Middlesex Journal Letter Urges British Rights and Reform
An impassioned Middlesex Journal letter lauds Lord Shelburne for steadfast opposition to the ministry, condemns the Middlesex election abuses by Col. Luttrell, and calls for dissolution of Parliament, royal redress, and renewed popular sovereignty. The piece implores the king to curb ministers and restore liberty, urging unified action by Englishmen. May 18, 1770.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Fields
Boston
Earl of Bate
Bostonians
Beckford
London
Eng Lihman
Middlesex
Col. Luttrell
House of Commons
Wilkes
Earl of Bute
Jose
Address Petition Remonstrance sparks courtroom gossip
In May 1770 at a Middlesex Court, deputies presented a second Address Petition and Remonstrance. Observers recount a Carlton-house faction debate, noting a quoted remark about kissing the king’s hat and urging punishment for insolence. A courtier muses on whether the King would react differently.
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Cuartes Jenkinson
Fretcuer Norton
Caartes Jenkinson
Carlton-house
Earl of
Bute
Freteher Noxon
P.S
News from Berlin and Admiralty Dispatches Abroad
Morning dispatches arrive from Berlin and Admiralty, Charing Cross, via Commodore Proby as commander in the Mediterranean. Reports touch on New York command changes, guardship crews, coin manufacture crimes, coroner elections in Surrey, Guildford Remonstrance, and incidents in Hyde Park and Chelsea.
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Secretary of State
Berlin
Admiralty
Charingcross
Proby
Mediterranean
Diffin
Ion
New-York
Gage
Holland
John Fielding
Surry
Fletcher Norton
Pentrell
Guildford
Onslow
Wilkes
Horne
Joseph Mawbey
Roger Peck
Friends of Administration
North America
Hyde-park
Templebar
Betts
Epsom
Knowles
Chelsea
Nighttime robbery and theft reports from Westminster
Four-post chaise travelers robbed of five guineas by a highwayman near Kennington Common. Westminster tobacconist shop breaks in. till looted of seventeen pounds in gold. Obituary notes James Westerman, cornfactor of Soush wark, dies after long illness. Letters from Constantinople and Leghorn note political and military tensions affecting money and horses with Greece, Portugal, and the Ottoman court all described as unsettled.
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James Westerman
Constantinople
Venice
Leghorn
Seraglio
Fragmented Corrections Lead to Delayed Notices
Miscues in a SeectaTor missive announce a forthcoming off page report about a Yorkshire murder. Debates linger over Deborah’s favour and Fabius’s postponed essay due to the lengthy Touchstone. An Anecdote of the Duke of Grafton also awaits insertion.
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Yorkshire
Deborah
Fabius
Buistol
Duke of Grafton
Address and Remonstrance on Violated Right of Election
County residents issued notice that a petition and remonstrance against the violated right of election will be moved on the 20th instant at Guilford. The notice calls on gentlemen clergy and thresholders of the county to attend and participate in the proceedings.
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Guiliford
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Lord Mayor
The
Constitutional
Postscript
Mr. Neweery
Giles
Tom Thurmb
Norse Truelove
Little Goody
Fommy
Nancy Goodwill
Avraham
Esop
England
Robinson Cruise
Common Prayer
Ookker
Circle of the Sciences
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