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Foreign News
July 18, 1771
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
On Wednesday last, the Earl of Chatham moved in the House of Lords for an address to the King requesting dissolution of Parliament after the current session due to the Middlesex election violations and Commons-magistracy conflict; the motion was defeated 23-72.
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LONDON, May 4.
It is said the following Motion was made on Wednesday last, by the Earl of Chatham, in the Upper House, 'that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, most dutifully and earnestly beseeching his Majesty, that, under the late Violations of the Rights of the Electors of Great Britain in the Election for Middlesex, still unredressed, and in the present Conflict which has so unhappily arisen between the Claims of Privilege of the House of Commons, on one Side, and those of the Magistracy, on the other, his Majesty will, in his paternal Wisdom, deign to open the Way to compose this alarming Warfare; and that, in Order to prevent the said House, and the Nation, from being involved in intemperate Discussions of undefined Powers, which in the Extreme may endanger the Constitution, and tend to shake the Tranquillity of the Kingdom, his Majesty will be graciously pleased to recur to the recent Sense of his People, by dissolving, after the End of this Session, the present Parliament, and calling, with convenient Dispatch, a new Parliament.' Twenty three for it, seventy two against it.
It is said the following Motion was made on Wednesday last, by the Earl of Chatham, in the Upper House, 'that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, most dutifully and earnestly beseeching his Majesty, that, under the late Violations of the Rights of the Electors of Great Britain in the Election for Middlesex, still unredressed, and in the present Conflict which has so unhappily arisen between the Claims of Privilege of the House of Commons, on one Side, and those of the Magistracy, on the other, his Majesty will, in his paternal Wisdom, deign to open the Way to compose this alarming Warfare; and that, in Order to prevent the said House, and the Nation, from being involved in intemperate Discussions of undefined Powers, which in the Extreme may endanger the Constitution, and tend to shake the Tranquillity of the Kingdom, his Majesty will be graciously pleased to recur to the recent Sense of his People, by dissolving, after the End of this Session, the present Parliament, and calling, with convenient Dispatch, a new Parliament.' Twenty three for it, seventy two against it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
What keywords are associated?
Earl Of Chatham
House Of Lords
Middlesex Election
Parliamentary Motion
Dissolution Request
What entities or persons were involved?
Earl Of Chatham
Where did it happen?
London
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
London
Event Date
Wednesday Last, May 4
Key Persons
Earl Of Chatham
Outcome
twenty three for it, seventy two against it.
Event Details
Motion by the Earl of Chatham in the Upper House for an humble Address to his Majesty beseeching resolution of Middlesex election violations and Commons-magistracy conflict by dissolving Parliament after the session and calling a new one.