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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 29, 1770
Page
2
Fragmentary text mentions an ordered recording of oatmeal and a reference to the Common Hall, with a note that life occurred twelve minutes after. The readable portion lacks clear individuals, dates, or events to form a coherent news item.
From the London Gazette copy of a message to Colonel Boyd, Governor of Gibraltar, the Moroccan emperor Sidi Maho met Ben Abdalla declares Abdefadak Ben Hamet guilty of plunder and misrule. He is deposed and imprisoned, with orders for relocation of Tanjar’s inhabitants and fortifications repairs, plus ships and troops to secure the straits. Dated August 3 1770.
A London letter from Venice commends the king's minister for reviving an old decree that guards English merchants' legal rights there, noting it would save English subjects trading in Venice substantial sums. The report also covers Spanish maneuvers toward Cuba, Falkland Island tensions, and various local incidents including a coroner's verdict of willful murder, burglaries, a fatal accident between Downham Bridge and Cambridge, weather-related mishaps at Stirling, a highway robbery near St. Albans, and a death notice for Sir John Fielding.
Fragmentary report notes Sir Lyttelton Hagley Park to bed in apparent health before succumbing to convulsive apoplexy in Warwick Street. Master builder Mg Langley referenced amid scattered details of the event.
A mixed listing details surrender and sale actions by merchants and tradesmen, with names such as Richard Jennings William Annand Alexander Murray Gordon Urquhart and Jameson, all bound for Guildhall or public sales. Also reference to a dentist recommendations and perfume sales across London Bath Paris.
The advertisement promotes Lady's Magazine or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex. It highlights an elegant Rufite pattern, a curious engraving illustrating a passage from the Lady's Sentimental Journey, and a new song set to music by Mr. Hudson. It lists publishers and sellers in Britain and Ireland and asks for continued reader support.
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