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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 04, 1769
Page
4
A combative letter in the Middlesex Journal berates Sir R for six months of alleged neglect in defending liberties. It questions his attendance at the Common Hall and his vote against livery rights, urging resignation and warning of his political decline amid a rising spirit of reform.
Notices invite gentlemen desiring accurate surveying of their estates and lands. A. Z. Mr. Wing, Mathematical Instrument maker in the Strand, London, will provide qualified surveying services upon signifying their consent. A land steward may be engaged if suitably encouraged.
London officials visit St James's to present the Livery of London petition. They accuse ministers of corrupt rule, suppression of habeas corpus, warrants without trial, and threats to civil liberty, demanding redress and preservation of constitutional rights. The document condemns military intrusions and unlawful taxation in colonies.
A royal petition cites misapplication and embezzlement of public funds, claiming honours were conferred on a paymaster who misused millions. It urges redress and exposes ministers for concealing the truths, asserting the crown’s duty to uphold constitutional powers and public trust.
A long dispatch covers arrivals in London from Hampton Court and Cambridge, with notes on Lord Og and his past as rebel commander. It details a near-misfire after a letter to suppress unrest, the patriotic toast by three Aldermen, a court party remark, and a debate at the Queen's Arms society. It also includes Virginia assembly signatures and a list of notable names associated with liberty and governance.
A jumble of notices reports a great curiosity of currants at Newington, a young girl in Spitalfields dangerously ill after swallowing cherry stones, and several sudden deaths including a man in Piccadilly and a drowned apprentice near Somerset House. Also announced are wedding notices, new editions and notices from the North Briton Extraordinary, with ads for literature and poetry forthcoming.
Middlesex Journal notes Virginian criticizes the Daily Advertiser for omitting terms calling the address from the dissolved Virginia assembly unconstitutional illegal and pernicious. He defends the assembly members and asserts their expressions and principles align with the king and British people, implying strong ties and support.
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