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Middlesex Middlesex Journal

Location

Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 31, 1770

Page

4

Fragmented Rhetoric on Liberty and Oaths

The excerpt argues that happiness and strength come from redress before it is too late. It recalls early laws where the king pledged life and honor to subjects to cement bonds and keep them from thrall. It laments loss of allegiance and recalls people fighting for freedom against political knaves.

Dr Musgrave Examination Before the House of Commons 1770

Transcript of Dr Musgrave examination at the House of Commons on Monday January 29 1770 addressing publication in the Public Advertiser and St James's Chronicle. He confirms delivering a written note to Lord Halifax about alleged conduct and names informants while discussing the forged and blank content of the address to the county of Devon.

Mus House of Commons Devon Lord Halifax

Rumored peace money scheme tied to Bedford negotiations

An 1764 discussion reveals a rumour that eight million livres were sent to England to buy peace. Witnesses recall money channeled by monsieur de la Borde and a banker, dispersed among three people including an unnamed Lady, with Fox named as a recipient. The informant cites the episode in talks with Stuart and Maclean.

Paris Felf Duke of Bedford England Monsieur de la Borde Stuart Lord Bute Lord Holland Mr. Fox

Postscript notes from London society in 18th century dispatches

Saturday reports from London detail a Russian ambassador Mouschkin Ponschkin receiving an express from Leghorn via Rear-admiral Kennedy. A cabinet council at Downing Street and a conference between French ambassador Count Lomont and Lord Weymouth are noted. An express to Commodore Proby is sent, and the Queen of Hungary orders 40,000 troops to Poland amid tense European power shifts. Ruffian agents in town are busy undermin more details in the crowd.

Mouschkin Ponschkin Leghorn Kennedy Morea Earl of Hillsborough William Woodly St.Christopher’s Lord North Downing-street Westminster Count du Chatelet Lomont Lord Weymouth Admiralty Office Proby Mediterranean Hungary Poland Versailles Madrid

Coroner election plans and royal intrigues unfold

Reported private meeting presided by Sir Fletcher Norton discusses strategies to defeat the late coroner election and back Mr Fewtrell. Whispers say a coolness between the late Premier and present one influenced council actions and a plan to fund a grand journey.

Urage Fletcher Norton Fewtrell Dublin London Senegal Gambia Bishopsgate Wilkes Almon Zell Carlton House America Robinson Boston England Lord Bottetourt Virginia Marine Departments Spelman. Leake

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