Local election appeals from Ludlow and Kent in 1780
A 1780 column includes Fred Cornwell’s Ludlow borough appeal with thanks to electors for support, and a Kent county notice from C Marsham and F Honywood as joint candidates. It urges voters to consider constitutional principles, with a general call for favor at the upcoming parliamentary election. Also a Kent clergy and freeholders warning against early voting, and a coastal summer house ad near Dorset/Suffix.
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Ludlow
Gornewall
Sohom
England
Lord Clivé
Ant
Fred, Cornewall
Kent
Marsham
F. Hony Wood
Reform Proposals At Kentish Committee Meeting
Lord Viterunt Mahony chairman announces report from the Kentifh Committee. John Caster elected chair as resolutions pass unanimously. Proposals seek strict economy across state departments, wider parliamentary representation by 100 new members, and term limits for MPs of up to three years.
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Viterunt Mahony
Che Cairman
Kentifh
John Caster
Eig
Reple
Everal
Kingdom of
Great Britain
House of Commons
Kent
Star Inn
Maidstone
Viscount Mahon
Stephen Beckingham
Charles Robinson
Richard Rycroft
Thomas Streatfield
City of
London
Westminster
Aoraham Atkins
William Borman
Ri Ckeré
Coleman
Charles Lefebvre
John Ceckain Sole
Kent County Meeting Resolves to Arm for Civil War
Unanimous resolution confirms a committee with full powers to promote county petition aims and legal means. The meeting strongly urges noblemen gentlemen yeomen freeholders and householders to equip muskets and bayonets to strengthen civil order without military interposition. Thanks are given to John Carter Esq, chairman.
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House of Commons
Kent
John Carter
House of Commons approves indemnity bill and naval updates
In Friday proceedings in Londow the Commons committee passed the Sheriffs jurors and prisoners indemnity bill and sent it to the Lords. A new writ awaits Horsham seat for James Wallace after his appointment as Attorney General. Naval news notes Captain Mann to command Pegasus, and the Merlin cutter capturing a twelve gun privateer off Goodwin. Extra reports from Plymouth and Falmouth relay fleet movements and preparations for Ireland and Lisbon.
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House of Commons
Lords
Horsham
Sussex
James Wallace
Mann
Pegasus
Bazley
Plymouth
Mackworth
Ireland
Falmouth
Admiral Geary
Brett
Richard Bickerton
Lisbon
Chelsea
Great Britain
Shields
Goodwin
Sheerness
Privateers in the Channel and Lisbon to Brest News
Extract from Belfast letters reports two privateers in the Channel with 40 and 20 guns. Other items note a French ship seized by Admiral Geary at Penzance, a Spanish privateer captured at Bilboa, Jones and Landais in Brest, and various convoys, prizes, and legal notices. Includes executions slated for next week and trials at the Old Bailey.
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Ford24
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Stranraer
Drogheda
Clyde
Mont Royal
la Rabone
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Bourdeaux
Geary
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Bilboa
Johnstone
Brest
Paul Jones
L’orient
Alliance
T Botton
Landais
Coness
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Franklin
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Dunkirk
Cancale Bay
Nefs-point
Brett
Reynolds
France
Downs
Portsmouth
Els
Fiott
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Stallon
Mnitant
Insurance Plan for Irish State Lottery Draws
SHARMAN and Co offer a novel insurance plan for the Irish State Lottery. They take numbers at half a guinea and promise prizes if drawn, including two full English State Lovey Tickets worth 27 pounds for prizes over 20, and 30 tickets over 400 pounds. Premiums are refunded if the number wins small prizes.
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Fleet-street
Cockspure
Charing Cross
High Holborns
St. James’s Street
Two Geldings Lost Near Alton Hampshire
Lost from a field near Alton Hampshire on Tuesday night two geldings. A brown bay gelding about 14 hands high with black mane and tail, no white except a narrow circular ear mark, necked tail, canters well but goes wide behind. A chestnut gelding about 14 hands 4 inches high with white hind legs, a white face and large round white spot between the eyes, ears small, mane light. A reward offered by the Heftler at the Swan Inn, Alton.
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Alton
Hants
Nar
Swan Inn
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