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Debates on Parliamentary Elections and Bribery Reform
Private letters from Kingston Jamaica report naval movements against Martinique and ship losses. A London letter discusses Sir John Philipps and Sir Britannicus on electoral corruption, paying knights and burgesses, and the need to reform bribery, drunkenness, and the misalignment with ancient statutes. Notes on recent wrecks, marriages, deaths, inquests, and official appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heife
Commons
John Philipps
Knights of the Shire
England
Edward
Knights
Kingston
Jamaica
Coates
Moore
Guadaloupe
Martinico
Antigua
Barbadoes
Port Louis
Friendship
Graham
Sally
le Graffe
Planter
Rothmaller
Portsmouth
Anna di Adriana
Islands of
Scilly
Snow Fortune
Arundel
John Netkill Matter
Genoa
Menton
London
Hartland Point
Bideford
Peter Lucare
Copenhagen
Duke of Newcastle
University of Cambridge
Hawes
Jesus College
Cowper
Corpus Christi College
Batchelors of Arts
John French
General Post Office
Mason
Stuart Street
Spitalfields
Rotherfield
Hants
Norton Powlett
Charles Powlett
Royal Navy
David-street
Grosvenor Square
Viscountess
Torrington
Princess of Wales
Viscount Torrington
Cambridge
John Byng
William Grey
Featherstone Buildings
Holborn
Richmond
Joseph Wragg
John Aspinall
Norton Falgate
Worshipful Company of
Skinners
St. Mary’s
Goroner
Folkstone
Kent
Southwark
High Seas
Billingsgate