A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering 6

A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering 6

THE APOSTATE JACK ROBINSON, THE POLITICAL RAT-CATCHER. 1784 265

 

THE RIVAL CANDIDATES--GREAT WESTMINSTER ELECTION. 1784 266

 

THE HANOVERIAN HORSE AND THE BRITISH LION. MARCH, 1784 268

 

THE WIT’S LAST STAKE; OR, THE COBBLING VOTER AND ABJECT

CANVASSERS 275

 

LORDS OF THE BEDCHAMBER 276

 

THE WESTMINSTER WATCHMAN 277

 

THE CASE IS ALTERED 281

 

THE PROCESSION TO THE HUSTINGS AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CANVASS 282

 

THE WESTMINSTER DESERTER DRUMMED OUT OF THE REGIMENT. DEFEAT

OF SIR CECIL WRAY. HUSTINGS, COVENT GARDEN, WESTMINSTER

ELECTION. 1784 284

 

LIBERTY AND FAME INTRODUCING FEMALE PATRIOTISM (DUCHESS OF

DEVONSHIRE) TO BRITANNIA. 1784 285

 

DEFEAT OF THE HIGH AND MIGHTY BALISSIMO CORBETTINO AND HIS

FAMED CECILIAN FORCES, ON THE PLAINS OF ST. MARTIN, ON

THURSDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1785, BY THE CHAMPION

OF THE PEOPLE AND HIS CHOSEN BAND 287

 

PROOF OF THE REFINED FEELINGS OF AN AMIABLE CHARACTER, LATELY

A CANDIDATE FOR A CERTAIN ANCIENT CITY 293

 

PACIFIC ENTRANCE OF EARL WOLF (LORD LONSDALE) INTO BLACKHAVEN.

1792 296

 

MEETING OF PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AT COPENHAGEN HOUSE, 1795.

SPEAKERS: THELWALL, GALE JONES, HODSON, AND JOHN BINNS 298

 

THE DISSOLUTION; OR, THE ALCHYMIST PRODUCING AN ÆTHERIAL

REPRESENTATION. WILLIAM PITT DISSOLVING THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

1796 300

 

TWO PAIR OF PORTRAITS. PRESENTED TO ALL THE UNBIASED ELECTORS

OF GREAT BRITAIN. 1798 305

 

MIDDLESEX ELECTION, 1804. A LONG PULL--A STRONG PULL--AND A

PULL ALL TOGETHER 312

 

POSTING TO THE ELECTION; OR, A SCENE ON THE ROAD TO BRENTFORD.

1806 315

 

THE LAW’S DELAY. READING THE RIOT ACT. 1820 334

 

CORIOLANUS ADDRESSING THE PLEBS. 1820 338

 

ELECTION SQUIBS AND CRACKERS FOR 1830 346

 

HIS HONOUR THE BEADLE (WILLIAM IV.) DRIVING THE WAGABONDS OUT

OF THE PARISH. NOV. 28, 1830 354

 

LEAP-FROG DOWN CONSTITUTION HILL. APRIL 13, 1831 356

 

HOO-LOO-CHOO, _alias_ JOHN BULL, AND THE DOCTORS. MAY 2, 1831 357

 

LEAP-FROG ON A LEVEL; OR, GOING HEADLONG TO THE DEVIL. MAY

6, 1831 358

 

JOHN GILPIN. MAY 13, 1831 366

 

“THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.” MAY 26, 1831 367

 

VARNISHING--A SIGN (OF “THE TIMES”). JUNE 1, 1831 370

 

THE RIVAL MOUNT-O’-_Bankes_; OR, THE DORSETSHIRE JUGGLER. MAY

25, 1831 371

 

MAZEPPA--“AGAIN HE URGES ON HIS WILD CAREER.” AUG. 7, 1832 372

 

THREE GREAT PILLARS OF GOVERNMENT; OR, A WALK FROM WHITE

CONDUIT HOUSE TO ST. STEPHEN’S. JULY 23, 1834 376

 

INCONVENIENCES THAT MIGHT HAVE ARISEN FROM THE BALLOT 378

 

 

SMALLER ILLUSTRATIONS.

