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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 10, 1772
Page
4
A letter to a lord bishop argues against distribution of benefices to well connected clergy. The writer pleads for merit over patronage, urges impartial aid for unbeneficed clergy, and recalls license for curacies and lectures. Aims to prompt reform and ecclesiastical revolution as needed. Regional context implies London church hierarchy and university votes.
Last Thursday Lord North's levee drew a large audience and many places were distributed through recommendations. A full Board of Admiralty approved a petition to augment half-pay officers. A Wales only debt bill may shift cases from Westminster to Welsh courts. Guildhall draws listed prizes. A fragmentary tale recalls a conversation between a felon and a soldier about religion and liberty. An incident reports a crown piece swallowed, later expelled. a Lottery ticket goes to Eve and Adam. An Irish Longford missive mentions an attempted abduction by force of a heiress.
A Royal Academy assembly at Somerset House awarded premiums for oil painting and sculpture, with Keyes Sherwin, Engleheart, Sherrif, Griffin, Howes, Lochee, Rudd, Swan, and others honored. The President warned students to seek excellence without imitating all styles as he discussed Rubens, Salvator Rosa, and Carlo Maratti. The House later approved land tax, debated St Vincent’s force, and moved bills on poor relief and West Indies finances, with examinations of Tobago officials and corn price proposals. The theatrical listings for Drury Lane and Covent Garden conclude the item.
An appeal from the Court of Sessions in Scotland was argued before the Lord Chancellor. The decree was reversed. Bills passed include the Irish provision bill and the corn importation bill. Sir Charles Bunbury signaled a motion for Tuesday on army payment and billeting. the marine mutiny bill was read first time and ordered second reading.
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To be let a complete dwelling house with about two acres of garden ground and fruit trees. Includes good offices, coach-house, and stabling for four horses. Pleasantly situated near the London Turnpike road from Southampton. Estate details given by Mr Snowdon in Gray's Inn or at Castle-yard or on the premises for viewings.
By His Majesty's Letters Patent a celebrated cure Leake's Pile promises speedy relief for venereal and chronic disorders. Two shillings sixpence per box with a single dose per pill, sold at the Golden Head in Bride Lane and numerous shops from Pall Mall to Bath, with distributors in St Albans, Rochester, Tunbridge, Guildford and beyond.
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