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“To the high fhcrifiand grand jury
ofthe county of York,
Gentlemen,

Your approbation of our condufiit,
on the late very efliential quellion
regard-ng the rights of the eleclors
of this kingdom, gives us, allure
yourfelves, the gteatefi (atisrntlion ;
and very much overpays us for the
iimple performance of that firll du-
ty, which we fhould have thought
it criminal in the higher} degree to
have neglected.

l! would be very flrange indeed,
if, intrulled, as we are, by our
confiituents, with the care and guar-
dianthip ofall their rights, we lhould
have been carelefs of that great, ori-
ginal, and fundamental one, on
which all the Others are dependant
-—the right of free eleflion and
true reprefentation.

Be alfured, gentlemen, that, as
long as we have the honour to hold
the important trufi committed to us
by the freeholders of Yorklhire, we
will never ceafe to withfland every
meafure that tends to fubllitute any
right of eleélion upon earth, or any
fet of elefiors, to thofe which the
confiitution has ellablifhed ; nor can
we furely be f0 regardlefs of the ho-
nour ofour own ollice, as willingly
to hold it by any other tenure in
the world, than that of the free
choice of our eleélors.

GEORGE SAVILE,
Eptvtiv LAscuLLts.”

At a meeting of the free~
a holders ofthe county of Wor-
celler, held at the Guildhall of the
city of Vforceller, it was relolved to
petition the throne, as the molt con-
Ilitutional manner to obtain redrefs
r grievances, particularly of the

9th.

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violation of the rights of the free-

holders in the lal’: Middlefex elec-
tron,

ANNUAL REGISTER, i769.

Moles Alexander, capitally con-
victed at the Old Bailey for forgery,
was carried from Newgate at half
pail twelve to Tyburn, and there
executed. The lherifFs indulged him
to that late hour, in expectation of
a reprieve. Great interePt had been
made for him, and much had been
(aid in the papers in extenuation of
his crime; but, as it was not all
founded on truth, they perhaps did
him more harm than good. He had
formerly carried on a great trade in
the Borough, and had failed for
more than 6o,oool. but had again

entered into bulinefs, without a pro- *

per capital to fupport what he had
undertaken. He, therefore, like
many more in the fame circumfian-
ces, had recourfe to bill drawing;
and that led him to the forgery for
which he was conviéied. He was
indicled for forging an indorfement
0n the following bill :
Leeds, jan. l9, 1768.
Six weeks after date, pay Mr.
john Brown, or order, 981. 16s.
value received, as advifed.

Rich. Aked.
To Mr. Nathanael Aked, Sac.

The mofl favourable circumllance
for the priloncr, was the bill’s being
f0 long in the pOHElliOXI of the profe-
cutors; by which it lhould feem
they were not f0 folicitous about
punifhing the crime, as about fe-
curing to themfclves the Tums due
to them; and if the delinquent had
been able to have fatisfied their de-
mands, the public would perhaps
have never heard of the forgery.
The forgery, however, was proved,
and other bills ofthe fame kind were
ready to be proved; the law, there-
fore, was llrongly againll: him,
though fomething might be urged
to mitigate the punilhment; for the
forgery was no: of the fame kind

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