23 Apr 1772
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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 23, 1772
Page
1
Reports from Dublin and London describe a new bill to aid mortgage holders in England by allowing immediate sale of estate assets to cover interest and principal. Other items cover robberies, diplomatic tensions, stock fears, naval plans, royal visits, ship launches, and local court matters across Britain and Europe.
Leeds April 21 a travelling doctor Ward from Stockport faced an indictment for erecting a stage in Bolton street and employing tricks to draw crowds, fined thirteen shillings and fourpence after promising to offend no more. York April 21 Miss Flood, daughter of the late Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench Ireland, died in lodgings. Extract from Bury St Edmunds notes 16 April reports 800 horsemen marching to aid a disturbance, with sixteen roters held in Sudbury jail, reflecting general unrest.
The record notes ships that came down and failed including Camden Richardson for Maryland and Bolton Packet for Boston, with arrivals such as Diamond from Jamaica and Leviathan from Montferrat. Wind from north northeast. Dover arrivals include Fame from New York and St. Paul from Montferrat, with other vessels listed as at Jamaica.
In London yesterday a thin Court and Drawing-Room gathered few senior officials. The Prince of Wales rode with the royal couple from Richmond to St James's as the Duke of Rutland attended for the second time in three years. Lord Lyttelton and his son were at Court for the first time this winter. A report arrived Wednesday night from Copenhagen via Gottenburgh and Leith bearing advice of great importance.
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