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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 13, 1772
Page
2
A late letter attacks the public press for harsh criticism of Lord Hillsborough and Sir Francis Bernard, praising their integrity and defense of government. It recounts a famine in India caused by Company avarice, describing mass deaths, cannibalism, and public distress, with graphic eyewitness details and a bleak portrait of colonial exploitation.
August reports from London note the Earl of Hillsborough has been created Earl of Hillsborough and Baron Harwich, with a patent for Lord Bathurst as Earl to follow. Ambassadors Yorke Hamilton depart for The Hague and Naples, while the Spanish ambassador prepares to return to Madrid. The Royal Artillery train to be reviewed on Blackheath, and court business includes general seals, pleas, and petitions through early November. Royal births, fireworks, and a court of assistants electing a new clerk are also mentioned along with stockholder meetings condemning Bengal abuses and calls for a supervising commission.
An advertisement for Kino patent cakes to make shining liquid blacking for shoes, claiming water alone activates it, yielding a flexible, odorless, non staining finish. Sold wholesale and retail by W Bayley and others in London shops including New Bond Street, Holborn, St Paul’s Church-Yard, and Leadenham Street. Price sixpence per cake yields a pint of liquid blacking.
Tods Shrub advertises ready money sales of Brandy Shrub Rum Shrub and Pine flavored Rum at No 2 Dist Lane London. Prices 12s per gallon for Brandy Shrub 3 per gallon for Rum Shrub with trade discounts five percent to the public and a trade allowance. terms require payment on delivery and boards or prints offered with Tod’s name.
Hemet the dentist to the Queen urges care of children's teeth from age two, claiming his Pearl Essence prevents decay and reduces scurvy-like issues. He notes its availability from Bayley in Cockspur Street and Price near the India House, price sixpence per bottle.
A brief note presents a balsamic tincture claim for curing the scurvy and a range of disorders arising from foul blood. The text emphasizes the remedy’s perceived efficacy and historic use in addressing bodily impurities and related illnesses.
A reader from Covent Garden relates a boy cured of inveterate scurvy after using John Norton’s Drops. The letter urges publication for public benefit and lists numerous ailments treated by the remedy. It warns buyers to seek genuine bottles signed by Norton and notes extensive retailer network across London streets and shops.
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