19 May 1770
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 19, 1770
Page
1
May 2 ship notices list vessels and origins including Pa tuxent Lewis bound for Virginia and Chaplain ships to Dublin Liverpool and Plymouth with many arrivals at Antigua Rotterdam and Cadiz. London Gazette reports royal assent to bills and Speeches urging political unity and fiscal prudence with several Irish baronial dignities granted and bankruptcy and dividend notices.
May 18 and 19 entries from Norfolk record the death of Lady of Sir William Innes at Norwich and the institution of Rev. Armine Styleman to Hall Barham priest at the Hand presentation by Dame Mary L Estrange. A Gloucestershire rider, Mr Cinderby of Painswick, died after his horse fell near Newport. A Cornwall St Ives report claims Williams, the Powel murderer, was captured.
Report of a royal levee where a noble spoke for Mr. Wilkes leading to Lord Wentworth’s appointment as Chairman of the Lords committee with 8001 yearly. Knights of the Bath named, writs issued for Milborne Port and Midhurst, marriage case before Dr Betterworth deferred, masquerade reflections with many notable costumes, and court happenings at the Foundling Hospital and Bridewell pending actions.
A string of social items and incidents including a tradesman stabbing his mother, marriages proposed in Derbyshire Cheshire and London entries, a fatal fall in Hyde Park, and market price listings for stock and bonds. Readers urged to seek clarification from correspondents.
The writer argues great uneasiness rises among all ranks over possible plots to restore misrule by hidden agents close to the king. He urges London to lead by example calling for addresses and remonstrances and the formation of safety committees in counties to uphold the Revolution, liberty, and Brunswick loyalty.
An extract from a North Wales letter criticizes a Hydra faction's growth in a remote region. The writer contrasts it with a previously peaceful Severn side, laments a crude verse by a pen-feather bard, and comments on a imprisoned man whose intemperate life is blamed for his condition and for stirring disputes overseas.
The author argues that public voting in elections breeds distress and risk to liberties. The piece contends that MPs and the public would be better protected if voters are free from knowing who voted for or against a candidate, advocating a shift to secret ballots to prevent coercion and preserve liberty.
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