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Newspaper
Middlesex Journal And Evening Advertiser
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 27, 1775
Page
4
Epilog WU presents a one night comic essay by Mr Bare spoken with Mr Tim Bervon at the Comic Mirror as an apology for disorder among his Pup pet Forces. The text mocks war theatre mishaps with puppet imagery and references to English candor and renewed charges. It preserves a period voice and dramatic tone.
TITUS argues that Britain should maintain a large standing fleet at Spithead to deter France and Spain. He calculates manpower and costs, citing 15,000 sailors and annual expenses around 1.22 million pounds, plus ship repairs totaling about 2.02 million, urging a 1,000,000 pound yearly investment as best defense and economy.
A Middlesex Journal letter argues the West Indies Jamaica trade hinges on North American links. It estimates Jamaica runs a large annual balance, paying most in cash and bills, risking cash drain unless South American trade or Britain provides substitutes.
Fragmented text notes that North American markets press planters to wheel and consent to receive produce, allowing buyers to pick only the sugars they deem fit. The page hints this control could hurt Jamaica sugar credit at home by channeling only select sugars to the British market.
In the Middlesex Journal New Concerto, an American flavor in taste is to be performed soon by renowned personages. Dialogues touch on royal inheritance and political satire, with lines from The King Queen Prince of Wales Princess Amela Lord Bute Lord Nerh and Duchess of Kingston. The ensemble includes Jenkinson Dyson Meredith and features a chorus of Americans and Newgate convicts.
An 18th century Portmouth postscript recounts Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage with a fictitious tale of Little Pigmies, describing their height, houses and clothing, rope-making, and simple farming life alongside notes on Atlantic politics, naval readiness, and local trade disruptions.
The observers note locals not idols but offering adoration to the setting sun. They report raising hands, bending bodies and muttering loudly in a language not understood, likening it to monosyllabic speech resembling Chinese, with no clear meaning discerned from a short tag.
The Museum in Spring Gardens will stay open for public inspection daily this week at 11:30 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. Tickets and admission procedures are detailed. Clerks will issue signed numbered admittance tickets at the Museum office, Fleet Street, and in Shoe Lane, with prize allotment akin to the State Lottery.
The Letter signed Lundy is received and under consideration, as is also Causiorcus.
Haymarket report notes last night’s performances featuring The Minor along with The Author. Audiences responded to the pairing, with critics remarking on stage presence and reception. Further details on show timing and venue not provided in the fragment.
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