Irish Bills and Debates Trigger Party Division
Debates on an Ireland Free Trade bill feature repeal calls for Declaratory Act repeal and questions of duties on exports. Farnes Luttrell argues for full passage, while Lore Worth defends resolutions. A vote on second reading is rejected 39 to 4, with writs issued for several constituencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Farnes Luttrell
Becaus
Lore Worth
Great Britain
West Indies
Ler
George Gornom
Lord Northy
Francis Dobbs
Centuyy
James Luttrell
Lord North
Knapp
Aken
John ‘Thorald
Lincolnshire
Duke of Ancaster
Jervoise
Hampshire
Sir Simeon Stuart
Mr. Vaughan
Caermarthenshire
Rice
Southampton
Hans Stanley
Newport
Richard Wolfley, Bart
Alfora
Roxburgh
Haddington
Berwick
Col. Maitland
Stamp of Thomas Stanley to Gentlemen and Freeholders
A dated testimonial from Thomas Stanley at Cress Hall on January 15 1780 appeals to the gentlemen clergy and freeholders of the County Palatine of Lancaster regarding local governance or landholding matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Palatine of Lancaster
Thomas Stanley
Cress Hall
Comprehensive Gentlemans Shaving and Travel Goods Catalog
The advertisement lists cast steel razors and razor accessories, stropping items, shaving cafes, leather pouches, combs of tortoise shell ivory and horn, ladies dressing cases, foreign powder, teeth instruments in fish skin cases, silk bags for hair, rosettes, Moroco pocket books, writing cases for travel, perfumery, and a wide range of travel and grooming goods sold wholesale and retail by R. Langwine at the Gen of the R fe, no. 33, opposite New Round court, Strand, 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall P
Moroco
R. Langwine
New Round Court
Strand
Irish Life Annuities Survivorship Payment Notice
Irish life annuities established in Ireland in 1773 and 1775 invite subscribers paid in London to receive half a year’s annuity. Payments schedule spans February with specific class dates and hours at Brown Collifany and Trittons Lombard Street. Debentures and nominee life certificates required. lists ready. subscribers urged to attend designated payment days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
London
Messrs. Brown, Collifany and Trittons
Lombard-street
N.B
Meeting planned by Anthony Chapman sheriff letter sparks public uproar
In this 1780 report a Dorset county meeting is shown to be proposed by Anthony Chapman in a letter to Sheriff Robert Goodden. Robert Willis exposes the scheme as printed without approval. Dorchester hall fills as six hundred gentlemen sign a York-like petition, ending at four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
S . James’s Chronicle
Anthony Chapman
Robert Goodden
Dorset
Blandford
Dorchester
Robert Willis
Robert Gooden
Anthony Capman
London
Dorset county meeting seeks reform of public money use
A Dorset assembly at Blandford on 7 January 1780 requests Dorset nobility clergy and freeholders to meet at Dorchester County Hall on 27 January to petition Parliament for public expenditure reform and abolition of unnecessary offices and pensions. Signatories include H Sturt Wem Churchill Parry Fitch Chapma Whitaker and others. Yesterday a large Essex meeting of gentlemen and freeholders occurred in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blandford
Dorier
County of
York
Dorset
County Hall
Dorchester
Essex
Petition for abolishing pensions and reforming salaries
Letter from Newcastle reports Guild Day entertainment at Mansion House where a petition to Parliament seeks abolition of fine care places and unmerited pensions and to reduce royal salaries. It calls a general Burgesses meeting to promote the measure while noting ship clearances and urging economy to ease tax burdens on Westminster’s poor.
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County of
York
Alderman Mosley
Hume
Cotton
Robert Walpole
Westminster
House of Commons
Remarkable fortune and naval notices in port bulletin
Sir George Bridges Rodney gains favor and captures eighteen Spanish transports and a warship after a return to command. Reports of wills, ship movements, and a major excise seizure fill the port letters. Bell's British Library ad highlights broad reader appeal and noble patronage for the extended plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bridges Rodney
Duke of Chandos
Mr. Stanley
Serrs
Mr. Rice
Belcher
Liverpool
Ostend
Scilly
Rawlinson
Waterford
Pool
Selly
Portmouth
Fan
Portland
Spithead
Lascelles
S. John
West Indies
Neusport
Ile of Wigtt
Jar
Shaskin
Philips
Vine
Smurglers
Bell
British Library
Strand
Ship News Deal Fans Wind Blows Top Sailors
The wind from the northeast pushed ships Fanny Cafely to Exeter and Gravesend while Fan 24 and others from Ostend Dublin Riga remain at sea. Vrow Cas pia Dlorey and Nautila Elexardm Johnson are noted sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
N. E. Blowshard
Fanny
Cafely
Exeter
Gravesend
Vrow Caspia
Dlorey
Ostend
Benjamin
Dybel
Dublin
Nautila Elexardm
Johnson
Riga
Arrival notices from ports and routes described
Arrived vessels listed with origin ports: Liverpoole Providence Bulfinch from Lisbon. Galwy Steventon Cuthberton from Kullibegs. Newfoundland Lovely Jane Power from Dublin and Poole Linthorn from Poole. Pool Trinty Parke from Newfoundland.
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Liverpoole
Providence
Bulfinch
Lisbon
Galwy- Steventon
Cuthberton
Kullibegs
Newfoundland
Lovely Jane
Power
Dublin
Poole
Linthorn
Pool
Trinty
Parke
A Consistent Whig Postponed to Next Meeting
A Nottingham letter dated February 20, 1780 reports that a Petition similar to those from York is recommended to the Mayor and Burgesses of Nottingham. The writer notes favorable prospects for the motion and promises the petition’s transmission after hall sanction. The note adds the Duke of Newcastle is Recorder but unfamiliar with the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Duke of Newcastle
Prices of Stocks and Bonds on Day’s Market
A diary of stock prices and financials shows Bank stock at varied per cent levels with annuities and bonds listed. Indian stock, South Sea stock, Navy assurance, and exchange bills appear with specified rates and dates, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ditta
India
Ditto
South Se
New Navy Assurance
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Chufen
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Lord Dacre
Pigott
Lord Grimstone
Brand Hollis
Lord Waltham
Bullock
Robert Smyth
Wallinger
William Wake
Western
Joseph Mawbey
Matthews
Cheer General
Honywood
Me Crisp
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Trench Chilwell
Cross
Luther
Heath
Tufnell
Jevoife
Lumer
Read
Mr Colling
Hollingworth
Ffytce
Harding
Green Br
Ruel
Mr Elkins
Chevely
Turner Disney Ma Button
Young
Sperling
Pike
Onley
Mr Gee Mtcke
Waker
Beker
Day
Wolfe
Judd
Raymond Hr
Varfons
Smith
Griggs
H. Sturt
Churchill D. Parry
H. W. Fitch
Anthony Chapma
Whitaker H. Sturt
R. Dibben
W. Whitaker
Churchill Edward Drax Jocelyn Pickard
Jno
Damer Fitz. Foy
Ogden Jane. Toogood
Jno. Randall Tho
Naith Sydney Hollis Foy H. Sherive
Charles Ruffel Roe King
Wm. Chafia
T. F. Wentworth
St. Andrew St. John
Geo. Gould
E. M. Pleydell
W.H. Portman
Wm. Richards J. Floyer
Wm. Storey
Newcaste
Mr. Miller
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