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Duel in Hyde Park and North Briton affair in Parliament
An account of a pistol duel between Mr Martin and Mr Wilkes in Hyde Park ending with one man wounded and a pledge of honor. The next day Parliament debated privilege and seditious libel over North Briton No 45, voting to burn the paper and refer the matter to a Lords conference.
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Mr. Wilkes
Lord Talbot
Mr. Martin
Hyde Park
Wilkes
Martin
Doctor Brocklesby
Graves
House of Commons