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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 31, 1771
Page
1
A fragmentary note reports a Monday Carnival Shere program with opera titles including Britannicus and Litanies. The event appeared at the Theatre in the Oneet House, listing performances and a mixed program.
Dispatches describe political upheaval in Cop Plet and Paris with royal measures to relieve famine, pensions to Duke de Choiseul, plans for an East Indies trade society, a suicide by Mr de Corai, and reports of a Murcovite landing at Patila near Lesbos with ships destroyed and forts burned.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention catnoates and castles on the aes, with references to batteries and vessels. A chant or song is cited, hinting at a Caitlé. The text is incomplete and unclear but centers on a maritime portrayal with fortifications and a musical line.
A distant report from Newh awe indicates a vessel unknown by name sank about a league north of Juabby Eiyat on the 6th instant. All hands perished in the disaster, with only fragments surviving to reach shore.
Ships came down yesterday and failed. The Grenadier, Mamuscade, and others were listed with consignments for Jamaica and Cork. The Norfolk East Indiaman remained in the Downs. Triton East India under wind from the northeast. Arrivals include Betsey from Limerick at Cadiz, Lovely Mary at Bourdeaux, Unity from Stockholm at Hull, Resolution from Norway, Lucretia from Fowey Genoa, Mary from Liverpool and New York, Carolina Frederico from London Texel, and St George from Smyrna at ditto.
An ode written by William Whitehead and set to music by Dr. Boyce is to be performed at noon before the King Queen and royal family as part of the New Year celebrations. The text includes reflections on wars and peace and praises Britain’s laws and sovereign, with notes on courtly movements in Italy and local incidents and notices.
An old advertisement describes a bedding and upholstery store at the corner of Butcher Row facing Temple Bar. It sells carpets, blankets, feather beds, mattresses, counterpanes, bed ticks, rugs, coverlets, bedsteads, and ready-made furniture. Goods offered by piece or yard with orders, on favorable cash terms.
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