An Open Letter to a Portsmouth Officer in Hampire
A Sailor signs a sharp venting letter from Hampire criticizing a naval officer’s rise through Lord C and Lord S factions. The writer mocks the officer as servile, hypocritical, and unworthy of representation for Portsmouth and laments the influence of Scottish peers on English towns.
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Portsmouth
North America
America
Scotchman
Old
England
Churchill
Hampshire
Lothians
Determinations of the House on Coventry Elections
The record details debates on Coventry City elections for Parliament with references to riots, legal challenges, and votes condemning or voiding the late election. Names such as Sir Adolphus Oughton and Charles Buggs appear among parties accused of fomenting disturbances during the 1722 and 1736 proceedings. Accusations include breaches of civil authority and freedom of design. The narrative notes custody orders and parliamentary resolutions declaring the election void, with subsequent hearings and evidence presented regarding poll discontinuities.
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City of
Coventry
Cvil
Adolphus Oughton
Ksighe
Baronet
John Neale
Eleion
Charles Buggs
George Newcombe
William Wells
Thomas Grey
Knight
Thomas Kimberley
Thomas Wright
Aldridge
Benjamin Holden
Coventry City Election Riot Stirs Parliament Debate
A tumult disrupted the Coventry city election for a Citizen to serve in Parliament. Mrs Neale testified in place of a council member as the petitioner's case advanced. The body denied opposition and resolved the late Coventry election should be avoided.
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Coventry
City of
Custom by Coventry Blues at Election Sparks Riots
A Coventry letter accuses the Blues of surrounding polling booths and using hired coll iers to block free voters, arguing the practice destroys election freedom. The writer, a marginal voice in 1780, ties the custom to riots and seditions attributed to Blues and their allies, contrasting them with the Corporation and Whigs. Coventry, Sept. 22, 1780.
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Coventry Blues
Ito
House of Commons
Blues
Corporation
Whigs
Coventry
Coventry Sheriffs Election Controversy Recalled in City
A Coventry Mercury piece recalls inflammatory hand bills and abuses toward the Sheriffs at the city election. It denounces rioters and violent demonstrations, asserts the Sheriffs’ impartial conduct, and promises House of Commons scrutiny of outrages and illegal acts amid the campaign.
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Coventry Mercury
London
Jook
C@ amons
Heim
Coventry
Endorsement by Under Sheriff Cratern in Coventry 1780
The document presents an under sheriff’s pledge of truth dated Coventry September 23, 1780. Thomas Cratern signs, vowing accuracy and referencing numerous affidavits. The original is left with the printer.
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Thomas Cratern
Coventry
Vaughan Solicits Merioneth County Support for 1780 Election
Sam Vaughan a Lumble servant writes to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Merioneth offering his service as representative after the Parliament dissolution. He requests their support at the election fixed for Thursday the 12th day of October next in 1780 from Moffyn dated Sept 20 1780.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County of Merioneth
Merioneth
L.L. Vaughan
General Quarterly Meeting Notice for Trustees at Bank From
SUN FIRE OFFICE announces a General Quarterly Meeting at the Bank From Cornhill London on Thursday October 2 at ten in the forenoon. Claims for any loft by fire should be made beforehand. Constant attendance is offered at the London office and at Craig's Court Charing Cross for insuring houses goods and merchandise from fire across Great Britain.
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Bank
Cornhill
Royal Exchange
London
Craig’s Court
Charing- Croft
Great Britain
Insurrection News From Arequipa and South America
Postscript reports from the Bellona packet describe rioting in Arequipa and other Peruvian towns, with mobs seizing customs houses, declaring taxes void, and threatening officials. In La Paz the bishop was compelled to appear in public, and 40,000 armed Indians were feared. In Potossi and nearby districts the uprising spread toward Paraguay, while the Cologn was captured after a brief battle with 12 guns and 65 men aboard the Bellona. The piece also notes political shifts in Britain as wartime American campaigns wane and Westminster election scrutiny delays. Glynn Wynn was re-elected for Carnarvon on Tuesday the 12th.
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Cologn
Bellona
Glasgow
South America
Arequipa
St. Francis
Cafée
la Paz
Cusco
Potozi
Lima
Buenos Ayres
Corunna
Cochambamba
Oriero
Chucuito
Potofi
Paraguay
America
Spain
Lat
N. Jong
Westminster
Stafford
Glynn Wynn, Esq
Borough of
Carnarvon
Surrey County Election Tomorrow at Guildford
The Surrey election is set for tomorrow in Guildford with candidates Sir Joseph Mawbey, the Hon George Augustus Keppel, and the Hon T Onslow. Houses open in most town parts and expect lively contest across parties.
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Surrey
Guildford
Joseph Mawbey
George Augustus Keppel
T. Onslow
Flint
Roger Mortyn
Northumberland
Alnwick
Algernon Percy
Windleton
Bart
Greenlaw
Berwickshire
Scott
Jun
Harden
Ostend
Gravesend
Stangate
John
Gee
Mary
Wolf
Petersburgh
Maria
Wood
Catharine
Thorley
Watson
Sharp
Narva
Dolphin
Ellis
Stockholm
Woodhouse
Terry
Riga
Success
Mead
Kenningsburgh
Pally
Chambers
Gattenburgh
Hall
Johanna Margaretta
Amsterdam
France
Falmouth
Earl of Salisbury
House of Lords
Lord Salibury
Earl
Holiwell
Oxford
William Bouchier
New College
Windward ships and West Indiamen sail from Portsmouth
On Sept. 25 Deal and Gravesend report outward bound men of war and commerce. The Preston, ten West Indiamen, and trade from Portsmouth sailed for the River with Thetis on a cruise. Vessels listed include Isabelle Cornelia, Apollos de Borre, Union, Vigilant, Charlotte, and others bound for St Eustatia Carolina New York Newfoundland and beyond. Also arriving were vessels from Embden Flushing Petersburgh and other ports, including St Antonio Dirks and Ann Cowan.
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Deal
S. W
Preston
Portsmouth
Thetis
de Isabelle Cornelia
Bette
Apollos de Borre
St. Eustatia
Union
Hamilton
Eagle
Calcleugh
Carolina
Vigilant
Qloryan
New York
Charlotte
Randal
Newfoundland
Gravesend
St. Antonio
Dirks
Embden
Success
Howell
Flushing
Ann Cowan
Sykes
Watson
Charming Harriot
Doughty
Petersburgh
Adventurers offered new State Lottery Adventures at half- guinea
Government security to every Adventurer. Nichol Son and Co announce tickets and shares sold at their offices in Cornhill and Westminster. New Adventures priced at half a guinea to one guinea offer up to sixteen thousand prizes and top prizes of 10000 and 5020. Two blanks to a prize, plans said to be highly advantageous. Tickets issued from original State Lottery, deposited in Bank of England. Gratis scheme, letters answered, no connection with others. Drawing to begin Thursday, November 16.
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Messrs. Nicholson and Co
King’s “Arms
Cornhill
Parliament and
Bridge-Streets
Westminster
Bank of England
Mesirs
Wenham and Co
Stock Prices and Annuities Report at Two O Clock
Prices of stocks this day at two o'clock show bank stock closing lower. Krak annuities reduced with various percent yields and converting notes. Bonds and warrants listed with several par cent figures, long annuities and navy assurances noted. Shery tickets and exchange bills also referenced in the scant readable lines.
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Inga
Wew Navy
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The
London Evening Post
Yo Ser
Hampfire
Wiles
Moffyn
SUN Fire Office
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