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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 22, 1770
Page
4
A harsh critique denounces corrupt corporations and the political class. The writer inflames with terms like Pettifoggers placemakers and place-jugglers, laments youth debauchery and justice’s neglect, and warns that private interests and cronyism erode the public good.
A fragmentary line recalls a sentence about eating and reserve. The speaker improvises a remark on burgers, corpulence, and reserve, ending with a plan to conclude later. The text reads as a clipped, self aware aside from a larger narration.
Victorian era report notes dispatches from Lisbon arriving at Lord Weymouth's office with positive talks. Spain delays final answers as fleets roam Canary Islands. a cabinet council to meet at Whitehall amid rival critiques. Plans for grain export ban progress. Ireland issues and Minorca forces discussed. A Danish arrival reports Spanish ships near the Canaries. Armed militia being mobilized, powder seized in Kent, and weather-related damages and crimes noted.
A morning fire at a Biscuit Baker's near Pitcher's Point, Rotherhithe, caused alarm but was contained with little damage due to timely help. Other news touches on a young mother delivering twins west of the metropolis, a drowning of John Sanby, an apparent murder in Leather Lane Holborn, a fatal stabbing in Rag Fair, and various deaths and sensational reports from Hamburg and St Petersburg. A lottery draw lists multiple prizes including 1000 and 2000 sums, with ownership notes for several prizes among merchants and bank property.
Saturday November 24 reports a new comedy Tis Well Tis No Worse staged at Drury Lane with Mr King Mr Reddithh Mrs Baddeley Mrs Jefferies and Mrs Abington and the Miller of Mansfield. Covent Garden presents Barbarossa with the Portrait in the program.
A fragmented critique of letters and verses for private circulation discusses pardon, political affairs in Parliament, and selective publication. It mentions Col B R8’s speech, a ruling in the King and Woodall case, and correspondence with Lord Northington and York correspondents.
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