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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 10, 1769
Page
2
Fragmentary verse invokes celestial names and shifts between night and day. Figures like Pollux and Castor appear as guiding stars, while themes of light and gloom alternate with deities and immortal phrases. The language is archaic and dreamlike, with unfinished phrases and uncertain syntax.
An old notice claims a medicine called Specific Drops by J H Smyth M D and a midwife cures head pains eruptions and other venereal disease aftercare. It presents the remedy as easy cheap and discreet with cures in days and lists sellers and locations in London for purchase and advice.
A 17th or 18th century pamphlet describes various wine and mead making methods with named ingredients and devices. It lists Brunswick origin receipts and notes improvements like an agrarian pess method, plus cordial and medicinal preparations. The item cites publisher details at Paternoster Row and references related patent medicines and tonic drops.
London October 11 The cabinet council is summoned to meet at St James's on Friday to hear the report on criminals now under sentence in Newgate. News says directors of a company once promising peace in their disputes plan a different course with despotic commissioners, while a fresh rupture grows in their committees. Some fear this division may undermine the commission or constrain its powers. Also reported are curiosities from Westminster and Hull about naval movements and ambassadors, with fleets at Spithead and Marines ordered to be reinforced at Portsmouth Plymouth and Chatham.
Letters from The Hague and Constantinople report European diplomacy amid war. Reports from Jamaica and India recount raids, sieges, and financial strains on the East India Company. Carolina anticipates non importation while local Britons discuss taxes, crops, and burgeoning domestic manufacturing.
A publisher from the Middlesex Journal references a September 26 item replying to Sir William Draper. The author states he did not apply to Capt Belcher or any officer to be admitted during the Menilla expedition. He describes an Archbishop arriving from the citadel with Col George Scote and others and being presented in the street to Draper in a crowded palace setting.
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