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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 31, 1770
Page
3
General Committee was solicited by letter to appoint proper persons to attend the opening of wall goods imported and ensure items conform to invoices. The Committee of Inspection was directed to examine weekly the stored packages, and they proceeded with the examination last Wednesday.
Observers report heightened vigilance after a Portsmouth dockyard fire and suspicions of foreign involvement. Local orders require strict checks on small French vessels off the coast and entry only with high‑level authorization. A separate Portsmouth dispatch notes wages, trials, and legal notices tied to the dockyard blaze and subsequent disturbances.
Letters from Gibraltar note Spanish infantry near St Roche alarm garrison. fear of sending troops to Ceuta. Admiralty orders bustle Deptford Chatham Plymouth stores for ships in fire at Portsmouth and future needs. Biographical notes on Gordon of Bidtornie executed at Brest. Tynwald accepts governor’s prudent rule. Dr Fitton named physician to the Queen. Hull pilots guard Humber mouth. Ruffian squadron expected. Lord Mayor hosts Ruffian officers. Sunday market orders. Executions at Tyburn for burglary and robbery. accidents and shipboard thefts recorded. Kathleen Williamson died.Swift family member dies. assorted London society notices.
Fragmentary OCR lists ships, captains, and origins including York, Liverpool, London, Philadelphia, Greenland, and Norway. Mentions vessels such as Brigg s, Hannah, Lady Catharine, Friesland, and Pilgrim with ports like Gibraltar, Bremerhaven, and Rouen. Readable fragments hint at a shipping report or passenger trade note from July.
A historical fragment describes fixed prices and a wholesale exportation stance for various goods. It lists items such as Mens White China, silk hose, cotton, breeches, and silk pieces with prices per unit. The text condemns rival claims and asserts the merchant’s integrity and fair dealing.
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