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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 07, 1772
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR captures a playful courtly verse about a lady and a nymph, with lines about time, entertainment, and a lute or guitar. The text reads as a mock serenade to amuse a refined audience, noting affections and social mockery.
A clipping critiques weather lore and almanac forecasts, doubting celestial influence on Earth. It questions Harman and Leonis claims about fixed stars like the Pleiades, noting the vast distances and uniform stellar positions. The piece argues atmospheric effects would be global, not local, and mocks the notion that star alignments alter weather in our hemisphere.
The piece discusses English trade decline due to high prices and foreign competition, noting German disturbances and Dutch actions. It cites a Court of Exchequer move on bankrupt partnership effects and praises Bank of England directors for preserving national credit while funding relief from dormant public funds.
Fragmented report recalls the Spanish obstruction to Banks Solander and Zottani’s South Seas voyage, while Oxford Convocation permits noble students to keep servants and horses. Public scenes indict the administration, with clergy seeking Parliament redress amid moral decline. London streets show charity solicitations and a string of local disturbances and tributes.
This day published a work claiming a new method of husbandry that promises to save corn and weed less work. It details turning weeds into manure, saving seed, boosting turnip yields, preventing fly damage to crops, and introduces a movable sheep house and cheap turnip feeding methods. The author touts numerous discoveries in farming printed by John Bell and C. Etherington.
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