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of colonel of‘ the Bucks militia, by 
a maadate*, with. which the Lord 
Tientenant reluétantly ‘complied. 
But this was not all; an attempt to 
difgrace was foon fodlowed by ano- 
ther, «calculated to-ruia him: it 
proved, howéver,: contrary to all 
human calculation, to be the bafis 
on which he ereéted the edifice os 
his future fortune. 
In the courfe of next term, an in- 
formation was filed againft him, in 
the King’s Bench, as author of the: 
North Briton, No..45; and, on the 
meeting of parliament, being-vot- 
ed “ a falfe, fcandalous, and fediti- 
ous libel,” it was ordered to be 
burned by the hands ofthe com- 
mon hangman : a’ fentence. which 
was carried into execution with 
muclicdificulty in. the city; when 
Mr. Sheriff. Harley, who difplayed 
great-neai on the occafion, was mal- 
treated, and! even wounded by the 
populace. 
Mr, Wilkes having, in his turn, 
complained to the Houfe of a breach 
of privilége, was: not only, refuted: 
redrefs, but a refolution. paffed, 
“ That the privilege of parliament 
doesnot extend to the cafe of writ-: 
ing and, publithing feditious libels, 
norjought to be,allowed to obftruct: 
the-erdinary courfe of the laws, in 
thé fteady and effectual profecution. 
of fo heinous and dangerous an of- 
fence.” 
Some. words. that paffed on this 
occafion, in conjunction with a paf- 
fage inithe Glos Exiton, occafion- 
ANNUAL: REGISTER, 
1797- 
eda duel between Mr. Wilkes and. 
Mr, Martin, member for (Camiel= 
ford, and late feeretary tothe trea- 
fury, which took place in -Hyde-. 
Park, on the I6ih of December. 
The reprefentative of Aylefbury 
behaved with great. gallantry on. 
this occafion; and:ihe wound he re- 
ceived in the groin greatly encreaf- 
ed the number of his partifans, who 
were pleafed with his {pirit, and 
confidered him as a martyr in = 
public caufe. ij 
Soon after, he found it wane 
to retire to France; bnt this did 
not in the leaft tend to abate the -- 
vindictive ipirit of hisenemies; for 
on the 8th of January, 1764, we, 
find him expelled:\the Commons, 
and a new writ was immediately or- 
dered to be iffued for Aylefbury. 
The Houfe of Peers alfo thought 
its privileges violated, im the per- 
fon. of ‘the Bifhop of Gloucefter, 
whofe name had been» affixed: as 
editor. to’ an .obfcene pamphlet, 
printed at Mr. Wilkes’s. private 
prefs, and exhibited, a remarkable 
refentment on that account. In 
addition to this, he was found guil- 
ty; in the-court. of King’s Bench, of 
the republication of the “ North 
Briton, No. 45, with Notes,?? and 
for printing and publifhing the. 
“* Effay.on Woman.” Of -the. firfk 
of thefe productions, he |was Bvar w- 
edly the editor; but as to the fe- 
cond, which is a parody on Pope’s 
Effay on Man, he was no farther ~ 
criminal than .by allowing tyes 
» - * (Copy) 
« THE King hb. aving judged it improper that John Wilkes, Elg. thould any 
longer coutinue to’ be colonel of the militia for thé county of Buckingham, T am 
commanded to fignify His Mijefty’s pleafure' to your T vordihip, that you do forth- 
with vive the!necelfiry orders for difplacing Mt. Wilkes az an officer for tlie oe, 
« My Lord, 
tia for the county of F Buckingham. 
ao" © To the Earl Templé.® ! 
| Whitehall. May 4, 1763. 
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