Westminster Committee Resolution at King's Arms on March 15
Westminster Committee meets at King's Arms to plan a constitutional reform association to restore Parliament’s independence. A seven member sub committee is to inspect the state of the realm and report, amid debates on the Civil List and bills to curb Crown influence. The chairman C J Fox adjourns until Monday at eleven.
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King’s Arms Tavern
Palace ‘Yard
Lord North
Col. Barre
House of Commons
John Crewe
Cha. Ja. Fox
Westminster
C. J. Fox
Lancaster Candidates Seek Seats in Parliament 1780
Worthy Fromm of Lancaster receives a letter from Richard Cavendise and Sir George Warren announcing their resignations as borough representatives and offering as candidates. Wilson Braddyll and Abram Rawlinson Jnr pledge to support local trade and constitutional rights if approved, Lancaster February 28, 1780.
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L Ord
Richard Cavendise
George Warren
Wilson'braddyll
Abram
Rawlinson
Lancaster
Worthy Freemen of Lancaster Express Gratitude to MPs
The Worthy Freemen of the Borough Lancaster express thanks for the public support to their representatives. Wilson Braddyll and Abram Rawlinson, Jun. pledge to serve the town and its constitutional liberties, and to protect commercial interests in Parliament. Lancaster, Feb. 23, 1780.
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Wilson Braddyll
Abram Rawlinson
Lancaster
Letter from Lord Carysfort read to Huntingdonshire Committee
March 1148 1780 meeting notes read a letter from the Right Honourable Lord Carysfort. The committee resolved to thank him and request publication of the letter. The chairman R Bernard stated the letter is in press and will be published soon. Printed for J Almon in Piccadilly.
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Lord Carysfort
R. Bernard
N.B
J. Almon
Piccadilly
Public notices from Northampton and Admiralty Office 1780
Admiralty Office notice announces a trial on the high seas to be held March 31 at eight oclock in the Old Bailey. Northampton County meeting calls on Easter Week to receive the Report of Representatives in Parliament. Sheriff Rogers Parker posts the notice at County Hall.
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England
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Whitchurch Subscription Notice Appears in Ink Folio
The notice lists former publication numbers and names including J G Saunders and James Dyer of Whitchurch Hants with amounts paid. It solicits subscriptions to a general fund via bankers Walpole Co Lombard Place Welh Co Cornhill and Chambers Co Bond Street and asks banking houses nationwide to receive and forward contributions to London correspondents.
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Whitchurch
James Dyer
Hants
William Manning Esq
Hodgson
T. and
C. Ving
Walpole and Co. Lombard-Prec
Cornhill
Chambers and Co
Bondstreet
London
Bill on bounty for corn export in allied ships advanced
In the House of Commons on Tuesday March 19 the bill to allow a bounty on corn exports in ships of any country allied with Great Britain was read a second time and committed for Monday. The Levant trade bill opened, amendments to the lottery bill reported, and amendments to the contractors bill agreed. Mr Crewe sought leave to introduce a bill to bar freeholders with Customs and Excise offices from MP votes. The cotton wool import act was not taken up and the committee action postponed to another day.
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Great Britain
Crewe
Prince Henry to be Duke of York amid naval reinforcements
London reports Prince Henry will pass Admiralty for lieutenant before another cruise and soon be created Duke of York. Eight more line officers ordered to rendezvous at Spithead to sail for the West Indies to reinforce Sir George Rodney. Also notes a ministerial change unlikely and Jamaica Fleet sailing from Cork on January 17.
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Admiralty Office
Duke of York
Spithead
Indies
George Rodney
Pub
Adv
Jamaica
Corke
News from Europe and Caribbean naval matters
A long letter from Paris dated Feb 28 reports Commodore Paul Jones leaving Corunna on January 26 with a 24 ship squadron bound for America to strike at English forces. Barbadoes merchants honor Captain Edward Thompson with a 200 guinea plate for protecting trade and new frigate Assurance to be launched at Rotherhithe. Berlin news says the king bans import of writing paper except Dutch. Barfleur letters recount a voyage disruption when an American-flagged boat seized a sloop and sailed away. Barfleur arrival noted. The Fame privateer of Dublin is wrecked near Scio. the Lord North Indiaman sustained damage at Deptford. The Williamsburg Galley foundered near New York with heavy loss of life. survivors saved. Anecdotes describe Admiral Rowley and portsmouth incidents. Local trials end with multiple executions and reprieves. Various promotions, marriages, and deaths are listed across ports and societies.
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Wollen
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Dublin
Moore
Scio
Levant
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Deptford
Williamsburg
Mountfort
New York
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Rowley
Gosport
Saunders
Cadiz
Garaccas
Mullans
Stratford
Evan Vaughan
Edward Mathews
David Upton
John Johnson
Worcester
Susannah Grigg
Dudley
Sarah Roberts
Lincoln’ston Hall
Geo. Croffman
Plympton St. Mary
Devon
Blagdon
Somerset
Mondsay
Thomas Dorrie
Isabella Drake
William Drake
Shardeloes
Bucks
Yeterday John Skirrow
Lincoln’s Inn
Walker
Hyde Street
Bloomsbury
Port Royal
Deane
Philadelphia
William Henry Drayton
Delecate
Congress
South Carolina
Newmarket
Thomas Price
Duke of Cumberland
Kensington
John Paddey
Hampstead
Dunster
Henry Dunster
Hertford
Radwinter
Essex
John Fox
Wandworth
James Dawkins
Sunaday
Hackney
William Eleory Metcalf
Fort George
North Britain
List of Minority Who Supported Burke Bill March 1780
A roster of minority names aligned with Mr Burke's bill for Parliament's security and reform, dated Wednesday March 8 1780. The list spans England Wales Scotland with numerous titled peers and commoners, naming Barons, Knights, MPs and gentry from counties such as York, Norfolk, Derby, and Cornwall, among others.
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