A COLLECTION FROM Dyer's Letters, Concerning the ELECTIONS OF THE Present Parliament: WITH AN APPENDIX, relating to some other Publick Matters.
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A COLLECTION OF Several Paragraphs Out of Mr.
Dyer
's LETTERS.
London, May 3d, 1705.
YEsterday my Lord-Keeper sent out Writs for a New Parliament, and the first Election will be on
Monday
next at
Malden
in
Essex,
where two honest Loyal Gentlemen, called by the Whigs
Tackers,
will be chosen: The rest of the Elections will come on very quick, and be soon over.
May 5th.
OUR Port Letters have nothing in them considerable, nor have we any publick News but what relates to the approaching Elections; and more particularly from
Exon,
we have an Account of the honourable Reception there of
John Snell,
Esq
one of the
Representatives
in the late
Parliament,
an honest, loyal, and brave
Tacker,
who arrived from
London
on the 1st instant, having been met some Miles out of Town by above 500 Horse, and some 1000 Foot, compos'd of the Neighbouring
Gentry,
with the
Clergy, Aldermen,
and principal
Citizens
; who conducted him to his own House, with the City Musick playing before him, the Streets ecchoing with these Acclamations;
God bless the Loyal Tackers, and send the Sneakers more Honesty and Courage.
At
Dartmouth
they have that Veneration for the Service of their worthy
Representatives, Fred. and Nat. Hern,
Esquires, that they have
Christen'd
a
Ship
by the Name of
Tacker.
We hear that 17
Strangers
are like to be chosen in
Wiltshire,
not one of them having a Foot of Land in that County, to the Reproach of the
Electors,
for not having a greater Value for the honest, loyal, neighbouring
Gentry.
May 8th.
WE have an Account that these Elections were made Yesterday;
viz. Malden
in
Essex, Will. Fytche
and
Joh. Comyns,
Esquires,
Tackers:
Town of
Hertford, Charles Caesar
and
Rich. Gulston,
Esquires,
Tackers: Agmondesham,
Lord
Cheyne,
and Sir
Sam. Garrard,
Bar', the last a
Tacker,
the other a
Well-Wisher
to them; so that here's five out of six, which is a good Beginning, and it's believed very few of the 134 will miss of their Elections, notwithstanding the senseless Clamours of
Whiggish Libellers.
Sir
Will. Drake
has brought an Action against an
Attorney
of
Exon
for calling him
Tacker,
and saying he's a Friend to
France.
The
B.
of
S.
labours Tooth and Nail to oppose these sort of Gentlemen, declaring from the Pulpit, that it was the Orders of the Q
n, and the D
of
M
to excite the People against the
Tackers,
and sent the ensuing Circular Letters to the inferiour
Clergy
of his Diocess;
viz.
Gentlemen,
I have been B
here
16
Years, and never medled with any Elections till now; but now the Q
n seeing which way things are going, gave us particular Commands to take Care, and send such Persons as will support her and her Government. I therefore recommend to you Sir
Ed. E
y,
and Mr.
A
h,
as fit Members. I shall take further Inspection than you imagine, therefore remember,
&c.
What sort of Church-men these are the B
recommends is well known.
We have an Account from
Cheshire,
that Sir
George Warburton
and Mr.
Offley,
who stand Candidates for that County, have had a Rencounter, and are both wounded.
May 10th.
WE have an Account of a pretty many Elections since my last, but Fortune has favoured the wrong side, for Mr.
Nevile
has carried it at
Abingdon
against Sir
Simon Harcourt
by 30 odd Voices. At
Ailsbury, Simon Mayne,
Esq
against
Simon Harcourt, Clerk of the Crown.
At
Wallingford,
Mr.
Kent
against Mr.
Renda.
At
Colchester,
Mr.
Bullock
against Sir
Tho. Cook.
At
Wendover,
Sir
Roger Hill
against Sir
Richard Crawley.
At
Rochester,
Mr.
Knatchbull
has lost it, as has Mr.
Randyl
at
Guilford.
On the other Hand, Mr.
Gape
has carried it at St.
Albans,
notwithstanding a great
Lady
went down thither to oppose him, whose Endeavours, it is hoped, will no better succeed at
Woodstock,
in Favour of Brigadier
Cadoggan
an
Irishman.
The County, City, and University of
Oxford
have elected their old
Tacking
Members.
May 12th.
