Hague Affairs Reported In Post Despatches
Hague dispatches dated September 5, 1787 report on ongoing negotiations and political developments affecting European affairs with notes on diplomacy and state actions.
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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 15, 1787
Page
2
Hague dispatches dated September 5, 1787 report on ongoing negotiations and political developments affecting European affairs with notes on diplomacy and state actions.
Report from London dated September 10, 114 outlines the States General’s reply to the Prussian king regarding Princess of Orange detention and an invitation to the Hague with Dutch escort. It notes rising resistance in provincial parliaments to taxation and threats of violence if orders are enforced, while observers discuss changes in French ministry and potential anti war conventions with England. A tale of public sentiment, financial policy, and international diplomacy unfolds across Europe.
COUNTRY NEWS Manchester Sept 4 Captain of a Swedish vessel seized at Hull admits guilt and accuses locals of a long running wool smuggling scheme. He claims many Swedes and Danes bring wool into Hull each voyage, with crew involved. Other ships seized. captains abscond. Leeds gentlemen pursue responsible parties. Salisbury Sept 10 Lord Bute issues a seven volume botany work for private circulation. A German inventor secures Letters Patent for wood fired boilers to replace copper in brewing, already tested successfully.
A 1780 Derby Lammas affizes highway robbery case involving Frost, linked to Shah’s burglary at Belvoir and theft from Wm. Vann, Esq. of Belarave. Shah was later executed. Frost fled, later tied to a larger gang. A woman appeals for aid in Bath, then a caution to the public about a France-bound impostor. Also lists marriages, deaths, and dignitaries in Banxeurs.
Exeter notices report the death of James Collins formerly a prominent city dyer and Philip Parkhouse an elderly Tiverton bookseller and father of the famed Mrs Cowley. The items indicate two local notables passing away at their homes on the Tdpfham Road and in Tiverton.
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