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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1772
Page
2
The passage suggests a moralized view of marriage and affection, noting how love would elevate friendship into a tender bond. It envisions a wife’s soft influence rallying spirits amid adversity, offering consolation and renewed cheer during hardship and after distress.
In Parliament on Wednesday a motion by Mr Townend set the Caribbees expedition inquiry for January 27. Papers on the 1660 English Caribbs treaty the 1663 St Lucia charter and sale and the 1666 St Vincent expeditions were ordered laid before the House. Proceedings mention Lord Clive era governance and various ministerial actions amid broader political and social updates.
Debates at the General Quarterly Court of Proprietors of East-India Stock at Leadenhall Street concerned declaring a dividend from midsummer last to Christmas. Directors stated they could not exceed three percent and proposed a general ballot on the coming Tuesday. a former director objected that this was too small.
The meeting discussed the half yearly dividend of six and a quarter percent and reviewed prior minutes. Creighton challenged directors’ conduct while Mackworth and Governor Johnstone defended the finances, noting cash balances and past earnings. After long debate, the first proposition by the Chairman was approved to go to ballot next Tuesday.
Leeds reports a Dublin letter-carrier from St Thomas's Ward accused of fraud. Merchant Coller learned his Chester brother had sent bills totaling 11621 pounds 12 shillings at 21 days. The carrier hired Johnson and Cadagan to obtain acceptance in London. they discounted drafts and bought goods, then fled. Pursuit from Chester led to the arrest of Johnson and Cadagan near Holyhead.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a dealer in wool and a forged bank draft tied to bankers in London. It lists numbers, dates, and scattered monetary values, referencing a draw dated December 24, 1999, and various ledger-like entries. The readable text hints at a prison transfer and a case connected to London bankers and York.
An 18th century advertisement at the Black Eagle Lower East Smithfield touts a late surgeon DoGor K'U'L IC K offering a perfect method to cure all degrees of French disease with immediate care for tumours and ulcers. It lists patent medicines and tonics, claims universal cure, and invites apprentices, claiming many cured patients and no pay unless cured.
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