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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 29, 1769
Page
3
Report arrives from Plymouth of Duke Cumberland aboard Venus and rousing talk of church and civic affairs. Local trials, fires, thefts, accidents, and obituaries fill the page along with notices of marriages, a theater engagement, and a growing subscription for a Peckham chapel.
July 1 mail from France. June 3 dispatch from Warsaw reports Gallitzin retreating after Choczim losses. Ottoman and Turkish forces pursue near Qezakow as Ruffians and Cossacks withdraw under pressure. Romanzow to join with 35,000 men. Confederates of Bar may threaten South Poland. Ottoman troops reported near Choczim. clashes and defeats noted with heavy casualties among Ottoman cavalry.
Charles Toun of South Carolina reports a trial on the Highfegs where Matthew Turner late a mariner on the Bacchus of Liverpool was arraigned for the murder of William Harrop, pleaded not guilty, was found guilty by the court, and sentenced to be hanged on the tenth instant, but reprieved by his Excellency on petition of gentlemen. governor returned from frontier prayer and news from near 60 miles away.
Fragmentary 18th century notices describing bounty payments on naval provisions, a New York admiralty trial resulting in execution, reports from Jamaica and Boston about military actions, and delays in a murder trial. It notes pirates, regiments, and casualties during the era with several dated references.
Yesterday about ten miles south of Edinburgh a fierce storm of thunder and lightning struck, accompanied by heavy rain that rose small rivulets to rivers, yet caused no major damage. The deluge stood among the heaviest in the region's history, with strong winds and vivid lightning noted.
The article reports on petitions presented to the king about the livery of London and the rights of freeholders to influence ward elections. It notes plans to petition across Yorkshire Cumberland and Huntingdonshire, and that John Sawbridge is proposed as an alderman for Langbourn Ward to replace Sir Joseph Hankey. It covers related local meetings, a vote in Pewrerer's Hall, and the sale of Sawbridge's estates at Tottenham and Edmonton. It also mentions various court and political proceedings, ship arrivals, and social notices.
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