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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 27, 1770
Page
2
Naples reports continued volcanic activity with lava boiling in the crater and a second eruption possible soon. Furia notes March travel of Cardinal de Lance and papal nuncio to Lisbon, with grand entertainments for foreign ministers and Turin’s archbishop hosting another event.
Canterbury reports a Dover custom house seizure of 300 weight tea and brandy. A large Dutch ship driven ashore near Dungeness. crew landed at Lydd, cargo likely salvageable. Newcastle notes Judith Purdie, a fish wife, jailed for stabbing and beating Sarah Mather. Purdie once bailed for injuring a sailor and nearly killed her husband in a prior incident.
London report reproduces a genuine letter by a noble Earl in opposition explaining his decline of the Lord Mayor’s invitation to dine at the Mansion House on the 23d. He cites constitutional duties and allegiance to the sovereign, and notes opposition to government measures. The piece mixes social notices with brief political commentary and references to the Rockingham era and recent parliamentary events.
Fragmentary notes describe a late meeting at Westminster Hall where a motion was deemed frivolous and postponed. Reports suggest Lord North may resign as first Lord of the Treasury in favor of Earl Gower to allow Duke of Grafton back into government, with broader talk of naval and diplomatic moves and various appointments across Britain and Europe.
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