 

CANDIDATES ADDRESSING THEIR CONSTITUENTS _Title page_

 

WALPOLE CHAIRED. 1701 79

 

THE PREVAILING CANDIDATE; OR, THE ELECTION CARRIED BY BRIBERY

AND THE D----L 82

 

KENTISH ELECTION. 1734 86

 

THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. 1741 92

 

WESTMINSTER--THE TWO-SHILLING BUTCHER. 1747 111

 

THE ELECTION AT OXFORD--CANVASSING FOR VOTES. 1754 144

 

THE OXFORDSHIRE ELECTION--CHAIRING THE MEMBERS. 1754 147

 

GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON (LORD MELCOMBE REGIS) AND THE EARL OF

WINCHILSEA. 1753 149

 

BURNING A PRIME MINISTER IN EFFIGY. 1756 155

 

JOHN WILKES, A PATRIOT 159

 

A BEAR-LEADER. HOGARTH, CHURCHILL, AND WILKES 160

 

A SAFE PLACE. WILKES IN THE TOWER, 1763 162

 

THE NEW COALITION--THE RECONCILIATION OF “THE TWO KINGS OF

BRENTFORD.” 1784 254

 

A MOB-REFORMER. 1780 256

 

THE COALITION WEDDING--THE FOX (C. J. FOX) AND THE BADGER

(LORD NORTH) QUARTER THEIR ARMS ON JOHN BULL 263

 

BRITANNIA AROUSED, OR THE COALITION MONSTERS DESTROYED 264

 

HONEST SAM HOUSE, THE PATRIOTIC PUBLICAN, CANVASSER FOR FOX 266

 

MAJOR CARTWRIGHT, THE DRUM-MAJOR OF SEDITION 267

 

THE DEVONSHIRE, OR MOST APPROVED MANNER OF SECURING VOTES. 1784 270

 

EVERY MAN HAS HIS HOBBY HORSE--FOX AND THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE 282

 

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHAMPION--A CATCH. DEFEAT OF THE

MINISTERIAL CANDIDATE, SIR CECIL WRAY, WESTMINSTER

ELECTION. 1784 283

 

ELECTION TROOPS BRINGING THEIR ACCOUNTS TO THE PAY-TABLE,

WESTMINSTER. 1788 290

 

AN INDEPENDENT ELECTOR 291

 

AT HACKNEY MEETING--FOX, BYNG, AND MAINWARING 299

 

THE HUSTINGS--COVENT GARDEN. 1796 301

 

THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER 302

 

LOYAL MEDAL. 1797 305

 

THE WORN-OUT PATRIOT, OR THE LAST DYING SPEECH OF THE

WESTMINSTER REPRESENTATIVE, ON THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING,

HELD AT THE SHAKESPEARE TAVERN, OCTOBER 10, 1800 308

 

POLITICAL AMUSEMENTS FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN, OR THE BRENTFORD

SHUTTLECOCK BETWEEN OLD SARUM AND THE TEMPLE OF ST.

STEPHEN’S. 1801 310

 

THE OLD BRENTFORD SHUTTLECOCK--JOHN HORNE TOOKE RETURNED

FOR OLD SARUM. 1801 310

 

BRITANNIA FLOGGED BY PITT--THE GOVERNOR IN ALL HIS GLORY. 1804 313

 

THE HIGHFLYING CANDIDATE, LITTLE PAULL GOOSE, MOUNTING FROM

A BLANKET--_Vide_ HUMOURS OF WESTMINSTER ELECTION. 1806 315

 

COALITION CANDIDATES--SHERIDAN AND SIR SAMUEL HOOD. 1806 316

 

A RADICAL DRUMMER. 1806. W. COBBETT 317

 

VIEW OF THE HUSTINGS IN COVENT GARDEN--WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

1806 318

 

PATRIOTS DECIDING A POINT OF HONOUR; THE DUEL AT WIMBLEDON,

BETWEEN SIR FRANCIS BURDETT AND JAMES PAULL. WESTMINSTER

ELECTION. 1807 320

 

THE POLL OF THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION, 1807. ELECTION CANDIDATES;

OR, THE REPUBLICAN GOOSE AT THE TOP OF THE POLL. ON

THE POLL: BURDETT, COCHRANE, ELLIOTT, SHERIDAN, PAULL;

BELOW ARE TEMPLE, GREY, GRANVILLE, PETTY, ETC. 321

 

THE HEAD OF THE POLL; OR, THE WIMBLEDON SHOWMAN AND HIS

PUPPET. 1807. TOOKE AND BURDETT 322