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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 06, 1770
Page
3
The confession states the killer, Joseph Dan, admitted stabbing his son and grandson with a pitchfork, then cutting their throats, and strangling the old woman in her bed. John Ryan and John Fairel remain in custody based on the testimony of Joseph Daw.
From Calais the mayor and the marine commissaire received two caution letters about Holland showing plague symptoms sent by Ostend friends. In Chatham an extract reports press-gangs landing and taking three weavers, attacked by woolcombers and weavers who freed the men. many gang members wounded, while locals vow to resist. Also ships Albion Barfleur Egmont Resolution Buckingham ordered to dock for fitting and several frigates sent to Deptford for repairs.
Reports from London describe Mr Potter bringing dispatches from Madrid to Lord Weymouth, with expected Madrid advices at night. News recounts Spanish ordnance to Carthagena and Panama, Turkish-Russian movements on Danube, a deadly plague control by burning Cicuta, and English sailors slain by Janissaries. Additional notes cover Quebec Indians, a hospital fund, civic duties, a Brice ship loss, and local deaths and prices.
A Norwich youth named Inchbold appears as Osmyn in the Mourning Bride at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Critics note fair voice and physique, modest feel, but audience warmly received him as a promising talent. Tonight features As You Like It at Drury Lane with King as Touchstone and Covent Garden offers Love in a Village and Harlequin's Jubilee pantomime.
Port News reports arrivals at Falmouth including Juno Brand Finley Millett and Queen of Hungary Armstrong from London and Portsmouth Hocking from Southampton. At Deal on Oct 7 wind WN came down, ships Speedwell St George King of Spain and others remained, outward-bound vessels prepared to sail, including Henry Bennett and St George to Cadiz and Liverpool, New York bound Edward Kemble, with several vessels passing by Seven Stars from Stettin and Leghorn and Dunkirk listings.
An 18th century catalog notes a new edition of Allix's Complete Vocabulary in English and French with accented forms, plus a Fortune-Teller Card Pack by the Real Conjurer. It lists price points, publishers, and availability in London and Britain, aiming at instructional and amusement uses for children and adults.
Dr Boerhaave's antiscorbutic pills are prepared from a prescription after days of consideration. They claim to cure scurvy with accompanying symptoms and fatigue, improving mood, appetite, and digestion. Sold in London by Mr Donnville at the Royal Exchange for two shillings per phial of thirty six pills.
A jury trial excerpt covers a civil action by Lord Mansheip against the Duke of Cumberland for criminal conversation with the plaintiff’s wife. The judge lays out needed evidence, notes varied testimonies from Countess Donhof and Whitchurch, and details timelines, corroboration, and inferences drawn from acts at Donhof’s, St Albans, and related visits.
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