Westminster Petition Divides Electors and Brave Serjeant Glynn
Long report covers various 1770 London items including Westminster electors defending Serjeant Glynn after insults toward their petition for redress. It notes Durham county meetings, petitions, and a court scene at Guildhall with price stability for bread and international affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielde
Lyde
County of
Durham
Francis Jennison
John Temspert
Flint
Taylors
Guildhall
Charles Asgill
London
America
Livadia
Turkey
Thessaly
Lepanto
Engia
Corsica
Paoli
Paris
Europe
Sieure B
Nantes
Duke of Parma
Stockholm
Italy
Sardinia
Strelitzét
Peter the First
Edinburgh
Newbostle-House
Serjeant
Glynn
Westminster
Almon
England
His Majesty’s Palace
Serjeant’ Glynn
Rhetorical Plea Against Obedience to Petitioners
A speaker laments obsequious lawmakers and warns that yielding to factions will hollow out their constitutional duties. He fears mindless obedience leads to drink fueled by tavern rivals, while urging harmony to feed the unwary and preserve debate. The piece mocks self serving routines and warns of tavern domination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinhood — Society
O—y
V—e
St. James’s
Fleetditch
Bow-lane
Reese
Island
Ratl
King’s Arms ‘Tavern
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Standard Tavern
Westminter
His Majesty
Hampton-court
Middlesex
Taylor’s
Imade
St. Paul’s
Wood-street
Compter
Franks
Jersey Packet
Tower-hill
Smithfield
Goswell-street
Bridgewater-gardens
Huckstall
Leadenhall-street
Middlesex Journal
Edmund
Ely
House of Omons