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The Freemasons' Magazine, And Cabinet Of Universal Literature,
Fit Lordship , while Mr . Parkyns , came into the House of Commoi' < i Durinsr two Parliaments he has been Member for Leicester . Tr ' or so-ie time Mr . Parkyns generally voted on the saaae side \ vitli buposition ; but when the consequences of the French Revolution became alarming in this Country , by the doctrine which it diffused , when the Question ceased to be , shall this or that set oi men be Mishall shall not have
nisters ? but an alternative arose , or Ave a monarch-1- at all ? Mr . Parkvns , in common with most of those men of prope r ty \ vho had formerly dissented from Administration , resolved to strengthen the hands of Government . At that time men of patriotism tmd property Avere not satisfied , many of them , with civil exertions ' in defence of their attacked and endangered country
only , but had recourse to military also . Men . of fortune raised Regiments to assist in combating foreign or domestic enemies . Mr . Parkyns offered to lew a Corps ; and by his fortune , together with Ins influence in his " native county of Nottingham , and in the tmvn of Leicester , Avhich ha represented , soon completed that Regiment known by the of the " Prince of Wales ' s Feiicibles .
name " In October , 179 ; , Colonel Parkyns was created an Irish Peer , by the title of Baron Rancliffe . He ' Avas then absent in Ireland with his regiment . At his return , the famous Treason and Sedition Bills had been announced bv Lord Granville and Mr . Pitt in-the two Houses . Lord Raucliffe , conceiving , as most others -did , that seditious meetings had encreased in an unprecedented degree , and called for and
risen to an unprecedented audacity , and therefore new rigid restrictions , proportioned to the neAvness and fkgrancy of the case , voted for the bill for preventing seditious meetings . Vicious ingenuity had pre-. iuccd acts not anticipated by the framers of the treason Jaws .. Explanatory alterations became necessary to comprehend such and simitar acts . For these alterations Lord Rancliife , conceiving that legislation must be adapted to expediency , voted . Certain persons caliinsr themselves freemen of Leicester , at a meeting
held at a tavern in Cateaton-street , expressed their disapprobation et the votes of his Lordship for the two bills , and endeavoured to stir up an opposition to his Lordship at the General Election . Presuming upon the support of these persons , and also on the absence of mv Lord , returned to the performance of his military duty in Ireland , a gentleman proposed himself as an opposing candidate . The who met
event , however , shewed that the declaration of the persons in Cateaton-streer , calling itself the sense of the Freemen of Leicester , was not so . The Freemen ' of Leicester returned Lord P . aticiifre . In his dispositions he is as amiable , and in his mariners as agreeableas in li ' is oilier " qualities lie is respectable . The best proof oi
, this is the warm regard and affection of all those who know his Lordship . " Those iv-. oit do love him who do know him most . " . 1 Us Lordship is a middle sized man , with pleasing mild rxpres-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, And Cabinet Of Universal Literature,
Fit Lordship , while Mr . Parkyns , came into the House of Commoi' < i Durinsr two Parliaments he has been Member for Leicester . Tr ' or so-ie time Mr . Parkyns generally voted on the saaae side \ vitli buposition ; but when the consequences of the French Revolution became alarming in this Country , by the doctrine which it diffused , when the Question ceased to be , shall this or that set oi men be Mishall shall not have
nisters ? but an alternative arose , or Ave a monarch-1- at all ? Mr . Parkvns , in common with most of those men of prope r ty \ vho had formerly dissented from Administration , resolved to strengthen the hands of Government . At that time men of patriotism tmd property Avere not satisfied , many of them , with civil exertions ' in defence of their attacked and endangered country
only , but had recourse to military also . Men . of fortune raised Regiments to assist in combating foreign or domestic enemies . Mr . Parkyns offered to lew a Corps ; and by his fortune , together with Ins influence in his " native county of Nottingham , and in the tmvn of Leicester , Avhich ha represented , soon completed that Regiment known by the of the " Prince of Wales ' s Feiicibles .
name " In October , 179 ; , Colonel Parkyns was created an Irish Peer , by the title of Baron Rancliffe . He ' Avas then absent in Ireland with his regiment . At his return , the famous Treason and Sedition Bills had been announced bv Lord Granville and Mr . Pitt in-the two Houses . Lord Raucliffe , conceiving , as most others -did , that seditious meetings had encreased in an unprecedented degree , and called for and
risen to an unprecedented audacity , and therefore new rigid restrictions , proportioned to the neAvness and fkgrancy of the case , voted for the bill for preventing seditious meetings . Vicious ingenuity had pre-. iuccd acts not anticipated by the framers of the treason Jaws .. Explanatory alterations became necessary to comprehend such and simitar acts . For these alterations Lord Rancliife , conceiving that legislation must be adapted to expediency , voted . Certain persons caliinsr themselves freemen of Leicester , at a meeting
held at a tavern in Cateaton-street , expressed their disapprobation et the votes of his Lordship for the two bills , and endeavoured to stir up an opposition to his Lordship at the General Election . Presuming upon the support of these persons , and also on the absence of mv Lord , returned to the performance of his military duty in Ireland , a gentleman proposed himself as an opposing candidate . The who met
event , however , shewed that the declaration of the persons in Cateaton-streer , calling itself the sense of the Freemen of Leicester , was not so . The Freemen ' of Leicester returned Lord P . aticiifre . In his dispositions he is as amiable , and in his mariners as agreeableas in li ' is oilier " qualities lie is respectable . The best proof oi
, this is the warm regard and affection of all those who know his Lordship . " Those iv-. oit do love him who do know him most . " . 1 Us Lordship is a middle sized man , with pleasing mild rxpres-