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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 05, 1770
Page
3
Fragmentary report describes Me folongi and two other places falling to Greek forces after alliance with Ragusa. Turkish governor seeks admission from Syndic but is killed amid hatred. Greeks seek retribution and rebels inform Syndic to hang him for the act. A letter from Floflingue notes dismissals of several Regency members.
English dispatches report Janissary threats to imperial officers in Constantinople and a volatile political climate with suspicions of illness and court intrigues in Europe. Depositions from Boston recount the Boston Massacre aftermath with Captain Preston and soldiers, detailing gunfire, provocation, and varying witness accounts amid broader imperial tensions.
Sunday evening a highwayman robbed passengers on the York stage coach near Strand. Canterbury reports a dog theft sent to Maidstone gaol for trial. marriages and obituaries noted including Elq. of Middlewood Hall and Abbé Nollet. London names Frederic Pratton and Mr McCosta among others, with multiple local tradesmen and residents listed in notices from Woodford Essex to Upper Grosvenor Street.
Portsmouth May 6 reports His Majesty's ship Antelope sailing to Spithead and the Northern Eagle Ruffian entering for repairs. Niger paid two months in advance at Spithead. Cruttenden returns home. East Indiaman new fare sails for the Downs. Dragoons bring money to the dockyard. Expected offshore forces include six ships of the line and two frigates. Several vessels arrive or sail for the river or colonies, including Cruttenden sent from the East Indies and various merchantmen. A brig is seen adrift with damaged masts and a woman and children rescued from the top. Several ships enter and clear outward for Jamaica, Newfoundland, the Canaries, and other destinations.
At quarter sessions in Bury St Edmunds on Monday last the grand jury found an indictment against Samuel Lambert Jonathan Matthews John Biggens and Edward Panfloe for a common nuisance in erecting a mountebank stage at Metford and performing thereon with various diversions.
A boat accident near the shorg left a boy missing and a girl and a journeyman apprentice fatally fatigued by cold. The next morning a mill at Stanlake burst into flames consuming wheat corn and furniture. Suspicions arose that the premises were maliciously set on fire.
An 18th century advertisement by Mrs Gibson promotes a hair removal compound claimed to rid women of facial blemishes. The notice touts the product as harmless, offering a seal at sixpence and bottles for sale at Lower Cross Street near Hattonbury, with directions included. It also mentions color-changing options like red or jet black for hair, and notes overseas postage by letter post paid to Ireland Scotland Holland or France.
The text advertises two tinctures for teeth and gums sold by Thomas Greeno and partners at Ludgate Street and St Paul’s Churchyard. It claims to cleanse teeth, whiten, prevent decay, cure scorbutic gums, ease toothache, and asserts safety with Royal Letters Patent. It notes genuine bottles bear Greeno’s name on the label.
A 1767 notice warns that spurious adulterated Dr James's Powders target public health with fevers smallpox measles and other illnesses. It records how counterfeiters imitate the genuine papers seals and directions and announces a reward of twenty guineas for conviction. Francis Newbery Junior markets the real powder at No 65 Bible and Sun London near St Paul’s Churchyard.
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