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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 13, 1788
Page
2
A damaged OCR passage suggests Meraceo declares something hostile and orders capture of English forces. It mentions a large sum of money offered to referees and a plan involving eastern coal posts and reception of cruisers. Names and places are garbled, limiting precise details.
Advices report a messenger with a letter from the Emperor to Commodore Crosby offering to restore the treaty with England on certain conditions. Commodore Grefby sails with a 50-gun ship watching the Moorish fleet. Royal frigates gather near Gibraltar as Mediterranean reinforcements are ordered. Overseas ministers vow to oppose continental disputes and push to chastise Moorish piracy. A memorial from Brighthelmstone’s inhabitants praises Sunday School and Industry schools under royal patronage. The piece notes rising wealth concentration, widespread adventurers, and a weak labor market. Also reported are ports orders for convoy transport to Quebec, a Treasury messenger’s paralytic seizure in Essex, successful whale fisheries from New England ports, English artistic and manufactory preeminence in America, Dublin Custom House details, and the death of Lt Gen James Cuninghame.
A fragmented compilation recounts personal woes, curious anecdotes, and public notices. It includes a tale of a divided marriage and social judgments, a bizarre infant delivery at Mrs. Gilbert’s, and reflections on Britain’s strategic interests. Reports cover bees, a royal sea force, Danish-Russian tensions, and distant royal sentiments.
Listings from a regional page describe J Glover a Westbury Fisherman facing murder charges for the May killing of William Bayley near a public-house, with Bayley reportedly deranged in mind and once a clergyman unknown in the area. In Maidstone, a woman boards a party to carry officers to Flanders and a bootseller’s honesty rewarded. Canterbury notes hop planters busy with harvests. yields average six bags per acre though some plots suffer mould and colour issues due to premature picking and market timing.
A fragment listing numerous marriages and notable alights. Entries include George Margeats clockmaker of Penton-itrees Clerkenwell and James Whyte button-maker of Birmingham. Several couples wed across counties with titles and dignitaries noted, including the Duke of York hosting a dinner after a ceremony at Oatlands.
Reports from Copenhagen and Vienna detail cautious diplomacy between Sweden and Russia over Finland and hints of a Turkish peace, while Dutch Groningen armament movements threaten broader hostilities. London letters mark illness of the Emperor and strategic shifts, with Gibraltar bones unearthed and a novel copper vessel near launch as Britain watches global tensions.
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