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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 01, 1772
Page
4
A Drury Lane audience endured a weak unseasonable opera said to be by an Oxford student. The piece was criticized for its lack of grammar and coherence though the overture and some airs were fine. Mrs Smith and Mr Vernon earned praise for singing while other performers received limited applause.
A notice notes Margarete Sueur a nun dies at 101 in Picardy. It then presents France population figures by age and gender, totaling about 22,014,535 inhabitants, with land use details including acres for arable, woods, and vineyards and deductions for highways and buildings.
The Lord Chancellor reported His Majesty's answer to the Address regarding the American and African corn bills. The House read the bills a third time in the Commons and ordered carriage to the Lord. Sir Charles Whitworth noted. A Committee of the Whole House will meet Tuesday to debate the state of the corn trade and Wednesday to consider encouraging foreigners to lend on West Indies estates.
In a committee of supply the House debated seafaring pay for 1773. A motion to employ not less than 20,000 sailors including 4334 marines at four pounds per month was carried against opposition. Some argued the number and payment method. others defended traditional usage. The decision on the monthly rate stood as four pounds per man. The session adjourned until tomorrow with further committee work planned.
The House of Lords adjourned before two, without session work, while the Commons stayed until 6 15 pm. Reports mention a bill to curb stock-jobbing, noting the 1734 act is often evaded. Possible royal assent next Wednesday. Other items include India affairs, Scotland’s price protests, and Morocco’s emperor reportedly deposed. A London tradesman profited briefly from India stock dealings.
A chaotic report blends a contested lottery fee dispute with a prize draw at Guildhall listing numerous numbers and prizes. The Old Bailey heard a seaman bound over for the Portuguese pirate case, while a Caer-Leon flood tale recounts a Newport rescue of a woman swept by the Severn. A Pantheon winter meeting, physician joke about decrepitation, and a Newport woman’s brave rescue near the bridge are noted alongside local courtroom moves and a Gravesend death.
Yesterday at Drury Lane The Gamesters featured a new musical entertainment The Rose and Alexander the Great with The Witches Covent Garden presented Elfrida with Man and Wife and this evening All's Well That Ends Well along with the revived Masque of Comus under royal command.
Fragmentary ledger style note lists bonds and bills with terms like 5s and 2s, a 1753 date, and mentions Navy and Victorian Bills, long annuities, and a conversion rate of 92 3s 6d. Lacks clear narrative context.
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