A collection from Dyers letters: concerning the elections of the present Parliament: with an appendix, relating to some other publick matters.

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- [titlepage]

- Advertisement.

- London, May 3d, 1705.

- May 5th.

- May 8th.

- May 10th.

- May 12th.

- May 15th.

- May 17th.

- May 19th.

- May 22d.

- May 24th.

- May 26th.

- May 29th.

- May 31st.

- June 2d.

- June 5th.

- June 9th.

- June 12th.

- 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.

- June 26th.

- July 7th.

- July 10th.

- July 21st.

- July 31st.

- Aug. 2d.

- Sept. 1st.

- Sept. 6th.

- Sept. 13th.

- Sept. 22d.

A COLLECTION OF Several Paragraphs Out of Mr. Dyer's LETTERS.

A COLLECTION FROM Dyer's Letters, Concerning the ELECTIONS OF THE Present Parliament: WITH AN APPENDIX, relating to some other Publick Matters.

LONDON: Printed, and Sold by B. Bragg, in Ave-Mary-Lane. 1706.

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WHereas Her Majesty has been Graciously Pleas'd, on all Occasions, to express Her truly Royal and Religious Concern, for promoting the Welfare of Her Subjects; and particularly for uniting them in their Common Interest against the Common Enemy. On the contrary, Our Domestick and most Dangerous Enemies have been Indefatigable in their Industry to obstruct these glorious Designs of Her Majesty and Her Ministers, by fomenting our Animosities, and perpetuating our unhappy Divisions.

And whether those Weekly Papers from whence this Collection is taken, may not be reckon'd amongst these mischievous Engines that have been set at Work for some Years past, is humbly submitted to the Consideration of the Persons in Authority, as a necessary Duty and Service to he Publick.

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.

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A collection from Dyers letters: concerning the elections of the present Parliament: with an appendix, relating to some other publick matters.

Dyer, John, 1652 or 3-1713.

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— A collection from Dyers letters: concerning the elections of the present Parliament: with an appendix, relating to some other publick matters., Dyer, John, 1652 or 3-1713., Defoe, Daniel, attributed name. 1661?-1731,. [4],20p. ; 4⁰. London :: printed, and sold by B. Bragg,. 1706 [1705]. [Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Moore). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.] [Published some time between September 22 and November 29, 1705, when Bragg advertised it in the Flying Post as 'just published'. The address of the publisher confirms that the correct date is 1705, not 1706 (J.A. Downie, 'Robert Harley and the Press', 1979, and 'Newsletters to Newspapers: 18th century journalism .. a symposium', 1977, p.1-21).] [Reproduction of original from the British Library.] [Moore, 104] [English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT83535.] [Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).]

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