16 Oct 1770
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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 16, 1770
Page
1
A Middlesex Journal letter denounces corrupt officials and the murder of innocents in the metropolis. The writer attacks a harsh system, condemns the mercy afforded to the powerful, and urges reform while blaming a dangerous foreign agitator and the courts. He calls printers and readers to seek justice and warns the rich evade punishment.
A fragmentary letter from a Subaltern to the printer of the Middlesex Journal requests publication and appeals to fellow soldiers in distress. The writer laments outliving expectations and notes having received thanks for conduct, mentioning a “javelin of hope” cast aside.
In Lewes on Sept 28 1770 a large meeting at New Shoreham endorsed building a turnpike road from Brighthelmstone to Arundel and Chichester with a bridge near Shoreham. It urged a cost not to exceed one thousand pounds and scheduled a November 2 meeting at Arundel George Inn to hear Duke of Norfolk’s response on the bridge and parliament application. Gentlemen clergy freeholders and others are urged to attend.
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