SInce my Last we have an Account of a great many Elections, some of which have gone
well,
but more
ill.
Five
honest Tackers
have lost it in
Kent,
and two at
Haslemere
in
Surry,
and one in
Westminster.
On the other Hand, the Honourable
Charles North,
Esq
has carried it at
Banbury
; the
Greviles
at
Warwick
; and for the County of
Suffolk,
the
Earl of Dysert
and Sir
Rob. Davers
; where there has been such a Trial of the Strength of Parties, that the like has hardly been known. The Poll ended on
Wednesday
Night, when 'twas found that Sir
Rob. Davers
had 2883, the
Earl of Dysert
2877, Sir
Dudley Cullum
2318, Sir
Sam. Bernardiston
2286 Voices; so that the Election was carried by a great Majority, if you consider the terrible Opposition that was made by the
Low-Church men,
and their Friends, the
Phanaticks
of all sorts, supported by the
D
of
G
n,
the Lords
Cor
llis
and
H
y.
But this Victory is owing in a great Measure to the Diligence of the
Clergy,
of which 80 went and polled in one Body, and as many singly, being not advertiz'd of the Design; and to pin the Basket, Sir
Tho. Hanmer
brought in a Body of 300 Horse, at the Sight of which the D
withdrew from the Window, and all was given up; and though the great Cry of the
Whigs
was, and is, no
Tackers,
yet that is known to be only the Word that is given out to the Party; the true Meaning is,
No Church of England Man:
For we find that they have oppos'd Sir
Simon Harcourt
and others (that had not the
Honour
to be of that Number) with the same Violence; and Sir
Will. Ash
t,
in a Letter to his Friend at
Warrington,
tells him plainly, that it's past 12 a Clock with the Church, so that she must come down. At these Proceedings the inferiour Clergy are so alarm'd in
Cheshire,
that they design to appear in a Body for Sir
R. Motyn
and Sir
G. Warburton,
the late Representatives for that County; and in
Essex
for Sir
Charles Barrington
and Sir
R. Child.
Dr.
Oats
is gone to Poll at
Woodstock
for Brigadier
Cadoggan,
of which Place he is a Burgess.
May 15th.
SInce my last a great many more Elections are made, which are too long for my Purpose to enumerate. Brigadier
Cadoggan
has carried it at
Woodstock
against Sir
John Waters,
a very worthy Gentleman; but Dr.
Oats
did not go to give his Vote as was said he would, nor did the
Solicitor General,
tho' he had also a Right so to do. The Lord
Woodstock,
Son of the
Earl of Portland,
has carried it at
Southampton
against
Frid. Tilney,
Esq
a loyal and worthy Gentleman, which was done by this Trick; That Gentleman happening to pay his Reckoning in that Town with about 70
Loudores
which he had received there, the
Whig
Party immediately gave out, he was a
French Pensioner,
which Calumny answered their Purpose.
A great Sum of Money has been spent at
Newcastle under Line,
by Mr.
Offley
and Mr.
Lawton,
(the latter Brother-in-Law to my Lord
Hallifax
) to get in Burgesses there; but Sir
Tho. Bellot
and Mr.
Cotton
have carried it, and the chief Reason for their succeeding was, the Assurances they gave their Electors of their firm Adhesion to the
Church,
in this Day of
Danger.
The Report we had of a Rencounter which happen'd in
Cheshire
between Sir
G. Warburton
and Mr.
Offley,
proves not true. Yesterday commenc'd the Election for the City of
London,
and the four Whig Candidates were declared to have the Majority upon View, and are like to carry it upon the Poll.
May 17th.
WE have an Account of a great many more Elections made since my last; and upon the whole, a sort of an Equilibrium seems to be between the Parties: near 70 of the
Tackers
are already chosen. In
Essex
Sir
Ch. Barrington
and Sir
R. Child
have lost it by a great Majority, tho' they poll'd more Freeholders than in former Elections; but the
Whigs
have found a way of granting quit Rents of 40 Shillings
per Annum,
resignable upon the Tender of Six Pence: Besides, the
Quakers
in general throughout the Kingdom in this Election, Vote against the
Church.
The Poll in
London
runs still in Favour of the four
Whigs,
and their Election will be declared this Evening.
May 19th.
YEsterday our Letters from the several Parts of the Kingdom brought an Account of a great many more Elections that are made, and particularly for the County of
Gloucester,
Col.
