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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 11, 1770
Page
4
A lengthy 1770 letter attacks a Justice of the King's Bench, denouncing alleged evasions of reform and indicting officials over liberty, jailers, and access to redress. The author questions the judge's handling of cases tied to Magna Carta rights, prison detentions, and political abuses, warning of public reckoning and future accountability.
A 17th century letter laments Dutch “Sea-keepers” who trap English seamen for East Indies service. It cites Hurley’s Rotterdam public house as a trafficking hub, describes coercive enlistment, bounties of about eight pounds, and proposes Navy officers be sent to Rotterdam and Amsterdam to recruit English sailors before rivers freeze.
Thursday December 13 reports Baron de Dieden Danish Ambassador met with Lord Rochfort to discuss Copenhagen dispatches. A Cabinet Council met at Lord North’s Downing Street home with two great lawyers and thirteen others present. The Premier also summoned principal Spanish merchants for a long closet conference.
The article lists oaths taken by Scottish peers at Lincoln's Inn to elect a peer in Scotland, while British and Russian fleets are ordered to the Mediterranean amid fears of invasion. It notes naval movements from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, repairs at Gibraltar and Mahon, and ships fitted for various stations, with casualties and wrecks reported near Alderney and Ilfracombe.
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