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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 24, 1769
Page
4
Sober Sadness from an Oxford pamphlet argues petitioners may suggest their own redress. It states necessity defeats ceremony and beggars may choose, to avoid ruin under law, equity, and royal protection against arbitrary power.
William Dumville bookseller and stationer advertises a Royal Exchequer edition offering four packs of Literary Cards to teach spelling reading and courtship in engaging ways. Pack 1 features sentences and tables in one syllable words Pack II has two syllable words with nineteen games and plain directions enabling a learner to master a pack in one evening.
June reports from Lisbon and Cadiz describe a major church fire in Madrid’s Patriarchal site and a powder magazine explosion that killed 75. Dutch Admiral Roemer Vlaq arrived near Cadiz with forces, then sailed to Gibraltar. German Electorate tensions rise as Saverlanz peasants threaten Cologne rule. troops move to quell unrest.
Reports from the Baltic theater and Paris describe cannon shipments unnamed to an unspecified recipient, a French ministerial gift of porcelain services after a commerce treaty, and growing confederacy talks among Sanock Cracow and Siradia. Russian forces under Galitzin hold position near Neister, with Bar as a forward post at the riverbank. Paoli plans to evacuate Porto Vecchio with 200 men and 30 mules, while Paris notes fortifications and levelling in the island backed by mounting illness.
London report on the Surrey assembly at Epsom where freeholders, led by Sir Joseph Mawbey and Peter King, drafted a petition for royal redress. The gathering praised Sir Francis Vincent, denounced Middlesex election irregularities, and expressed firm support for liberty. The piece also notes social and court arrivals, theater events, and varied local incidents.
An 18th century parish sermon edition advertises a Whitsun address at St Mary Newington Butts in Surrey. It discusses safety as the foundation of society and the rights to personal security, questioning how rights extend to government actions and protection from murder. Authored by John Free DD, citing Puffendorf and outlining publication details and distributor locations in London and Southwark.
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