Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . as it does the beginning of the era of colonial Freedom of elections and of the press.—During thetroubled period that followed the treaty of Paris, a numberof important reforms were brought about mainly throughthe efforts of John Wilkes, a member of Parliament, whowas bitterly opposed to the ministry. He had criticized thekings Speech from the Throne in his newspaper, The NorthBriton, and was ar-rested, along withforty-nine others, ona
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . as it does the beginning of the era of colonial Freedom of elections and of the press.—During thetroubled period that followed the treaty of Paris, a numberof important reforms were brought about mainly throughthe efforts of John Wilkes, a member of Parliament, whowas bitterly opposed to the ministry. He had criticized thekings Speech from the Throne in his newspaper, The NorthBriton, and was ar-rested, along withforty-nine others, ona general warrant,which, without men-tioning any names,ordered that all thoseconnected with thepublication should beseized. When thecase came to trial,Wilkes was releasedon the grounds that,as he was a memberof Parliament, he wasfree from arrest, andgeneral warrants, suchas the one on whichhe had been arrested,were declared to beillegal. In the mean-time, another charge ^^ , , , , ., North America before 1763 was brought agamst him, on which he was found guilty and outlawed. After fouryears spent in France, he returned to England, and was. 230 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1763 ^ 5 —S < e. 8 ^^ ^^ i W _ S -o =5%3 ^ S ^ s il ° • W^ § \ c O 2 e < - 1=2 ^ \ 1 o *?.- ^ 5 T^YV* V- -> jr o^—Ti 1 5 =_ ki ^^^ JiJ^ ^^^^^ ^5 T- ^^7S^^^ . ft. ^^.^^ / r §0 ?s^ ( S/ ^ J>A ^{ fe . ( ^v ^ ) y\_ / ( / / K S SI 1774] THE HOUSE OF HANOVER 231 again elected to Parliament. The Tory majority in theHouse of Commons expelled him, and, on his being againelected, his seat was given to his opponent who had polledbut a few votes. Wilkes became a popular hero; again andagain he was elected. At last, in 1774, he was allowed totake his seat; by his determination, Wilkes had vindicatedthe right of every constituency to return, without any inter-ference whatever, the member of its choice. In the meantime, while an aldehnan of Lo
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