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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 23, 1769
Page
4
The 1689 Middlesex Journal records the House of Commons affirming subjects’ right to petition the King for parliaments and redress. A committee is tasked to hunt down offenders, and Sir Francis Wythins is ordered to attend and receive a censuring sentence upon his knees, with expulsion from the house.
A 1767 letter from Dublin dated May 19 signed by Edward M Quirk appeals to his sister Patrick O Flaherty for legal guidance. He mentions promises of Majesty's pardon, a plan to come over and claim a reward, and mocks a Middlesex jury. He warns of gallows if pursued and asks to be brought to Dublin.
In London and Middlesex notices claim the Middlesex petition was presented at St James's and graciously received by the king. The cabinet council met in consequence and several noble figures traveled between Blenheim, Weoburn Abby, and Bath as health and state affairs prompt movements.
Monday from Piccadilly to Scotland, Lady Gower ill at Whitehall, and a Brook Street wedding feast honor. Reports of Royal, noble, and commoners’ parlors, trials, duels, harvests, thefts, and oddities fill the notice pages with bustling London life and distant colonial chatter.
Reportedly a grand Wooburn Abbey festivity will trigger political shifts as maneuvers are underway aided by a female coadjutor. Bets abound on the Halifax Barb versus the famed Liberty horse with odds five to one against the Barb due to recent wear from long sweat runs.
Supporters of the Bill of Big Bets convene with William Colhoun in the chair. The Treasurer’s Accounts show the society has paid 4169 pounds 9 shillings to Mr Wilkes for debts and election expenses since February 1769, with no funds used for other purposes except advertising. Subscriptions continue at designated offices and at the next meeting on June 6 in the chair of Robert Jones, after which the society will adjourn to October.
A historical notice urges discreet private accommodation for women in delicate pregnancies to avoid reputational harm. It promotes Mr Goff surgeon and man midwife and his Pall Mall address facing St Alban's Street as the trusted contact for private care and secrecy.
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