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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 22, 1769
Page
2
A poem from a Kent correspondent laments Britain’s justice drift The author criticizes a harsh past entreating royal mercy and ministry reform He urges leniency for a fallen figure and asks the monarch to grant liberty and favor to the afflicted readers.
A letter to the Middlesex Journal rails at Mr L and Mr Wilkes over the Brentford election. It attacks the 296 freeholders who supported L L and questions the claim of 1143 voters dictating the county’s will. The writer recalls hustings votes, alleged irregularities, and the mob at Hyde Park, citing outcomes and opinions from the period. It closes with a moral anecdote from Ireland about justice and governance.
A correspondent assails the pardon of MQuirk asserting that hiring and political protection may hide culpability for murder. The writer questions whether the pardoning authorities acted from mercy or self interest and warns of bloodshed tied to future elections.
A reader’s note from 1580 recounts an Essex tale where an army of mice overrun Deaye Hundred, devouring grass and poisoning cattle. The arrival of numerous painted owls is said to have eaten the mice, ending the plague.
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