Earl of Pomfret Corrected for Letters to Duke of Grafton
In the Lords on Friday November 17 the Earl of Pomfret was brought from the Tower to answer a grave reprimand for letters addressed to the Duke of Grafton. The Lord Chancellor delivered a solemn rebuke, Pomfret expressed remorse, and was readmitted to the House after pledging to abandon hostilities. The Lords then adjourned.
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HOUSE
LORDS
Earl of Pomfret
Marquis of Carmarthen
Duke of Grafton
Floure
Petitions Heard and Debates in the House of Commons
The House fixed hearing days for petitions from Pearyn Barnstaple Elgin Cullen Kintore Baniff Stockbridge and others. Jie Luttrell condemned the Stockbridge petition, debate followed on habeas corpus suspension and public accounts printing. Proceedings included accounts from Navy Army and Treasury paymasters and passage of bills for aid and duties in 1781.
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House ¢ Commons
Pearyn
Devaynes
Barnstaple
General Grant
Elgin
Cullen
Kintore
Baniff, &c
William Alton
Stockbridge
Burgh
Bargesses
House of Commons
House
Hafey
Hemers
Caex
Navy
Army
Lord Howe
Welbore Eilis
England
Scotland
Perry
Strayed Pointers In Welwyn Hertfordshire Notice
Two stray pointers found near Welwyn Hertfordshire, one with a collar marked Bateman Thorns Yorkshire. Owners should contact Wm. Palmer at the White Hart Welwyn to describe and claim within a certain period, otherwise they will be disposed of.
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Welwyn
Hertforc'frite
Bateman
Thorns
Yorkshire
Palmer
White Hart
Wellwyn
Westminster Committee of Association Meeting Minutes 1780
The Westminster Committee of Association declares that the voice of the Commons is essential to accountability in governance and asserts the people’s right to correct abuses. It plans to elect nine delegates on January 19 and adjourns to November 30, with printed lists to be sent to members. C. J. Fox chairs.
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Westminster Committee of Association
King’s Arms Tavern
Palace Yard
Commons of
England
C. J. Fox
Notice of General Court of East India Company
East India House notice calling a General Court at Leadenhall Street on Wednesday November 29 from nine in the morning to six in the evening. Purpose to elect a Director in the room of Sir George Wombwell Bart deceased. 1780 November 15.
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United Company of Merchants of
England
East Indies
Leadenhall Street
Jaid Company
George Wombwell
East India Company to Elect Committee of twelve proprietors
Notice from the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated Nov 17 1780 for an adjourned meeting at Leadenhall Street on Tuesday at eleven in the forenoon until evening to elect a committee of twelve proprietors to examine company affairs at home and abroad. No list shall contain more than twelve or fewer than eleven names.
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United Company of Merchants of England
East Indies
Leadenhalltreet
Fox
Vulture Tavern
Eas- India
General Court
Stephen Lushington
Robert Orme
Hugh Pigot
Thomas Bates Rous
Richd. Smith
John Webb
Court of Directors to meet over Sir Thomas Rumbold plan
East-India House announces a Court of Directors meeting at Leadenhall Street on Thursday next the 23rd instant at eleven o’clock in the forenoon. The meeting will consider Sir Thomas Rumbold’s letter declaring his intention to quit the government of Fort St George and discuss necessary measures to be pursued.
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East-India- House
United Company of Merchants of
England
East Indies
Leadenhall
Thomas Rumbold
Fort St. George
Loss of Committee Help For Charles William Boughton Rouse
The meeting laments losing the service of Charles William Boughton Rouse due to his one year stock protection. James Alexander chairs. Any list with not exactly twelve qualified voters will be rejected.
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Charles William Boughton Rouse
European naval moves and port plans dominate dispatches
Paris reports the King's Council arret opening a 36 million loan and lists fleets, voyages, and expected actions of Guichen Rodney and Rochambeau amid Jamaica Rhode Island and New York rumors. Port plans in Channel and theatre notes include Drury Lane comedy Imprisonment of Johnson life of Pope and firefighting in Salisbury.
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King’s Council of State
Agth
America
la Fortune
M. de Guichen
Rhode Island
Don Solano
Rodney
Byron
Brett
la Ville de Paris
le Saint Esprit
le Languedoc
le Northumberland
le Sceptre
le Vaillant
l’Hettor
Pinion
le Mininature
l’Aiias
le Dauphin
le Gualbert
la Fripone
Vaigrete
Mindiscrete
la Sentible
Count de Faing
St. Domingo
Cadiz
Count de Rochambeau
Congress
Europe
Duke de Lauzuan
Wartime concerns and parliamentary tax debates in London
In London, Lon Dorn notes the chief wartime challenge is manpower with high seamen losses in the West Indies. Parliament reads land and malt tax bills for a second time, with about forty MPs to vote. The army estimates and government support for the American war are expected debates, alongside a list of nominees for a company committee. The piece recalls Mayor André’s execution and General Arnold’s past, ending with a proposed committee slate from Mr. Watson.
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West Indies
House of Commons
André
Saia
Gen. Arnold
Ong Arnold
Chancery-lane
Carey-street
Watson
India House
Ole
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