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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 16, 1772
Page
4
A letter to the painter recounts suspicions of a powerful minister’s influence over fashion and cabals. It critiques Drury Lane and Covent Garden visit patterns and accuses a youth, named Davy, of placing a friend in a key role, revealing an appetite for control from infancy to public life.
A reader defends the Lord Mayor against fierce partisans who attack him for past servitude. The writer praises his industry and probity, notes his rise to city leadership, and cites his support for a Jew broker’s widow with a thousand pound sale and five hundred to a widow as worthy conduct.
The Middlesex Journal letters condemn vice and flattery used to sway readers. A correspondent praises Fresnoy’s father’s keenness but laments past misdirection and accuses a writer of dissimulation and manipulation. The piece urges transparency and warns others to beware a Captain of craft. April 12 3772.
A satirical note to the printer of the Middle Journal mocks courtly excess and press mania. It mocks elites of Westminster and Scottish figures, predicts public fascination with national abundance, and foresees improbable prospects like the Pope and Pretender lodging in Pall Mall and the King of England with a villa in Rome.
Fragmentary note to the Printer of the Middlesex Journal discussing plants imported to England. It remarks that many infances lose virtues quickly and require transplantation or fresh imports. Mentions a foreign family where the first is wise and honest, the second degenerated, and the third neither.
Postscript from London reports uncertain intelligence from the Hanover Regency, denying Denmark war plans and noting baronial conferences with the king. It cites Russia Turkey peace failure rumors, a Vienna decree, loan talks in The Hague, and Cadiz corn buying. Falkland Island uses discussed as a political tool.
The dispatches describe Queen Caroline Matilda's alleged decline at Crofenbureh and King’s contest with Prince Breserict in Copenhagen. Reports from Rome note the Duke of Gloucester recovering health, and Vienna claims renewed hopes for an armistice and a possible Bucharest peace congress. A Messenger from England and arrivals from London are recorded.
The note states readers answered to correspondence and that the paper has altered its numbering method. It mentions a Macaroni and a proprietor will appear in the next issue along with several others. C. F. is acknowledged as received.
The notice lists various stock prices and bonds with fractions and per cent values. It mentions Bank stocks near 3 per cent yields, open market references, and government bills including Navy and Victualling issues. It reflects an 18th or 19th century financial column with multiple quoted price points and maturity details.
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