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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 08, 1780
Page
1
To the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of the County Palatine of Lancaster. I assure you my candidacy is independent and unjoined to any rival. My public conduct in Parliament is worthy of approbation, and I seek to continue the support earned by recent service. London May 30 1780.
Two 1780 campaign letters from Sampson Gideon and Tho Stanley appeal to Cambridge and Lancaster freeholders. Gideon thanks voters for support and pledges independence and welfare service if elected again for Cambridge. Stanley, writing May 18 1780, seeks continued backing, pledging duty to Parliament and commercial interests of Lancaster County.
An advertisement outlines chances at varied prices, from one guinea to thousands, across multiple draws. It details policies offered by NPPeek and Co at Wick Time of Drawing, claiming half rates and large guaranteed prizes in both Irish and English state lotteries, with notices about payments and delivery from Fleet Street office.
The House of Commons met at twelve o'clock with enough MPs to sit. The Lord Advocate cited disturbances and prison destructions in the metropolis and moved to adjourn the House to Monday for the night to preserve public peace. No objections or debate arose as the chamber adjourned. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was
Report of mob violence in London with petitions to repeal the act tolerating Popery, proclamations, militia mobilizations, and fortifications. Lord George Gordon and sheriffs failed to pacify crowds. French fleets feared aiding the unrest. Prisons damaged, fires widespread, and citizen casualties noted along with rescues and arrests. Marriages, deaths, and local property losses described amid a city on edge.
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