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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 29, 1770
Page
4
An excerpted parliamentary speech defends war policy and criticizes misrepresentation of an influential leader. The speaker claims long service, notes letters written, and challenges appointment of a Commander in Chief while defending the Marquis of Granby’s eulogy. He disputes others’ fitness for command and appeals to the public to see through distortions.
The writer, addressing Mr Edridge and Lady, recalls his early bold act at a North-Briton event in Cornhill in 1763 5 and notes astonishment at his decision to quit Appleby’s club. The letter hopes he will rethink and answer a presidential call.
A letter urges Lord North to seek satisfaction from Spain over insults to the Crown and breaches of the peace treaty including the Manila ransom. It calls for indemnification for the Antigalli prize and damages from 1748 ships seized in the West Indies, noting only a fraction has been paid and the matter remains unsettled.
A Danish attack on an English party is reported with limited readable details. The brief mentions involvement of a group connected to the event and notes surrounding political tension. Further specifics are not available in the readable OCR fragment.
The reader laments political indifference in England while quoting a Great Lady and a Great Personage. He cites a harsh reply to London’s Address and Remonstrance, urging vigilance against tyranny, and recalling Romans once free and virtuous. He warns Britons to beware of despotic influence and calls for accountability.
Thursday notices a Sunday meeting at the House to discuss the Spanish issues and Potter-Off’s Madrid plan. Debate contemplates increasing force to 60,000 for royal service while England’s navy remains manned. Talks of Lisbon Madrid negotiations, Dunkirk harbour repairs, and foreign protections for sailors surface amid busy sessions and East India Company skirmishes after holidays.
Reports from Liverpool detail public complaints over government plans for peace or war and rising expenses. News notes shipments wrecked near Welch coast with supplies, orders to strengthen forts, coastal guards, and dispatch fleets to Jamaica and Scotland. A prize lottery story and a Dutch galley wreck are mixed with local crime notes and a Kent street murder inquiry ongoing at St Margaret’s Hill.
Foreign intelligence reports arrival of Dutch Mail and two Flemish mails delayed. Engineers have worked day and night since the month’s start placing cannons and mortars on old batteries and erecting new fortifications to strengthen the defense. A battalion of the regiment of Lombardy embarked to reinforce the Buenos Ayres garrison. Also notes prolonged tempestuous weather with heavy rains and a high tide yesterday.
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