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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 26, 1772
Page
3
Extract recounts European diplomatic moves and court intrigues with references to Danish Swedish and Russian actors. It notes ministerial recalls the form of ordinances and potential replacements in royal service. It also mentions famine in Norway and a prisoner exchange banner tale with Count Romanzow.
In Kilkenny on March 18 a band of armed White Boys attacked the residence of Mr. Bade Earns in Ballybrack Carlow. They fired shots and demanded horses from the stables. When refused they forced entry, seized four horses and rode away. An officer in Borris pursuing rioters received word of the incident.
In a violent encounter near an outpost, White Bays soldiers clashed with White Boys. Casualties mounted as riders were slain or wounded. one rider lay dead on the road beside a man with a white shirt stuffed in his bosom. The action followed prior skirmishes with the White Boys at a remote post.
Reported March 26 on windward sailing from London ports with ships Patuxant Luth Majestys fleet and Scorpion Fowey in convoy to Maryland while Jamaica bound ships Union Peace Baftonts St Marcia Cuftis and outward-bound Pat arrived back Hadgh ton Goodihall from Opporto. Also noted race horse failure and arrivals at Dunkirk Leostolfe Cowes and Jamaica with various vessels from Africa and South Carolina.
A London meeting of Opposition Lords at Lord Camden's house and Duke of Cambridge attending in the Upper Assembly marked ongoing political activity. Diplomatic talks with the Danish and Dutch ambassadors occurred, while Bengal affairs and East India Company accounts were ordered before a Great Assembly. Military funding debates, militia and haven bills, and a Hanover review were noted, with efforts to lower meat prices and provisions through subscriptions and incentives.
The report blends court sentences for theft and transportation with naval and parish news notes. It mentions a seven year transport sentence for two men who stole corn and a handkerchief, a Norway ship disaster near Hartlepool with suspected crew loss, a parish clerk election, and marriages and deaths of notable figures.
This Day was published a price guide for the Spouter's Companion containing a select collection of prologues epilogues and originals spoken by celebrated performers of both sexes. Includes medley of comedy and tragedy pieces and The Spouting Club in an uproar. London printing details and booksellers listed.
W B advertises the Essence of Pearl by W Bayley and J Price, claiming it prevents scurvy gums, guards first teeth from early decay, and strengthens second teeth when the first set is complete around age two. Includes price 2s 6d per bottle and shop locations Cockspur Street Haymarket and Leadenhall Street London.
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