Colchester
and Sir
John Guise
have carried it against the Honourable
John How
and Sir
Ralph Dutton
Bar'. For
Warwickshire
the old Representatives Sir
Ch. Shuckburgh
and Sir
John Mordaunt
(the last a
Tacker
) have carried it, being set up by the general Consent of the Gentry of that County. One Captain
Lucy,
supported by the Assistance of three or four Gentlemen, and the Assistance of all the
Dissenters,
attempted to have come in, but was very much distanced, as you will see by their Numbers on the Poll. Sir
Ch. Shuckburgh
1984. Sir
John Mordaunt
1884. Cap.
Lucy
1116. The Bishop of
Worcester
refused the latter his Interest upon Application to his Lordship, by Reason a
Fanatick Preacher
is kept in his Family.
The
Welch
Elections are not yet made, but we may guess how they will be by the Loyal Health that is amongst them.
viz.
He that owns with his Heart, and helps with his Hand,
The Church that's establish'd by the Law of the Land,
Conforming for Conscience, and not on Occasion,
Not eluding the Law by a knavish Evasion,
Not melted thro' Favour, nor frozen thro' Fear
By the Smiles of the Court, or the Frowns of a Peer,
But boldly maintains his Religion and Right,
Dares die for the one, for the other dares fight;
This is the Man, and this alone,
Whose Health now I drink, whose Friendship I own.
Nor are the
Cornish
Elections yet made by Reason by a
Trick
or
Manage
the Writ has been delayed. Sir
R. Vivian
has had the Misfortune to break his Leg, however the Gentlemen of the County labour to support his Interest against Mr.
Boscawen.
On
Thursday
last came on the much contested Election for the
University of Cambridge.
The Candidates were the Honourable
Arthur Annesly,
Esq
late Fellow of
Magdalen
Colledge, who had 185 Voices, and the Honourable
Dixey Windsor,
Esq
Fellow of
Trinity
Colledge, who had 170; opposed by
Fr. Godolphin,
Esq
my
Lord Treasurer
's Son, who had 162 Voices, and Sir
Isaac Newton
(a late made Knight) who had 117. Notwithstanding there was all the Management and Delay possible, and the Heads of the Houses against the two first, yet 'twas carried for them, to the unspeakable Joy of the hopeful and promising Part of the University; by which we may see, that the Sense of
both Universities
was for the
Occasional Bill,
and that they approved of the
tacking it,
by choosing the same Members that joyned in it.
I hear the Poll at
Woodstock
will be printed, that it may be seen who they were that Poll'd for the
Brigadier,
whose Grand-Father was Governour of
Trim
in
Ireland
for the
Parliament,
and his Grand-Mother was Daughter to the famous Sir
Hardress Waller.
On his Father's Side his Pedigree was proved by an Epitaph that was made last Summer by one at the Herald Office, and was never yet upon a Tomb.
May 22d.
YEsterday we had an Account of a great many more Elections that have been made since my last, which for the most part have been in Favour of the
Church Interest
; and particularly Sir
R. Middleton,
Bar', is elected for the County of
Denbigh,
and
Will. Robinson,
Esq
for the Burrough of that Name, they having rejected Mr.
Brereton,
One of the Commissioners of Prizes, by Reason he was not a
Tacker.
Mr.
Sacheverel
met with terrible Opposition from the
Whig
Party at
Nottingham,
which were supported by the
D
of
N
,
the Lords
K
ton
and
H
w
; however he carried it by a considerable Majority, and they got him into the Chair before eleven, at which the
Whigs
look'd so simply as tho' 'twas past Twelve with them. The Management of this Victory was due in a great measure to the Neighbouring Gentry, and in a more particular manner to that honourable Gentleman Sir
Tho. Willoughby,
who has carried divers other Elections which he has been at with equal Success, as
Newark, Retford,
and
Leicester
; and on
Wednesday
the 23d. is to be the Election for the County of
Nottingham,
where Sir
Thomas
and Mr.
Thornihagh
are like to carry it without Opposition.
Sir
Justinian Isham
and Mr.
Cartwright
are rechosen for the County of
Northampton
by a Majority of 400 Freeholders, tho' they were strenuously opposed by my Lord
Mordaunt
(who 'tis said spent 2000
l.
) and Sir
Andrew St. John.
