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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 13, 1770
Page
4
Fragmentary antiquity voice laments Athens as guardian of liberty yet describes weak magistrates corrupting majesty. The speaker warns that Corinth Thebes Sparta and Philip scorn Athens while Greece sees fewer allies and justice from the famed city.
A fragment describes orders from the Public or Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights to open regular books to record the names of every faithful person serving the state and to maintain an extended set noting additions for posterity. It emphasizes impartial recording of those upholding Rights or Property.
Readers at Drury Lane compliment Garrick and remind him that no other capital performer besides himself rests at the theatre. They urge him to engage Mr Lae tiMe Garrick for the stage and fortune, asserting public support and gratitude demand actions that enhance misfakion and pleasure.
A tale recalls Sir Richard Steel gaining a seat and opposing the Ministry while his pamphlet warned of harm to the public. The minister offered a £500 year position, which Steel accepted, then later opposed the bill in the House. Whitton challenged Steel’s inconsistency at Button’s in Covent Garden.
The text reports a Grenada 1769 address to King George and concerns over French Catholic influence in the council and government. It notes a petition by Protestant subjects opposing Catholic involvement and calling for restoration of Protestant councilors, warning instability during wartime with France and resistance to taxes under the illegally constituted council.
The Grenada and Grenadines council writes to the king praising his paternal care and outlining defense measures and internal reforms. They note reforms in council composition and praise the commander in chief for maintaining harmony and repressing opposition. Paris reports reveal the Dauphin’s illness and Abbé Terray’s expected impact on finances and Europe.
Private letters from Paris report a forthcoming treaty with Madrid to establish a French trading company for the South Sea. Iris notes that Charles Fox, second son of Lord Holland, may become Vice Chamberlain to the King, replacing Viscount Villiers, now Earl of Jersey. He already holds Paymaster of Pensions to widows of officers, about 3000 per year, and has the reversion of Clerk of the Rolls in Ireland.
A fragment from a period piece outlines court factional maneuvering over parliamentary appointments and ministers choices, noting a planned naturalization bill for a Corsican chief and a plan to dissolve parliament. It also reports a Ruffidn transport wreck ashore near Skew, and a court anecdote of a painter’s mishap involving a noble lady.
A clipped notice identifies a former eminent Hamburgh merchant now linked to Stoke. The fragment provides name-like elements but lacks full context or date.
Ambiguous notes from a late 19th century desk: garbled lines about New York Gazette, Mills Ford, and dated subjects. Names appear as Mills and Britannicus in stray phrases with no clear action or outcome.
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