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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 28, 1772
Page
2
A speaker laments limits on reporting parliamentary proceedings. He accuses the House of abridging public access to debate and notes, urging openness, accountability, and the right to publish journal content and court-like discussions for national enlightenment. The discourse condemns censorship as dangerous to liberty and constitutional governance.
A letter argues against restricting debate in the House of Commons and defends free publication of remarks. It contends such limits would threaten liberty, noting lawyers are comfortable with openness and warning it would force MPs to show greater respect to constituents, though risk insults from the crown still loom.
A LEGISLATOR argues that the term rangers cannot apply to freeholders and electors of Great Britain. He asserts House orders are not law and that the Serjeant at Arms could not forcibly detain electors. He contends the House is not a court of judicature during its session.
James Stephen of Middle Temple writes to John Wilkes challenging use of general warrants and vague trespass depots for debt arrests. He cites the 13th of Charles II and Magna Charta like precedents, condemning arbitrary imprisonments and urging bail for trespass cases to prevent oppression and perjury.
An 18th century notice promotes a worm tract aiding self diagnosis of intestinal worms, with a health claim list and a dental dentifrice by Hemet and Bayley. It lists in London shops on Haymarket and Cockspur Street, plus retailers in Leadenhall Street Bath and Paris Rue Dauphine, price 2s 6d.
An ad for bedding carpet and upholstery ware at a Strand corner shop, offering Turkey Wilton Kidderminster and Scotch carpets, blankets, quilts, mattresses, bedticks, rugs and ready made bedsteads in bulk or by order, with low terms for cash.
An 18th century notice offers CAKES for making a shining liquid blacking for shoes and boots. It claims ease of use and flexibility, preserving softness and preventing cracking. Sold retail by W. Bayley and other perfumers in London, price sixpence per cake.
The piece extols essential salt from lemons as a versatile cleaner and flavoring, claiming it preserves lemon flavor, never spoils, and is cheaper. It can remove moulds ink spots wine stains from fabrics and lace, leaving items looking new. Sold wholesale and retail by perfumers in London.
A Cambridge resident writes from September 1771 praising Velno Vegetable Syrup for curing palsy-like symptoms after an 1779 journey incident. He recounts initial paralysis, failing hope, and recovery after using the syrup, urging public trust and noting practical sales locations in London and Cambridge and a published dissertation.
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