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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 05, 1772
Page
4
A long pamphlet style correspondence questions the legitimacy of a poll result and accuses opponents Lewes and Oxtrex of violating electoral norms. The作者 defends moderation and the public good while denouncing attempts to ensnare rivals. The text rails against false returns and stresses tranquility for citizens.
A Middlesex Journal correspondence accuses Parliament of harmful fire tax provisions in a recent Building Act. The writer argues the clause makes tenants and lodgers liable for fire costs, risking ruin for poor households and burdening the parish, urging rulers to reconsider. The piece urges redress of public grievances.
A compendium of 18th century dispatches reports armies, pensions, and political moves. It notes a projected 60,000 man army in six weeks, counts Orlow's favor, Albanian troop demands, and a 100,000 roubles grant with 50,000 roubles pension. Also covered are Naples jail outbreaks, Polish protests, Russian arrests, a Duke of Cumberland levee, wool export bills, and a Lord Mayor election in London with historic swearing-in details.
Items include church and political intrigues, notes on the Shelburne party favoring Rev. Mr. Horne, a Paris ambassador anecdote, a Hezekiah biblical parallel, a stock-jobbing actor, a sailor’s missing-wife conflict, and the death of Mr. Howard the stonemason. Various corruptions and misprints fill the chronicle with commentary on public figures and events.
A fragmented request to the printer references a group or individual named Neers Christians. Details are unreadable, but the note indicates an insertion obligation tied to a printing task. Further context is unavailable from the legible text.
A card urging those neither busy nor idle to attend to Christ's cause. It calls believers to constant prayer, a readiness to replace ancient errors with older truths, and to dispel dreams of ignorance. It asks for clear sight of the truth in Jesus, obedience, and the strengthening and beautifying of Christian minds by God’s love for humanity.
The program lists The Maid of the Milk with Harlequin's Invasion followed by Zara Lusignan by Mr Garrick and Miss in her Feens, King Henry the Eighth, The Deuce is in Him, and The Padlock presented this evening at Drury Lane.
Fragmentary listing of securities and percentages with references to South Sea Anon New S and Old S, 3 per cent red 87, ditto confol 88, 3-8ths 3 per cent 1726 and India 3 per cent notes. Appears as a catalog-like archival snippet of bond and annuity figures without narrative context.
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