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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 17, 1772
Page
4
A gentleman entreats a beloved Delia to recover her beauty while she travels to the country. The speaker pleads for Fortune and time, praising health and virtue, and asks Zephyr and the skies to aid Delia’s renewal. He promises gratitude and a future union once fortune allows.
The alteration of Hamlet praised for solving critics concerns by delaying the ghost, reshaping acts, and intensifying revenge. It notes losses of some scenes but gains in probability and pacing, plus a discussion of other theater and political news of the period, including a Berlin response and trade concerns.
A forged draft for forty two pounds drawn on Mefirs Child and Co. at Temple-bar caused a porter to fetch money from a public office. The messenger received five shillings, but the office later refused the payment. The employer learned the money was paid and a search for the delinquent is underway. Eight years ago John Barrett of Woburn, Beds, lost a hand in a gun explosion and now uses a wooden hand. he still goes hunting daily.
The malt bill was read a third time and lies ready for Royal assent. The Newark navigation bill and the Laton inclosure bill were read a second time and committed for next day. The land tax mutiny and rice importation bills were presented and read first. The House broke up at 3:30.
The marine mutiny bill was reported and the corn import export bill passed the committee. The East India Super vision bill reached a third reading with lengthy counsel and witness testimony. Dempster led a late debate as Clive, Burke, and others spoke, and the division stood 153 to 28 before adjournment to Monday.
A London notice from Thomas Broughton condemns a counterfeit rum scheme tied to John Eden and Messrs. Collins and Co. It offers genuine Jamaica Rum at 9s 6d per gallon with a two gallon minimum, asserting the seller’s plan and signatures are fraudulent and urging public support to oppose deception.
Drury Lane shows Hamlet with alterations and Miss in her Teens. The Pro vok'd Husband with A Trip to Scotland. Covent Garden presents Eltrida with Cross Purposes and The Stratagem with The Padlock.
The report lists various old securities with fractional quotes such as 3 per cent redemptions at 87 3 to 87 7-8, 88 1-half, 1751 3 per cent, 1726 closed day at one o'clock, India Ind, Ann Bonds at 38 Pf 34, 1753 4 per cent con, 93 1-8, and Long Ann at 25 1-8.
Public notice dated December 1 1772 announces the dissolution of the partnership between William Hyde and Son effective October 29. It cautions against forwarding money or goods on any debts of the firm and directs debtors to pay to Starkey Hyde Thomas Hankey and William Holmes who are empowered to receive payments. The delay in notice is attributed to the illness of William Hyde.
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