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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 13, 1770
Page
4
Poets for the Middlesex Journal mourn the death of the Marquis of Granby ES praising his military valor on Minden and Folinghausen fields. The verse celebrates his virtuous mind aiding his country and hopes his name endures beyond time and verse.
A correspondence piece criticizes elfish selfishness in public life and attacks monopolies and corruption in corporations. It warns that private greed corrupts property, law, science, and religion, and teases future letters with examples and anecdotes. The text also reports on dispatches from Berlin and naval and political news, including parliamentary moves, resignations, and military plans.
A stream of incidents from London and nearby areas includes a merchant’s niece eloping with a clerk, a MP robbed of 35 guineas near Aston, and a seal of misfortune as Capt George Willoughby dies, leaving Jamaica tied heirs. A nursery threat and a press-gang roundup of seamen add to a troubling week.
Theatrical intelligence notes two bills for Thursday November 15. At Drury Lane Theatre Love for Love features Valentine Redditch Scandal Palmer Angelica W Barty Miss Prue and Mrs Abington with Jubilee. At Coverit Garden Theatre The Fair Penitent stars Lothario Horatio Sciolto Calista with The Author.
A brief note in the Saturday paper apologizes for omitting the SouTh-Briton Extraordinary and an account of Junius to Lord Mansfield. It promises the extra letter from Hertfordshire and other favors will appear in the coming week, including J. Wh. to Lord North.
The listing shows several bank and stock items with percentages and prices, including 3 per cent and 4 per cent notes, South Sea stock, Navy and Victualling Bills, Ind stock, and long annuity lot tickets. Specific figures appear as fractions and shillings, indicating a market tick with mixed bond and stock categories.
At Arundel on November 25 1770 a meeting chaired by the Duke of Richmond discussed Parliament proposals for a Brighthelmstone to Arundel and Chichester turnpike and a bridge over the River near Shoreham Ferry. Plans and estimates were ordered and a December 1 gathering at the Star Inn New Shoreham was adjourned for further attendance by gentlemen clergy freeholders and others. Henry Burtenshaw signed by order of the meeting.
A meeting of county gentlemen and city of London committee members discussed subscribing sums and mutual advantage for canal improvements. They authorized a committee to meet time to time and arrange for works and expenses to support the project and future inquiries.
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