Sir
Will. Drake,
a brave
Tacker,
is chosen at
Honiton,
with Sir
Walter Young (whom the Electors made promise to be one upon Occasion)
Sir
John Elwill
was vastly distanced: The two first were met and ushered into Town by above 1000 Gentlemen on Horseback, all wearing a
Golden Tacker
in their Hats: The same Day Mr.
Reynell
and Mr.
Yard,
two loyal Gentlemen carried it at
Ashburton,
against Sir
John Elvil
and
his Son.
The two loyal
Sons of the Church and Tackers, Nath.
and
Fred. Hern,
Esquires, were unanimously rechosen at
Dartmouth,
and Sir
Hump. Mackworth
with Mr.
Coulson
at
Totnes
; so that the Word
Tacker,
which the
Phanaticks
thought to have made a
Bugbear
amongst the Freeholders and other Electors, proves in most Places a
Badge of Honour,
that recommends those Gentlemen to them, and we see some great Men that
trimmed
or
sneaked
in the last
Parliament,
upon that Account, are not like to have the Honour to sit in the next.
May 24th.
YEsterday we had an Account of a great many more Elections made since my last, and on
Saturday
last ended that for
Lancashire.
The Candidates were the Honourable Mr.
Stanly,
Brother to the Lord
Derby,
Sir
Roger Bradshaigh,
Bar', and Mr.
Shuttleworth.
The two first were set up by the
Papists
and
Presbyterians,
the third by the
Church of England,
and a Majority was declared for Mr.
Stanley
and Mr.
Shuttleworth,
to the great Mortification of the
Whigs,
who have endeavoured by all means to eject the latter. The
Church
had so much the better at this Election, that Mr.
Shuttleworth
left 200 unpoll'd, and Sir
R. Bradshaigh
had only 1100. Sir
Richard How
and Mr.
Hyde
have carried it for the County of
Wilts
by a great Majority.
May 26th.
SInce my last we have received an Account of a great many Elections, and particularly from
Cornwall,
where by the Interest and Endeavours of the new
Lord Lieutenant
of that County, and of the
B
of
E
,
a great many Alterations are made, in Favour of the Party that oppose the
Occasional Bill,
or for
Low Church
: But in
Wiltshire
it fared better with those two Loyal Church-men that the B... opposed, for they carried it by a Majority of 300 against the
Occasional
men, or
W
s,
and the inferiour
Clergy,
notwithstanding the menacing Letter sent them, voted for the best
Church-men.
In
Kent
the Lord
Villars
and Sir
Cholmely Deering
have carried it for that County, in Opposition to Sir
R. Austin,
and Mr.
Colepeper,
by a considerable Majority. Sir
John Packington
has carried it for
Worcestershire
; and the two old
Tackers
for
Coventry.
Upon the whole, the best Judgment that can be given, is, we may have a
Court Parliament,
but 'twill not be a
Whig
One.
May 29th.
SInce my last we have had an Account of several Elections, which I leave to the
Gazette
to enumerate; only the Management of some of them is worth Notice; particularly for the County of
Worcester,
where Sir
John Packington
and Mr.
Bromley
carried it gloriously against Mr.
Walsh,
who was set up by the
Dissenters.
Sir
John Packington
had a
Banner
carried before him, whereon was painted a
Church falling,
with this Inscription;
For the Queen and Church, Packington.
'Twas observable, that as they were marching through the Fore-gate Street they met the
Bishop
's Coach, in which was a
Non-Con-Teacher,
going to Poll for Cap.
Walsh,
but the Horses (at the Sight of the
Church
as 'twas believed) turned Tail, overturned, and broke the same, and very much bruised the
Holder-forth
's OutwardMan; and this raised no small Admiration that the Bishop's Horses should be afraid of a
Church.
For the County of
Chester,
the Honourable Mr.
Booth
and
Crew Offley,
Esq
set up by the
Whig
Interest, have carried it by a vast Majority against Sir
Roger Mostyn
and Sir
George Warburton,
the two late Representatives for that County, although the two latter poll'd 300 more than at the former Election, and had all the
Clergy
and the Body of the
Gentry
on their Side, but this Conquest was wholly owing to above a thousand defeasable Freeholders that Party had made against the Election, which is a new and scandalous Practice; and if the next Parliament do not enquire into it, and put a Stop to it, the whole Constitution will be subverted. The Cry of the
Whig Rabble,
during this Election, was
Down with the Church and the Bishops,
and when about 60 of the
Clergy,
headed by the
Dean,
came to Poll, they said,
Hell was broke loose, and these were the Devil's black Guard:
They abused the Bishop, tho' according to his peaceable Temper he did not intermeddle in the Election; and to compleat their Outrage, broke the Windows of the Cathedral, and another Church.
