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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 29, 1787
Page
4
A discerning visitor recalls a charity dinner at the Cathedral and Merchants Hall. He reflects on the clergy’s poverty, the vast inequality of church fortunes, and the risks of sons entering the ministry for vanity rather than calling. He laments low stipends and high expectations amid ecclesiastical preferment.
The author argues clergy need a decent competency and a reasonable share of life’s comforts. Wealth alone does not qualify a good preacher, yet independence is essential to support family and serve poorer neighbours. He warns against imprudent breeding for gain without a fair prospect of future provision.
Reports from multiple ports note the Hector of Kingston ran ashore at West Hoe during a violent gale while carrying mahogany and sugars from Jamaica to London. Crew survived and some cargo was saved. the ship, four years old and about 100 tons burthen, lay after near three hours against rocks.
The biographic notice profiles Peter Pindar as a physician turned poet known as W b T and born in Devonshire. He studied medicine in Cornwall, practiced there, then moved with Sir William Trelawny to Jamaica where he rose to physician general while his literary life flourished away from formal duties.
An extended portrait discusses a physician turned writer Peter Pindar, his rise from Cornwall to literary fame, his satire of kings and biographers, and key works such as The Loustan and Boswell. It notes his independence from publishers, his painting mentor Opie, and the anecdote about the Loustiad origin from a royal supper mishap.
A Bristol council meeting sets hackney coach regulations for stands and fares. Coaches must use assigned stands, fill limits, and drivers pay fines for refusals or overcharges. Stand list includes Exchange, Wine Street, Broad Key, College Green, Old Market, Redcliffe Gate, St Thomas Street, and Queen Square with specified counts.
For the first mile and a quarter the fare is one shilling. For three quarters of a mile one shilling, and two miles six pence for the next stretch. Additional distances within half a mile beyond six pence, two miles. Any time not exceeding three quarters of an hour costs one shilling. Time up to one hour costs one shilling and sixpence. Time up to twenty minutes from the end costs sixpence. Toll duties at turnpike and bridge to be paid by the passenger. If a fare dispute arises the mayor or aldermen will settle at the Council-House on Monday, Wednesday or Saturday between 1 and 3 pm.
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