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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 08, 1770
Page
2
Jexborn, Fan reports 30 years of age sending provisions to Port Mahon for part of the Ruffian fleet not yet assembled. Some ships are at Gibraltar and England. Admiral Elphinston aims to engage as many expert Mediterranean and Levant navigators as possible.
Reports say the iron works owned by Richard Smith in Simsbury were wiped out by floodwaters around the 7th instant. In nearby Abington, James Hearsey and Wm Bradley bought a few items for family use but faced social rejection due to their association with an importer, and the duo refused to trade on the road with others who would not purchase from the importer. They attempted to return the goods to the importer the next day but could not persuade him to take them, fearing the items would remain unsold.
Leed sees the appointment of Rev. Mr Faber to Calverley after Rev. Mr Bewick resigns with a potential Living in Herefordshire. A local recruit cuts off toes to avoid service. A watchmaker crafts a superb horizontal gold watch for an East Indies dignitary. In New York a merchant James Hamilton dies, while shop oil is stolen in Pall Mall. Sir Walter Vayafour’s fox hounds chase Reynard to Bramham Biggin where the fox drinks wine and outsmarts the hunt.
Report of a court drawing room at St James’s with Princesses and foreign ministers attended by nobles. Great officers held a council at Weymouth’s office and a full board at Whitehall. Rumor of a long residence for a foreign ambassador and debate over the City Remonstrance. Lord Chatham warned America risks broad opposition if it defies Britain’s trade and navigation laws.
A miscellany of late eighteenth century dispatches and local items describe political disputes over taxes and colonial claims, naval cutbacks, and remonstrances in Westminster. The column also covers appointments, elections, a murder near Kinsale, theatre misadventures, and a burnt child found in Goswell Street.
A garbled list details marriages and nuptials across Britain. Names include Sir William Robinson, Richard Beard, Diana Dancomb, and Christopher Scott, with vows in St George's Church and other venues. Also mentions Edmund Hoskins, solicitor to the Post Office, and a note about Mr Grofey, long afflicted with gout.
English Coffee advertised as a universal restorative sold in London shops, claimed to be safer than India tea and beneficial for all ages and constitutions. It promises nonnourishing nourishment, boosts vigor, aids cold asthma and breath, with multiple London outlets listed for purchase.
An early 18th century notice praising The English Malady Removed a new treatise on curing scurvy leprosy and related disorders. It lists locations in London where the book and Red Drops for the scurvy are sold and describes the remedies and benefits claimed, including appetite and digestion effects.
A narrative describes cases of gout treated by Dr Le Fryns powders, with reader-submitted notes during a Liege residence. It includes an account of a house for English reception at Liege, detailing expenses for accommodations and a guide to inns on routes to Calais or Ostend.
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