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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 26, 1769
Page
2
In a November 8 1769 letter, Junius criticizes ministers and clerics for selling state and church offices. He attacks sedulous supporters of corruption, cites examples of military men turned into spoils, and laments patronage as a stain on public virtue. He questions precedents for sale and condemns favoritism in promotions.
Reports from London and Dublin describe Thomas Le Merchant's discharge as Jurat and a royal order for a new Guernsey Jurat. Letters from Dublin note Hugh Millerd presenting the freedom of Cork to Sir George Macartney, with civic congratulations. Paris letters claim Brest, Rochefort, and Toulon dockyards ordered to dismiss foreign carpenters. A Breton officer Captain Gordon, an Irish regimental member, faced exile after a duel. Robberies near Brentford and Covent Garden, Westminster Bridge suspect questioned, and a death at the Custom House Keys. An Irishman laments cross-channel politics and defends liberties against chafing authority.
Fragmentary remarks critique a British minister and the administration as oppressive and corrupt. It mentions Colonel Douglass, a contemptuous scene in the House of Commons, and invokes a foreign escape to England. The item also records social notices of marriages, deaths, and local arrivals at ports with names and places.
A Belton advertises hosiery and textiles with prices for stockings breeches and waistcoats in shillings and pence. It notes quality claims, variety of colors, and wholesale to retail export terms while urging fair pricing and honesty to prevent imposition. Fresh goods from the country are mentioned.
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