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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 06, 1772
Page
2
A fragmentary passage critiques pretentious figures who boast of wealth and decorum yet show mock dignity in public, warning that their hypocrisy is exposed when faced with real scrutiny. The text likens petty pomp to the Frog and the Ox fable and urges readers to value genuine character over show.
The text recounts appointments and court matters, naval movements to Mauritius, a revived Mediterranean treaty among European powers, debates on Mississippi migration, ship arrivals from Greenland, and a court hearing. It includes letters about a water-divining boy, a dying man’s marriage, and several local accidents and trials with note of Bonaparte era figures.
Extract recaps Sir Sumner’s defense of actions as Burdwan commissioner in 1760 61 regarding the Rajah of Burdwan revenues settlement. It covers Rajah agents pressuring Calcutta for terms, Vansittart’s role, Sumner’s protest, and his subsequent reappointment and eventual agreement for 32 sacks and 50,000 rupees. It notes presents to Sumner and others, and testimonies by Cullin Smith Vansittart and Gov. Johnstone.
A letter from Nathaniel Lane of Woolen Great Buffel Court Govent Garden praises a two year cure of severe scurvy and skin ulcers after failed sea-bathing and other treatments. It urges publication for public benefit and lists numerous London outlets selling Norton’s Drops with warnings about counterfeits.
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