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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 18, 1772
Page
4
A Dublin correspondent reports a translation of the late address to the Lord Lieutenant expressing strong approval and a desire for stricter rule. The document claims broad support across Ireland and the kingdom, urging governance and firm measures against vice.
The Middlesex Journal recounts a tale of a forger who fled to Leghorn and built a thriving trade. When a ship captain refused space for his goods, the merchant seized control by transferring his property to the captain and setting ashore. The tale asks which party was the greater rogue.
A Middlesex Journal reader denounces prior reporting on a Wednesday morning fire at Chinwick in Sarre. He claims the article overstated damage, mislocated places, and relied on rumor, noting only the Carpenter's workhouse and adjacent sheds burned while the parish engine failed to help. The writer questions the Bow Bell era accuracy and accuses the piece of improbable details and misdirection.
Farnham Green warns fellow printers to be cautious with unverified intelligence. The乱 text references a resident of Chidwick and a fatal blaze, questioning truths about a destroyed property and missing family, urging care in publishing questionable items. The author stresses probable, harmless content and urges editors to verify before printing.
A fragment from the Middlesex Journal warns against a late alleged baker’s development plot. It questions schemes to ruin private banks and transfer currency to a centralized power, claiming once money is secured an army can be raised to crush dissent and render petitions and remonstrances futile.
A June 19 1772 letter thanks the Constitutional Society for a gratuity refused to obey an illegal summons and proclamation. The writer praises lawful rights, law and protection, urging others not to yield under oppression and to rely on their country's laws.
Postscript reports recall order for the French ambassador from Versailles and spreads word of French and Prussian court rifts. It questions the French king’s public absence, hints at embezzlement fears, and outlines a bankrupt firm’s collapse with partners losing large sums while one man is portrayed as principled yet questioned.
A crowded London scene details debates on office duties for Package and Scavage, mill through council matters, Grenada relief funding, and fortifications at Milford Haven. Letters from Minorca, Chatham, and Versailles note shipbuilding and naval plans. Trade and public interest items include Marybone Gardens, pestilent finances, and port arrivals and departures with ships and captains.
The notice states CORRESPONDENTS PHILALETHES did not arrive in time for this evening's issue. CoriOLANUS, A FRIEND to the Prince of Wates, and A CARD have arrived and will be inserted in the next edition, with a brief note.
Owen's fresh Senazer Water, Pre mont, and Pousen Sra Waters arrive at No. 51 Fleet Street between Temple Gates. All mineral waters are genuine and of the highest quality available at the warehouse amid a growing demand for healthful beverages.
Ledger style stocks and bonds with varying quoted rates and prices. Includes bank shares 149 5-3 and 149 3 per cent red, 3 per cent confidential notes, consol 94 1-5, S. S. Ann. stock around 88 1-half, and Navy and Victuating Bills with coupon figures. Indicates many fractional prices and ticket counts in a dense financial item.
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