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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 07, 1769
Page
2
In a Middlesex Journal segment Poets Corner explores a paraphrased Defence of government and law. The excerpt argues subjects owe obedience while kings must honor oath and justice governs authority, praising entailed rights and the supremacy of law over royal power.
A London notice defends valuable Venereal Disease drops called Original Jesuits Drops from rivals patent claims. It recounts forty years of success by R. Rock at the Golden Head and Key Ludgate Hill, warns against libelous advertising, and lists prices for a chemical itch remedy and a whitening face preparation.
A public warning targets Wessells the Jew Quack Doctor for selling counterfeit Montpellier Drops. The 1768 Old Bailey case against him is cited, with Ravenscroft and Co moving stock to Fleet Lane. The advert promotes Walker’s original formulas as a purging remedy for venereal disease and other ailments, offering bottles at 4s and 2s with advice and a serving surgeon, listing several Soho and Wapping locations for sale.
London reports detail a heated General Court of East India stock proprietors at Leadenhall Street. Protests against a controversial ballot prompt debate on whether to record dissent, with counsel arguing over charter limits, and a plan for governing war and peace with crown officers debated by Sir George Colebrooke, Mr Dempster, and others. The piece cites a protest against a proposed commission to India, listing eight grounds, and notes possible consequences for governance and parliamentary authority.
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