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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 29, 1769
Page
2
A Middlesex Journal verse piece memorializes Mr Wilkes with patriotic imagery. It honors his exile, passion for liberty, and national defiance against oppression, urging support for his cause and praising those who resisted corruption. MARCELLUS.
Mr. Goff offers private, discreet lodging for pregnant ladies needing rest away from home. The facility provides hygienic, genteel rooms, garden access, and secure privacy within a mile of Buckingham Gate. Board and lodging available for those requiring country retreat before during or after confinement, with hourly coach stops nearby for convenient access.
An advertisement seeks youths of respectable parents and good morals to apprentice with a reputable bookseller at a reasonable premium. It promises prospects of partnership in a growing business and offers to advance large sums on securities including pensions, public funds, estates, or mortgages, via Mr Gailey in Northumberland Court Strand.
A colonial style notice defends the efficacy of Jesuits Drops for venereal disease and related eruptions sold by R. Rock at Golden Head and Key, Ludgate Hill, London. It warns against a self-styled rival patent claimant and recounts a Guild Hall trial where the opponent backed down, with threats of damages for further advertising. The ad proclaims long experience, royalties, and distribution through Fleet Lane and Tunbridge.
A fire in Killin, Perthshire, destroyed a merchant's house and all contents. Reported losses include the merchant's goods and furniture, with about 3471 in bank notes said to have been affected. Earlier, Sir James Dunbar, Bart., laid the foundation stone for a canal lock project on the Forth and Clyde route, witnessed by proprietors and many onlookers.
Reports from Chesterfield to Worksop discuss a navigable canal project to join the River Trent below Gainsborough with an estimated cost near 100,000. Subscription expected at the next meeting. Edinburgh notes say the New Town bridge middle arch may be cracked and rebuilding planned, causing protests and access issues. A private Edinburgh banker reportedly failed to meet a large payment.
Reports from London dated August 30 recount a royal entertainment hosted by the Duke of Cumberland for naval officers at Pall Mall, in addition to notices of appointments, petitions by Bedfordshire freeholders for redress, and county movements. Updates cover Baltic and Indian affairs, naval matters, weather, and various disturbances and crimes across Britain, with European developments from Poland, Berlin, and St Petersburg.
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