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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 23, 1772
Page
3
A long, mixed dispatch from May and April reports actions near Tiniec and Scavina with Russian and Ruffian forces, a Polish king marriage rumor, earthquake shocks near Algarves, a bankrupt house in Cadiz, Moroccan rumors, and Exeter letters detailing hunger in Exeter and price pressures. Includes commentary on cattle, smugglers, and wages as local distress grows.
Extract from a Limerick letter dated May 12 reports rioters at flour mills aiming to pull them down. The mayor led a troop of the army and ordered fire, killing three men on the spot: a weaver named Howlahn, a sailor named Elf, and a passing labourer. Many wounded, and the mob damaged the Mayoralty House during interment proceedings.
Bristol reports the death of Mr. Hyde, manager of the Swan Inn at Sherborne Dorset, who fell from his horse while returning home from Yeovil Ipswich on May 22. A separate notice recounts a Dorset heir surrendering an estate after discovering a misattested will and declining rents. In Sachfoury a man who had just received £100 tied the money in a handkerchief then slept in a public house kitchen and left the cash. Reading notes a break in at Farmer Jennings Whitley by a worker named Matthews.
A list of ships arriving or sailing for the River with his Majesty's Ship Glory and others. Vessels include Byron from St Kitts, Ocean from Barcelona, and Goodntent from Nevis among many, with inlets at Dover and Plymouth, winds S W and various home ports.
London reports reflected anger at Struensee and Brandt executions in Copenhagen with hints the Queen Caroline Matilda planned to travel to Hanover. Hamburg letters say Copenhagen authorities paused further executions as disorders cooled, while detailing Struensee’s rise and fall from 1727 birth in Halle to physician and minister roles, and various court entertainments and political shifts.
By the RINGS Parent CARES for Making Shining Liquid Blacking for Shoes Bouts and Se. It uses talc and water to create a fine gloss that resists cracking preserves suppleness and odorless. Sold by W Bayley in Cockspur Street and others in London with multiple perfumers offering the cake for a full bottle of liquid blacking.
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