Preservation by Holy Orders for Sir Wm Mann
A Liverpool Freeman writes in 1769 proposing a plan to shield Sir William Mann from Captain Allen. He suggests the baronet convert to clergy after the House rises, receive private ordination, and carry a clerical badge to deter hostility. He imagines peers congratulating each other on a different seat in Parliament and ends with May 3, 1769.
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Allen
W—m
Treasury
Liverpool
Duelling Critique and Political Protest in Middlesex Journal
A reader denounces the fashionable dueling culture and denounces authorities for abuses to freedom of elections. He praises Sir William Napier and the borough representative for rejecting duelling and urges the Lord High something to quit office, warning of justice overtaking the guilty. The letter ties strong stance to English liberty and anti despotism.
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Middlesex Journal
St. George's Fields
Brentford
England
Mark Anthony Appeals for Peace in Troubled City
Mark Anthony writes amid political unrest, claiming danger from incited crowds and warning that continued division could destroy the nation’s institutions. He urges calm, condemns improvised cures, and asks authorities to avoid inflaming passions while he seeks no reward.
Royal Speech Announces Grants and Parliaments Prolongation
Westminster May 9. The king grants royal assent to acts funding the sinking fund and various services for 1740s. He praises Parliament’s zeal, outlines measures for security of laws, commercial interests, and restraints on disturbances. Parliament prorogued to June 14 next. News of Lisbon flood damage and packet boat disruption follows.
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Europe
Russia
House of Commons
Fune
Edward Smith
Lisbon
Santayerd
Auction Sale Of Fabrics Furnishings And Prints
A country dealer offers to be sold items including silk handkerchiefs gloves stockings breeches hangings for rooms and fire-screens. About 150 prints paintings and glazed framed works are on view with catalogs available at a local shop in Great Russell Street Bloomsbury. часть of household furniture from three rooms disposed of by private sale on a specified Tuesday and May day.
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Ionnee
Great Raffel
Bloomtsbury
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