Petition and commentary on government and press in 1780
A letter shows requests for a grant of income between two hundred and four hundred pounds per year and immediate resignation. It cites Morning Post attacks on petitioners and ministers, calls for reform, references to Lord Stormont, Fox, and Becket, and contrasts protests with petitions. It also includes notices of appointments, marriages, and deaths from February 1780, plus naval movements and ship captures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushe Ag
Beckford
Guildhall
Fox
Morning Post
Strabo
Duke of
America
France
Spain
House of Lords
Lord Stormont
Great Britain
Stor
Frigate News from Brest and Rodney’s Fleet Mobility
Letters from France report a combined fleet under Don Gaston and Monsieur de Beaufleet reaching Brett with word that the dispersed squadron has reassembled except for the St Joseph and two frigates. The Shrewsbury and Dublin are in distress at Lisbon. Rodney may reach Gibraltar before possible blockades form, while Guichen sails for the West Indies. Duchess Dowager of Leinster dies. King and nobility mark Prince Oavius’s birthday. the House of Commons did not sit due to debates, with most Knights of Shires in the minority on pension list questions. Author notes unclear lines and incomplete names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Don Gaston
Monsieur de Beaufleet
Brett
Admiral Rodney
St. Joseph
Brest
Shrewsbury
Dublin
Rodney
Lisbon
Don Luis de Cordova
Don Barcelo
Gibraltar
Guichen
West Indies
Duke of Richmond
Ireland
Leinster
Duke of Leinster
Prince Oavius
St. James’s
Queen’s House
House of Commons
Knights of Shires
George Savile
Lord Gage
Bramton
Couse of
Liew
Shattoc
Downton
Meeting of Middlesex Westmin ster and Southwark Merchants
Committees gather at Five Bells Strand to thank Charles Barrow for aiding a Bill to amend the 32 Geo III act on debtor relief. Also praise Gen Byng, Hon Charles Fox, and Nathaniel Polhill for their petition. Subscriptions sought at Angel and Crown Whitechapel and Three Tuns Borough. Commutes will attend nightly through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Westminster
Southwark
Five-Bells Tavern
Strand
Charles Barrow
Gloucester
Byng
Charles Fox
Nathaniel Polhill
Erges
Angel and Crown
Whitechapel
N.B
S. Esland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Borough of
Lancaster
George Warren
Honsor
Wilson Braddyll
Admiralty Office
High Seas
Awithin
Admiralty of England
Justice Hall
Old Bailey
PH. Stephens
LA Belle
Greenwood
Haymarket
Phillips
London
Fenei
Jamaica
Rainsford
Mesirs
Smith, Payne
Smiths
Manton-house
James Allen
England
Ollowing
P. Fourefner
Canterbury
Wilkes
Sam
Thorpe
Matthew Robinson Morris
Humanus
Hodgson
Wm Bant
Andover
L. Grand
Sam. Vaughan
Sn, 3d Fub. Vero
Barnard
Chambers and Co
Bondstreet
Theate Royal
Covent-garden
F. Pilon
J. Bowen
Corner of Beaufort
TIMES
J. Bew
Paternofter-row
R. Faulder
New Bond Street
N. B
Stationers Hall
Frank Foster
London Evening Post
Video
Meliora
Probeque
Deteriora Sequor
Mr. Miller
Tam
Your’s
The
Londonvening
Pvt
House of Hanover
Heaven
Horoyd
Coventry
Lord North
Bluefields
Portsmouth
Swain
Chester
Havre de Grace
Nelly
Africa
Liverpool
Belfast
Bleckwing
Walker
Barbadoes
Wallifex
Botton
John Amphlet
Worcester College
Oxford
Haiford
Worcestershire
R.v. John Williams
Lanfoift
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
Matthew Lamb
Chipping Warden
Northumberland
Creeve Prior
James Grey
Navy
Frances Akz
Sutton Prince
John Prince
East India Service
R. J. Wynne
Gumly
Johnson
William Johnson
Laddington
Leicestershire
Gustavus Brander
Christ Church
Eliz. Lloyd
John Lloyd
Blue
John Paul Smith
Bucklersbaury
Loddington
Beccles
Samuel Lemoine
Apothecary
Anne Taylor
Taylor
Pall Mall
John Bateman
Knightsbridge
Miss Burn
Fetterlane
Lauchlin
Mile End
Miss Black
Grosvenor Place
John Lawrence Aikenhead
Morton
Marthalsea
Elizabeth Hunt
Minories
Surry
Peter Batts
Eigg
Couny
Surrey
Chinkford
Eff
Solomon Carpenter
William Turner
Lower Grosvenor Street
Middle Temple
James Whalley
Honourable Society
Piccadilly
Charles Bertie
Adington
County of Lincoln
Chandos Street
Mr. Lettree
Silk Mercer
Londorn