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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 21, 1789
Page
3
The excerpt notes stakeholders and security bonds worth two hundred forty million dollars, with subscribers already depositing seventy million. The President assured legislative attention to the plan, trusting the nation’s faith in public welfare and good wishes.
London reports a royal visit to Covent Garden by His Majesty the King and Queen with the three eldest Princesses. The house filled beyond anything since the Coronation, with universal loyalty, encores, and praise for the king. The performance featured Reynolds's The Dramatist starring Lewis, with Miss Brinton and a royal party in attendance. the audience responded with sustained enthusiasm and loyalty.
The article discusses a court ruling that a contract founded on smuggling is illegal, the Jersey connection and differing laws, and quotes Sir Francis Drake’s public service. It details maritime figures, poverty of Mrs Howard, and a Ghent letter describing Brabantian warfare and plunder, with university marriage reforms and 18th century market data including hops and stock prices.
A lengthy colonial style notice recounts church singing and praise for redeeming love, then lists a string of local deaths and accidents. It notes Mrs Cantle former keeper of Newgate, Mrs Ann Probart near Hereford, Mrs Thomas haberdasher in Peter-street, Mrs Stockham baker in Castle-street, and Mrs Battens former innkeeper at Affton. It reports a fatal horseman’s fall near Winchcombe, a wife sold for a crown bowl of punch in Worcester market, and hops weighed at Worcester market. It mentions Sir John Drake seeking Plymouth parliamentary seat, concerns about horned cattle disease from Ireland, and a Mad Dog scare with warnings to owners. It also covers a jail escape recapture, and Newgate prisoners thanking a benefactor.
A Bristol Journal notice reports a marriage between Madam Sabrina, Cambrian heiress and Montgomeryshire property owner, and Mr Thanes, a Gloucestershire native and London merchant. The ceremony occurred at Lechlade under special licence with witnesses, and the couple plan travels to Oxford London and Gravesend, with future details promised.
A strongly worded card from Bristol dated November 20 1789 appeals to magistrates and St Peter's Hospital Corporation to adopt effective measures against swarms of beggars vagrants and ballad fingers. It notes they are driven from surrounding towns and now overwhelm the city, shaming the police and troubling residents.
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