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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 26, 1769
Page
2
A known charter of a satire on corrupt power is reprinted. The verse denounces a greed-driven leader who harms the country for gold. It prophesies downfall, exposing the moral rot behind political ambition and calls for truth to reveal the ruler’s fate. Lord H. second to Ear is referenced as a target of critique.
A fragmentary Middlesex Journal notice features a protest voice invoking liberty and the Bill of Rights. It laments oppression by rulers, praises Britannia's independence, and urges supporters to defend charters and resist tyrannical laws. The text alludes to factions including printers and legal guardians, with calls for national freedom.
A London notice defends the original Jesuits Drops as a long-tried venereal disease remedy sold by R. Rock at Ludgate Hill. It counters a rival patent claim, cites forty years of experience, and warns against further advertising to injure the proprietor. The remedies include a chemical itch liquor and a whitening skin liniment, with sales through Fleet Street and Tunbridge.
Reports from Boston say the Duke of Cumberland will not sail again this summer. Letters from Philadelphia June 16 note the Three Friends wreck near the Grampus reef south of Grenada with ship and cargo lost and crew saved. London letters report the death of George Booth Esqr in Vere. Mantua dated August 2 notes Paoli leaving for Verona en route to Vienna. Paris August 18 mentions an edict to suspend the East India Company.
Reports from Paris Vienna and Amsterdam describe troop movements and dispatches about Mauritius Madagascar and royal interviews. London skirmishes include post market robberies alleyway assaults and a large weaver’s uprising in Spitalfields with damage estimated near 10,000 pounds.
Fragmented entries record marriages and deaths across London and environs. Notable items mention Elizabeth Paitin of Wattstown in Essex, a marriage at St. James’s, and various names tied to Holy Trinity and Fleet Prison matters. Also listed are religious and civic notices, along with a Bristol tavern reference and financial dividends.
A dense critique of royal favoritism and official corruption. It warns that princes and ministers abuse prerogatives to oppress subjects, corrupt the senate, and subvert liberty. Public liberty hinges on press freedom and the jury system to expose and deter such tyranny.
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