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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 08, 1787
Page
4
A first person narrative reflects on three months of letters and the author’s early life. He recalls rising in society, learning disillusionment in commerce, and the shift from naive honesty to cautious, restrained conduct. The piece notes astronomy, music, and humble origins, then critiques merchants' moral compromises and deceptive practices.
The narrator reflects on the corruption of some merchants and praises the integrity of the British merchant class. He recounts a cousin or associate who exploited others, caused his father financial harm, and rose to reckless wealth before dying despised. This leads to the decision to retire, seek a peaceful estate, and recount domestic life and the prospect of future correspondence with the publication.
Reports touch on open houses in Wapping and Shadwell for impressing sailors into royal service while Sir Thomas Wroughton dies as the Swedish envoy. A General Insurance Office may open in London to insure subjects against burglary and street losses. A Pall Mall gentleman Delaval dies after a riding accident in Hyde Park. Mrs. Trimmer impresses Queen with Sunday School spinners at Kew. Totteridge fox hunt ends with Reynard wandering into a wine herd and later meeting fate. Edinburgh reports a plasterer's wife murdered in Fleshmarket Close. husband suspected and sought.
A Dublin household helps a stranger who found and returned a lost Bank note for 781. gs ad. The man, Anthony Halloran, a former lime burner from Wexford, had wandered to Dublin seeking work and was treated with wine bread and five guineas for his integrity. He has since gained protection from want.
Liverpool September 3 report notes a hint for shopkeepers selling articles needing a stamp to save trouble and expense. It mentions several persons traveling the country offering guidance, indicating a roaming advisory effort.
A public notice warns merchants against unlicensed cutting and selling of goods. It claims authorities sanction penalties and lists sums paid by shopkeepers in Leicester Nottingham Skipton Selby and Hull area. Names of offenders were published, including three people fined for fumbling gloves and low value flame items.
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