12 Dec 1772
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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 12, 1772
Page
1
Propri etors praise readers approval of the plan to publish distinguished extracts from Morning Papers and their own essays in the Afternoon issue. They aim to transplant morning flowers into the afternoon column, hoping the venture earns favor from subscribers and readers.
A citizen urges reform to curb luxury meats raising prices and backs parliamentary measures. He calls for regulating victuallers and urges the Lord Mayor to address Smithfield market abuses by drovers and hoof restraint to reduce injuries and deaths. He cites Prussian duties and Dantzig treaty issues as context.
Morning Chronicle recounts Humanus summary of Persian provision control. A weekly rate setter fixes prices and measures. sellers caught with false weights face public shaming and fines, followed by bastinado on the soles with a heavy instrument.
The piece lauds the poor unfortunate women of the town and questions why legislators have not limited male entrants into industries deemed a woman’s domain. It cites Tavistock Street tape and ribbon merchants with groups of women and argues men should be barred from such roles to prevent mischief.
The General Evening Post attacks The Provoked Wife as indecent yet laments its moral and dramatic flaws. It argues Lady Brute’s character is trifling, Sir John Brute is detestable, and the plot centers on provocation rather than virtue, questioning the play’s suitability for a rational theatre.
Debates continued on Mr. Pultney's motion for an enquiry into allowing foreigners to lend on sugar estates. Mr. Fairholme, Tobago assembly speaker, testifies about planter needs and security concerns including mortgage and collateral arrangements. The exchange covers Dutch competition, smuggling risks, and potential financial effects on London merchants.
A clipped critique questions how recurring depictions of violence on stage, framed as superior genius, reflect societal disgrace the author cites Garrick and Abington in Lady Fanciful as the only tolerable justification for frequent performances.
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