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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 01, 1770
Page
4
A wheezy plea from middle county dogs requests clemency and mercy from the council. They praise the leadership for delaying trials by jury, expanding power to justices, and vow to form a guard and standing army of Bloodhounds to assist the peace. They claim to muster about three thousand dogs and protest taxation.
Liberty addresses Queen Charlotte, praising her amiability and urging her to examine the history of Ahasuerus where records of a queen are kept. The piece notes the queen’s duty to listen as Mordecai did, invoking the biblical scene and offering the king’s willingness to grant requests, even to half the kingdom.
A reader condemns two papers printing near identical opinions by Sir Fletcher Nar- Ten and the Recorder on Mr Wilkests election for Far singdon Ward. The letter argues deliberate similarity, suggests they are related illegitimate offspring of law, and calls for simultaneous publication.
Reports from the Earl of Hillsborough and other ministers describe a flurry of dispatches from Jamaica Ireland and Versailles. Corroborating hints of treacherous measures alarm some officials as rumours of Lord North's premiership ebb rise. Debates in Parliament reference Chatham Temple and Sawbridge with talk of impeachments looming amid foreign espionage and naval preparations at Portsmouth and Botton.
Morning river barge sank near Putney after collision with stars of London Bridge. lighterman drowned. A smugglers cutter wrecked off Cherbourg. English gentleman reports forty eight English rams and fuller earth aboard. Over twenty disorderly persons arrested in St Giles by constables from Bridewell. A youth jailed for recent house robberies at Gate-house Westminster. Report from Savanna la Mar Jamaica notes Henry Williamson, eminent physician, died. Gibraltar dispatches say a spa scheme aims at vengeance against Algerian interests. Venice letters mention Russian arms advancing, prompting Senate concerns after Austro Russian Cold War era tensions.
A historical note addresses men of England Scotland Ireland and the colonies. It speaks of a reverse of a Dutch medal struck during early troubles and mentions two earthen vases “Aeating” on the waters with the inscription Frangimur: £ collidimur.
William Edward Bigge of Brinkley Northumberland hosted the entertainment at the Turk's Head Tavern on Gerard Street, not Rigge as stated in the Postscript. The note in the paper last Saturday clarifies the error and names the correct benefactor.
The letter from a critic Fresnor to our correspondents is printed on the first page. The writer thanks contributors and promises future notices but notes no translation of verses from M Saurin and Voltaire. A.B. hints at business with Beston and postpones certain subjects while addressing a criminal matter involving Mr. Du tens and risks to the printer.
The text appears as a fragmented political meditation arguing that rights depend on the people and must be protected from administration or officious power. It laments corrupt or autocratic forces and hints at rallying the populace to secure liberty and fair governance, though the wording is garbled and incomplete.
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