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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 25, 1770
Page
2
Extracted from a Hague letter and other dispatches recount a violent encounter where a man assaulted the King with a stick during a hunt, a nobleman intervened, and the offender was imprisoned after boasted defiance. The report also notes court intrigues over Corsica, French finances, and various European diplomatic exchanges.
A garbled fragment recounts a private search at a Whitecross-street public house ending in handcuffs and the removal of seventeen people. It lists a marriage in Wardour Street Soho, a sale at Basing Lane, and several obituaries and notices from Parke near Haverfordwest to Lamb's Conduit Street. Names include Mr Wadley, Miss Ann Stewart, Mr Harrison Thwaites, Philip Rawlings, Rev Howel Davies, Thomas Long, Mrs Duncombe, Mrs Barbara Jackson, and Jonathan Wilson of Clapham, with varied dates and places.
This advertisement announces the memoirs of Miss Arabella Bolton detailing her seduction by a nobleman said to be the Honourable Colonel Li, and the distress she suffered afterward. The work cites letters from Doctor Kelly and Miss Bolton, printed for I. Fens at Paternoster Row.
An ad describes venetian window blinds finished in a light green without odor, resisting fading, and lasting years with minimal repairs. They fold and uninstall in a minute via a spring, wholesale and retail by William Deering, original maker in Great Newport Street London, near Acte. The item is suitable for game tables, writing desks, or breakfast tables.
Auction notes offer very large and curious parcels of Contac Brandy Jamaica Rum and Batavia Arrack at 10s per gallon with discounts for larger purchases. Publicans may buy coniac brandy cheaper and spirits are delivered anywhere in London for orders above one gallon. Five gallon takes a 6d abatement per gallon.
Felton informs the public of a new hosiery assortment at reduced prices for ready money only. Items include Mens China silk hose at 6s per pair, silk pieces for waistcoats, four thread fine black hose, and womens silk hose, with a wide range of thread, silk, and cotton goods. Wholesale and export terms offered with caution against imposition.
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