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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 12, 1772
Page
4
A letter to the editor recounts robbery incidents within five miles of a major city, noting the near-extinction of footpads thanks to local patrols. It lists specific thefts and injuries, and calls for authorities to examine and contradict the claims if wrong.
From Rome dated November 14, a brief dispatch says Marquis D Antici, minister plenipotentiary from the Elector Palatine, delivered a set of thirty gilt medals noting Electors from Peeks the First to the reigning Elector. Piis Holmets received the gift and ordered its deposition in the New Museum at the Vatican.
The Lord Chancellor and senior peers presented bills on wheat imports and provisional provisions for salted meats, with a temporary prohibition on spirits from wheat products. Debates featured Mr Hart, Lord North, and Governor Johnstone as discussions outlined steps for second and third readings and potential counsel hearings.
The land tax bill was read first in the House yesterday and a full account of rice imports and exports for the past year was presented. The committee of supply and ways and means postponed until Wednesday. After the Speaker’s return petitions were presented to permit private bills and Sulivan moved to permit defenses for East India stock proprietors against a bill suspending their chartered rights.
Dramatic romance Cymon and The Witches yesterday. Tonight Don Felix with The Register Office. Covent Garden Jane Shore and Cross Purposes yesterday. Tonight Every Man in His Humour and revived Masque of Comus.
Prices of stocks include Bank 145 South Sea old stock 86 5 New dit 3 per cent 1726 India 169 3 4ths Ind Ann 81 5 8ths hs Bonds 48 4 5 PTe 3 4 1753 90 1 half hs 4 per cent com 93 1 8th Navy and Victualling Bills 2 1 8th dit Long Ann 26 1 8th
By the King's Patent these cakes make a superior shining liquid for shoes and boots when mixed with water It gives a fine black gloss without hardening the leather keeps it soft pliable and durable free from smell Sold wholesale and retail by multiple London perfumers at sixpence per cake for a full pint of liquid blacking.
A letter to Dr YSSEEG SR extols a wife’s cure from severe leg ulcers using Balsamic Finure. The note invites inquiries at No 22 Huch George Street near Portland Chapel and lists wholesale and retail outlets with prices. It promises free symptom guidance for scurvy, noting variable appearances.
A letter from London dates Aug 1792 lauding Marchant's Drops, sold by Mr Norton of Golden-Square, for curing a long standing skin and blood disorder. The note urges others to seek proof of efficacy from cured customers and lists multiple sale locations and counterfeit warnings.
By His Majesty's Letters Patent, TS recommends Leaker's famous Pill for cure of venereal disease and scurvy. Price two shillings sixpence per box. One pill a dose. traveling and sea journeys aided by its nonrestrictive use. Also available from multiple vendors including Golden Head in Bride Lane and various street shops across London and beyond.
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