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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 15, 1772
Page
3
A fragment from the Literary Chronicle presents a speaker urging Prince or Lord to urge immediate relief for distressed subjects across Britain. He condemns harsh hiring systems and famine risk, praising benevolence over victory rhetoric while citing workers in Mexico Pere and London manufactories.
A public notice in the Public Advertiser questions a ward representative’s fitness and calls for scrutiny of alleged misused public funds. It cites a Guildhall discovery, an official inquiry by six gentlemen, and attaches an Aldermanic proposal urging a benevolence rate for fire safety with a private remit.
Extract from Stockholm dated Nov 24 describes General Pecklin arriving under guard to a military jail guarded by twenty four men. Chief Justice Edstroem is released on a pension and a pardon granted after opposition to the new form of government. The piece relays royal discussions, bills, and expected parliamentary moves, with court visits and society events including appointments, marriages, and a Venus moon eclipse forecast.
The Copenhagen court publishes a declaration denying foreign reports of an insurrection in Norway propagated in Holland and Hamburg. The statement labels the rumors as false and clarifies the official position.
Reports on Prussia’s envoy to Berlin and Austrian revenues for Starotties in Livonia, plus trials at Old Bailey, and Parliament's December 1772 proceedings. Includes governance on militia billeting, gunpowder regulation, and the commander in chief clause controversy.
Dearns reports the death of the Right Hon Mary Countess Dowager of Stamford at Dunham Massey Cheshire aged 68 or 69 widow of the late Earl of Stamford and mother of the current Earl Booth Grey Lady Mary West and John Grey. Also notes brief notices of widows and deaths including Mrs Aldridge Archibald Watson Ely and the Rev Mr Garden at Croyden Surrey.
A dense OCR listing shows drawn numbers and multiple prize amounts from a 1772 lottery. It includes numerous ticket numbers such as 2Es drawn Dec 16 1772 and many scattered figures like 3405 27636 3996 15468. Prizes of 201 each and other sums appear amid a jumble of numbers and codes. The fragment mentions Bos, various 5 digit codes, and scattered monetary values, with occasional references to days, days or big Day.
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