Yesterday was the Election for
Middlesex,
the Candidates were the two old Members, opposed by Sir
John Wolstenham
and Mr.
Barker,
supported by the
Whig
Interest, and the latter carried it by a Majority of 300, the highest of them polling about 1600, which is some Hundreds more than ever were polled at any Election in this small County, and this Multiplication of Freeholders is wholly owing to the new method.
May 31st.
SInce my last we have an Account of some more Elections, but nothing so very material has happen'd at them, as at that for
Sussex.
The High-Sheriff
Turner
Esq
refused to take the Poll, unless the D
of
S
removed out of the Court, which he obliged him to do, after some high Words had passed, the High-Sheriff producing a Vote of the
House of Commons
against
Peers
intermedling in Elections, which however they have done more in the Electing this
Parliament
than ever. The
Quakers
in
Buckinghamshire
have Voted all of them against my Lord
Cheney,
tho' he was the Person that brought in and procured the Bill in their Favour about the signing a Declaration instead of an Oath; at
Brentford
several Hundreds of them Poll'd against
Smithson
and
Lake,
as they have done against the
Church Interest
all
England
over, which no doubt will be remembred, and placed to their Accounts in Bar of future Favour.
June 2d.
WE have an Account of several
Tackers
more that are chosen since my last, of which Number are Sir
Edward Seymor
and Mr.
Snell,
who carried it without Opposition at
Exeter,
tho' Endeavours were used to have brought in a
Gentleman
that lately lost it at
Cambridge
; but that loyal City would not be put upon with the University's Refuse. [In some Copies
Leavings
was first written, but that not being thought severe enough was erased, (yet not so but still to remain legible) and the Word Refuse written above it.]
June 5th.
THE Election for Knights of the Shire for
Somerset
runs thus:
Nath. Palmer,
Esq
2566 Voices.
John Piggot,
Esq
2469,
George Worner,
Esq
1327.
Francis
Lord
Hawley,
829.
[The Letter of
June
7th, mentions nothing of Elections.]
June 9th.
YEsterday we had an Account of the Election for
Devonshire,
which was made on
Tuesday
last, where the Honourable Sir
Will. Courtenay,
Bar', and
Robert Rolle,
Esq
both loyal and stanch Church-men,
were unanimously re-elected to serve for that County; so that as the first Burrough,
viz. Malden,
begun with the Election of two brave
Tackers,
so the last County ended with the like Choice.
The Election for Knights of the Shire for
Northumberland,
was commenced on
Thursday
the last of
May.
The Candidates were Sir
John Delavall,
Bar'. Sir
Fran. Blake,
Kt. and
Tho. Foster,
Esq
Jun'; and tho' the two first were supported with the Interest of the D
of
S
t,
the E
of
C
le,
and the Lord
G
y
in Person, and all the
Whigs
in the County, by Promises and Threats; and the last only by the
Clergy
and
true Church-men
: yet he carried it for one by a great Majority, as you'll see by the Poll,
viz. Foster
823, Sir
John Delaval
775, Sir
Francis Blake
646. Besides the first had 300 Freeholders more, that were ready to have Poll'd, but the Knights threw up.
No doubt but this House of Commons (the Major Part of them being
Church-men
) will remember and gratify the
Quakers
for the Service they have done them in this Election, by supporting their Marriages by a Law, and easing them from the Payment of small Tithes, which is that they aim at; as appears by the circular Letters sent by the Heads of them to their Friends in the Country, directing them how to Vote.
June 12th.
THE Election for Members of
Parliament
is now over; and 'tis found that there are 150 new Members chosen, that were not in the last House of Commons; and 90 of the
Tackers,
and 44 left out; near a Moiety of which did not now stand. Upon the whole both Parties seem pretty well pleased, each fancying the Majority is on their Side.
The
Bristol
Election, of which we had an Account but Yesterday, is gone for the old Members. Mr.
Colestone,
(Nephew to a Gentleman of that Name, who had given a Charity to that City of 20000
l.
) lost it by 214 Voices; those Ingrates crying out,
No Alms-house-man, no High-Church man, no Jacobite,
&c.
