Letter on electoral reform and ministerial power in Middlesex
A long letter attacks ministerial schemes linked to the Wilkes election, arguing such practice would enslave liberty and widen royal influence. It urges buyers to reject lottery tickets, praises public forbearance, and calls publishers to print the piece in support of national liberty and press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes
Europe
England
St. Stephen’s Chapel
Commons
Middlesex Journal
Holland
Petersourg
Azoff
Warsaw
Krafimkki
Confederacy of Bar
Kerim- Gheray Kan
Tartars
Copalbageny
Lower Saxony
Civita-Vecchia
Lord Pembroke
Lord Bute
Corsica
Paoli
Paris
Duke d’Estrees
d‘Aguillon
Middlesex Freeholders urged to forbear lottery tickets
Publisher of the Middlesex Journal appeals to freeholders and London livery to set a noble example by abstaining from lottery tickets. He argues abstention would deter undue influence and inspire others across the kingdom to practice virtue, restraint, and self denial in this gambling context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
London
London Gazette extracts show court audience and promotions
From the London Gazette and continental notices, details emerge of a private audience for His Excellency Murhard as envoy of Heffe Caffel, greetings for the elector and electress in Leipzig, promotions in Sardinia including General Badat and Governor Blaney, and travels of Hesfe Rhynsfelt with a Ter Veuren summer visit. A Vienna courier brings fresh news.
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Hisalay
M. Murhard
Heffe Caffel
Leipzig
Serene
Turin
M. le Comte Badat
Sardinia
Chevalier de Blaney
Saffari
Marquis de Cirie
Prince of
Hesfe Rhynsfelt
Crriggan
Brufels
Prince
Terveuren
Vienna
Royal Observances and Trials Report from London
London dispatch notes Whitsunday rites at court with sermon and sacrament, royal dinner at Richmond, and attendance at the Exhibition. Reports Lord Edward Bentinck arriving from Germany, militia mobilization at Cambridge, and MPs expected to be re elected. Court and Old Bailey sessions summary, plus a dramatic Middlesex Journal obituary style notice detailing alleged medical malfeasance surrounding a royal figure's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gloucester
Cumberland
Chapel Royal
Norwich
Richmond
Cumberland House
Pascal Paoli
Edward Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Germany
Cambridge
Cadogan
St. Paul's
Merchant-Taylors Hall
White Friars
Hicks’s Hall
Middlesex
Edward Quirk
Kirk
M‘quirk
George Hopkins
Brentford
Ireland
John Creamer
John Lothian
William Figgas
Vine Street
Transpfral
Guildhall
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Sir
P. S
M. de Crumpipen
Brabant
Ross
Aberbrotheck
The
London Gazette
St. James’s
Westminster Hall
Storey’s Gate Coffee House
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