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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 04, 1769
Page
2
To the Middlesex Journal May 3 1769 the writer admires Marmontel’s Belisarius and urges that ministers, tyrants, and officers are the true sources of grievance. He argues a well governed prince should curb petty tyranny and be loved by subjects, listing named ministers and officials supporting this view.
A list of voters or figures including EDY Sir Anthony Th. Knaresborough Allen Benjamin Bridgewater Awley Sir Edward Norfolk Aubrey John Wallingford Anderton Charles Beverley Baker Sir William Klympton Burre Isaac Wycomb Belafire Lord Peterborough Brickdale Matthew Bristol Bridges Sir Brooke Kent Bulloc John Maiden Barrow Charles Gloucester Beauclerck Aubrey Aldborough Beckford William London Blacket Sir Walter Newcastle Buller John Exeter Burke Edmund Wendover Burke William Bedwin Bridgman Sir Henry Wenlock Byng George Wigan Culcraft John Rochester Calvert Nicolson Tewkesbury Carnac John Leominister Cavendish Lord George Derbyshire Cavendish Lord Frederick Derby Cavendish Lord John York Cavendish Henry Lestwithiel Clive Lord Shrewsbury Clive George Bishops Castle Coxe John Somerst Codrington Sir William Tewkesbury Colebroke Sir George Arundel Clevering Sir Thomas Durham county Chalmley Nathaniel Boroughbridge Conolly Thomas Chichester Cornish Sir Samuel Shoreham Cornewell Charles Wolfran Grampound Coventry Thomas Bridgett Crosby Brass Honiton Curwen Henry Cumberland Clarke Godf. Bagnal Derby county Dimner John Gatton Damer John Dorchester Damer George Cricklade Davers Sir Charles Weymouth Delaval George Northumberland Dering Sir Edward Romney.
Sir John Luttrell denied any undue election of Middlesex member John Wilkes is asserted as rightful MP. The letter asserts the Votes of April 14 1769 prove Wilkes’s return was valid and Luttrell’s petition false. The author calls the prior record a grievous error by Sir John Cust and argues the late election and return favored Wilkes.
The Middlesex freeholders petition Parliament disallowing Henry Luttrell’s seat, asserting John Wilkes had the majority. A second argument urges promoting wine cultivation in America with government support to divert imports, grow vines, and benefit health, culture, and national wealth.
The passage argues for government-backed encouragement of private efforts in colonization and agriculture, praising French methods of granting land seeds and support to undertakings. It envisions a fund supported by a patriotic ministry and parliament to send industrious poor to colonies, with government financing and aid. It notes France’s ministers actively promote sending poor workers to colonies and funding purchases of enslaved laborers at crown expense.
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