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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 27, 1772
Page
4
A jagged excerpt from a Middlesex Journal page, with student era Latin verses referencing Luna and celestial imagery. The readable lines cite Phebe and Cynthia motifs, noting celestial cycles and a central world theme, amid fragmented Latin lines and ornamental commentary.
A 18th century debate describes truth versus appearance with Moon metaphor, then reports the Guildhall election confrontation over Mayor selections. Wilkes and Townsend clash as the Livery demands recorded instructions, amid tumult and public protest as Townsend is proclaimed Lord Mayor Elect.
In Middlesex Journal the writer traces the term macaroni to Italian roots. He cites a proverb on macaroni broth and defines macaronic poetry as a burlesque mixing languages. The note invites short letters and promises further discussion, dated 28 1772.
Postscript reports the Sheriffs and Mr Oliver addressing the Livery at Guildhall. He notes the customary return to the Court of Aldermen is at one o clock and asks for patience until that time. Captain Allen then speaks from his station under the clock amid applause.
The King of Prussia demands 707000 from Great Britain and expects immediate payment. Prince and Princess of Orange press King to ease hardships on Dantzick merchants. A letter from Rome says Cardinal Yorke is dangerously ill. A memorial to Spain seeks redress for British injuries in the West Indies, urged by the Earl of Rochford. Ten ships of the line were commissioned yesterday, with similar numbers due Monday. War risks rise as insurance costs soar and rendezvous open at Portsmouth Plymouth and Wapping. Reports say Lord Chief Baron Parker’s resignation is only a rumor.
News notes the Duke of Grafton reaching his Lower Grosvenor Street home from Wakefield Lodge amid shifting government forecasts. Reports detail a major flood along the Garonne sweeping away bridges, mills, and hundreds of houses, with townsfolk seeking refuge in St Nicholas church. similar flood impacts are noted near Clermont-Ferrand on the Allier. Other items include shipbuilding updates for Indiamen and Florentine, rising wheat prices, a domestic theft case at a St Pauls china shop, storm damage along Whitehall to Chelsea, and lottery ticket sales promoting large prizes in Pope’s Head Alley and Cornhill offices.
The Fashionable Lovers and The Irish Widow showed yesterday at Drury Lane, with Every Man in His Humour and Kiely by Garrick to follow. Covent Garden presented Rule a Wife and Have a Wife by command, with Comus, and The Beggar's Opera with Man and Wife this evening.
Fragmented OCR item lists various bonds stocks and notes with mixed figures. Mentions of India, Day at One o clock, Ind. Ann. 3 per cent, coal grant, Navy and Victualling Bills, Long Ann. Tickets, and several par values. Lacks coherent narrative or clear event.
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