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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 05, 1772
Page
3
A distorted OCR fragment discusses individuals and offices, mentioning titles such as Bathaws, Vizir, and Divan. It references equal rights and printed papers, with unclear context and several garbled phrases about forms and declarations. The text lacks a coherent narrative or identifiable event.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Mageti te Tifterday and references to Folland, Kings, Britannic Massi, Walesa, Seton Ton, Dantzick, Hanover, and a Grand Vizier. It notes an edict about reducing a tax and relief to the poor, with subscription begun to buy bread and potatoes. Also mentions a church overseer seized by apoplexy and a Major General dying at Suafbperg.
The Dover letter reports a massive rock fall near the castle and streets, causing houses to be abandoned and alarm among residents. A 100 foot castle wall section and a newly built seaside structure collapsed due to rock collapse. No lives lost yet, but danger remains for inhabitants living beneath the rock.
The record lists a long string of names and places linked to trade and travel involving Antigua Cadiz Africa and Virginia with agents and ships arriving in Cork, New York, and other ports. It notes familiar surnames like Lauder, Welch, Nicholson, Burrows, Reed, Workman and dates around five to three in the month. It mentions ships from London, Liverpool, Barbadoes and Peterborough with passengers or consignments arriving at Cork New York and Belfast.
An authentic Copenhagen letter dated February 23 reports that on the 18th Count Struensee was examined by the President of the Council appointed for that purpose.
The article recounts a royal crisis with examinations of state prisoners in Copenhagen, detailing refusals to confess and emotional responses by officials. It notes new commissions, disclosures about royal marriages under regency, and ongoing parliamentary actions, including bills, appointments, and foreign dispatches affecting Britain and Morocco. It also mentions a London crime, an attempted rape, and concerns over butchers’ prices amid market disturbances.
The Corporation of the Trinity and House of Deptford Stroud petition against the Owners of Chalkswhatfe Masters of Colliers for allowing 23 000 tons in a year to be transported on colliery coasters arguing it could harm Thames navigation by hindering ballast extraction. A fatal barge altercation followed when two watermen fought over a dispute at Rotherhiths, resulting in one man's death. Marriages note John Blington to Miss Harriot Simpson and David Papillon to Miss Curteis. Died: Cobb clerk of the Sadlers Company. William Smith aged 32. wife of Mr Knox bookseller.
A gentleman, famed for travels in Greece, reveals a secret of the Liguzid Bloom from a local county. The cosmetic reportedly imparts a lasting rosy hue to the cheeks, resists perspiration, and is sold in bottles at 5s 3d with directions. Counterfeits are warned against as each bottle bears E. C. F. cypher marks.
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