AN APPENDIX: CONTAINING A Few of Mr.
Dyer
's scandalous Observations and Reflections, in some of his late Letters, upon Matters of a Publick Concern.
London, June 23d.
MOnday
next being theDay for the annual Election of
Sheriffs
for
London
and
Middlesex
; the Sheriff making Party Design to put up Sir
Charles Thorold,
and
Sam. Stannier,
Esq. They are always for securing that Point, not knowing what Occasion they may have for
Ignoramus's,
June 26th.
SIR
Ch. Thorold,
and
Sam. Stannier,
Esq
were elected Sheriffs for
London
and
Middlesex,
for the Year ensuing. There was scarce any Body appeared at the Common-Hall, but the Party that put them up; the
Church-men
finding which way the Stream must go, are
passively obedient.
July 7th.
A New Book is come out of 12
d.
Price, entitled,
A Memorial of the Church of England, humbly offer'd to the Consideration of all true Lovers of our Church and Constitution
; the same is an
exeraordinary Piece,
and shews the Drift and Intrigues of
Primier M
r,
and others, and the languishing State the C
is now in.
July 10th.
THE Messenger of the Press is order'd to make a Discovery, if possible, of the Author, Printer, and Publisher of the Book entitled,
A Memorial of the Church of England,
which gives great Offence at C
but the swarm of
Libels,
on the other hand, pass with a sort of Priviledge, as
the History of the Court of Poland,
and others.
July 21st.
THE
Manifesto
of the
Church of England,
that was endeavoured to be supprest, is now again sold publickly about the Streets, the
Bookseller
being resolved to take the Benefit of his Copy, and stand the Test of the
Law
; and the pretended Remarks that are printed with it, strengthen and not confute the Assertions of the Author.
July 31st.
WE have an Account from the Assises at
Maidstone,
that the
Soldier
belonging to
Shereness
Fort, that
bastinadoed
to
Death
one
Machleman
a
Whig
and
trusty Pedlar,
was condemned to die for the same; but the
Major,
who, 'tis pretended, hired him for half a Crown, was cleared by the
Jury,
contrary to the Directions of my
Lord Chief Justice
:
The Same was a mighty Party-Cause.
Aug. 2d.
WE have an Account from the late Assises at
Horsham
in
Sussex,
that the
Clergy
of that County in a full Body, making upwards of 150, waited on
Arthur Turner,
Esq
the
High Sheriff,
and in a solemn Manner gave him their Thanks for standing up for the
Interest of the Church,
in the late Election, and for vindicating the Rights of the
Commons,
in not permitting
a great Lord
to be present at taking the Poll for Knights of the Shire: The
Grand Jury
for the County returned the
High Sheriff
the like Thanks; and were both magnificently treated by him.
Sept. 1st.
THE two Sheriffs have waited on Dr.
Willis,
with the Thanks of the
Lord Mayor
and
Court of Aldermen,
for the
Sermon
he preached before the
Queen,
at St.
Paul
's, on the late
Thanksgiving Day,
though at the same time I hear that
Sermon
is variously reflected upon, and will hardly escape without an Answer,
it
containing very hard Reflections on the main Body of the Church of England.
A
Vindication
is come out of the
Memorial of the Church of England,
when at the same time the Grand Juries of
London
and
Middlesex,
this present
Sessions,
have presented the same as a dangerous
Libel,
but that is no wonder if we consider the Juries, and who return them.
Sept. 6th.
THE G
J
of
London
that presented the
Memorial
were ten of them
Dissenters,
and only two of the Pannel
Church-men,
who refused to sign the said
Presentment.
Sept. 13th.
AN
Elegy
is come out upon the
famous Atchievement
of burning the
Church of England
's
Memorial,
last Sessions at the
Old Baily.
Sept. 22d.
THIS Morning came on the Election of a
President
for
Bridewell-Hospital
; and the two Aldermen which had the Majority of Voices (the whole Court having been put up seriatim) were Sir
Thomas Rawlinson
and Sir
John Hublon,
and tho' the first had 38, the latter but 25; yet my
Lord Mayor
who presided, would not declare the first Elected, but raised a Scruple, that all the Electors (which he called Governours) were not Freemen, and therefore he would refer it to the
Court of Aldermen
; at which Innovation they very much complained, as well as of some other Tricks that were shewn them.
FINIS.