabinet tensions between Mr. Pitt and the Chancellor, and between Pitt and the Marquis of Buckingham, while denying active internal hostility. Also reports an asylum advertisement for infant secrecy, the Westmoreland voyage to Ireland, a Johnson versus Big Ben boxing match outcome, and various financial market notes.
Hor nsby and Co announce a Dublin to London express for the Irish State Lottery draw starting November 1st or 12th. The service will daily arrive for inspection at No 16 Cornhill opposite the Royal Exchange. They offer tickets in halves quarters eighths and sixteenths through the six week draw, guaranteeing undrawn tickets and prompt return of shared tickets to the commissioners. English state lottery tickets are sold at low prices with the 1790 draw set for November 22.
Bristol, Nov. 14, 1789. Lists arrivals including Lord and Lady Malden and many peers. Reports ships entering and leaving Newfoundland, Bristol, London, and Cork ports with captains and vessels named. Describes a drastic Grenada letter about enslaved people revolting and potential executions, plus church livings and Oxford fellowship elections.
The Worshipful Society of Merchants Venture rs of this city elected John Daubeny as master with Miles and Daniel as wardens and a slate of assistants and officers. Citizens gathered to commemorate Edward Colston on his birthday, supporting multiple humane societies. Donations were collected totaling substantial sums for benevolent relief, including the Dolphin, Anchor, and Grateful societies, while election campaigns and local marriages, deaths, and legal notices filled other columns.
A long item recounts pedestrian feats and local commerce in Worcester with remarks on health, discipline, and soldiers. It notes hops weights, military movements from Shrewsbury, convictions of victuallers, a gunpowder penalty, and a localized warning about counterfeit guineas dated 1773 5.
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