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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 13, 1772
Page
3
From Saxony comes dire accounts of misery in remote provinces, with Senftenberg noting hunger and want. The Electorate’s reforms dismiss three companies per regiment and reduce remaining troops. cavalry strength shrinks to about 15 men per company.
In Bristol on February 13 a committee formed to combat high meat costs and abuse of market power. They plan to buy weekly cattle at fair prices and resell to residents, aiming for threepence to threepence halfpenny per piece, with bread and other provisions to follow. The move targets profiteering without harming fair traders.
A compressed record of ships arriving and departing, naming vessels such as the Magdalen, Willing Mind, Mermaid, and Nancy with origins including Alicant Valencia Lipary Cork Virginia Barcelona and London. The report notes arrivals at Stangate Creek Motherbank and Whitehaven and departures to Barbadoes Dublin Africa St. Vincent and Poole.
Dispatches report royal travel to Richmond with the Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick. Notices announce funeral preparations for the Princess Dowager of Wales and condolence visits by nobles. Parliament debate looms on royal marriage restrictions and church matters. Military and colonial expenses, civic pledges, and foreign intrigue fill the period's summaries.
A dense London dated miscellany reports on foreign affairs misstatements, merchant finance woes, officer appointments, clergy residence proposals, naval honors, and court notices. It notes Cadiz letters, Algerine pirates, price distress in French credit, and various civic and legal developments, including elections, salaries, and municipal actions. A flood of marriage, death, and public event notices follows, with police, robbery, and trial references interwoven.
A historic advertisement touts Pine Bud Tea as a remedy for coughs rheumatism asthma and breathing difficulties claiming it prevents or cures consumption gout skin disorders nervous weakness and scurvy. It notes long use in America with testimony from notable persons and lists sellers in Piccadilly St Paul’s Churchyard Royal Exchange and Oxford with directions for use.
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