Letter from Thomas Bull, of Nottingham, in reply to his Bro ther John, Page 72 Letter from Peter Placid, Esq. to his Friend in London, 194 Letter from Tim Stripe, of Nottingham, to his Brother Bob, Loyal Lads of Nottingham, a song, 94 Lucifer turned Electioneerer, an address, 230 NAKED Truth before Fallacious Argument, an address, 242 New Dialogue between a true blue game Cock Jack, and a yel- New God save the King, a song, 281 New Theatre, Nottingham--I would be a Parliament Man, 170 Nottingham Election, (Particular Account of) 248, 305 Or Busby so famous, &c. a song, by an unthumbed Burgess, 141 Oppression, or Little Solomon Exposed, 128 Origin of Jacobinism, 168 Origin of True Blue, a song, by Alexander Steevens, 293 Out at last, an address, signed S. S. L. 118 PARODY, or Little Tackrhyme Exposed, 131 Picknickery, or Public-house Conversation on the Election, 111 Poetical Address to the Electors of Nottingham, 347 Poor Coke's Blues, a song, 202 Progress of Freedom, a song, 333 READ this and say---Who are the Robbers? an address, 144 Recipe for making a real Citizen, Page 193 Riddle, 213 SEE the true Sons of Freedom, &c. a song, 163 Sheep Murder! a medley, by Huntley, 216 Snake out of the Grass, an address, signed Reclusus, 191 Something New! or Pat in a Passion about the Election, 210 Speech of Mr. Coke on the Riots at Birmingham, 22 of Mr. Birch, from the Exchange Hall, 11 Squib on Mr. Coke's Address, 58 Sublime Epistle, by Peter Pindar, Jun. 313 TAKE your Choice, an address, by an Independent Burgess, 31 Tories' Defeat, 318 Tribute of Respect to Mr. Birch, Awake my muse,' &c, 297 True Blue, a song, Ye Electors draw near,' &c. 201 WANTED immediately, a Suit of Rooms, a squib, 35 Welcome Birch to Nottingham, 246 What d'ye mean Brother Cit, &c. a song in favor of Mr. What's my Thought like? or, a Thought on B's Election, 224 What's the Reason my Friends, &c. a song, in favor of Mr. Wonderful and new Collection of Pictures, &c. 81 YE Lovers of Liberty, &c. a song, in favor of Mr. Birch, 116 You may vote for Coke, &c. a song, in favor of Mr. Coke, 235 A REGULAR ACCOUNT OF THE ELECTIONEERING PAPER WAR, &c. &c. &c. Address, by MR. COKE. To the Electors of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham. GENTLEMEN, In calling for the Decision of a Committee of the House of Commons upon the Merits of the late Election, I had this object to establish, in the face of the Public, and in the front of Disaffection, this great and leading principle of English Liberty, that Elections ought to be free-a most respectable Committee have so decided; and, as far as I have been concerned in it, I have done it more for the sake of others than for myself. I have no desire to remind you of an Election carried on under a system of terror hitherto unknown in the annals of this Country. I do not wish No. 1. to bring back to your recollection, scenes so disgraceful to the Police of the place in which you live, but I look to the House of Commons with an anxious hope that they who are the natural Guardians of the Freedom of Election, will afford some effectual protection to the Electors of Nottingham, before they summon them again to a new Election; because those, who are at the head of the present miserable Police of the Town, have been compelled to admit, that at the last Election they were unable to give you any protection, and that they were at the mercy of a Mob. I presume this will not be controverted, but, if it should, let them choose between the alternative of saying, that they were unable, or unwilling to protect you; in the one case they require the assistance of additional Magistrates, and in the other, they deserve to be stripped of all authority. When I consider the advantages which you have gained by this decision, my object is completely answered: whatever may be the event, you will allow me to say, that it is most unjust, that it should have been imputed to me, that I have added to the distresses of the Country, and that I have been a blind supporter of the War; when those who make the charge know, or might know, that I have uniformly, during the late Parliament, given my vote in favour of Peace ;-No, these are not my crimes-my crime is, that I venerate the Mo narch, and the Monarchy; and that I detest and abhor those principles which have led to the abolition of Monarchy in other Countries, and which were intended to have had the same effect in this. My greatest Enemies will, I am sure, give me credit for never having wished to deceive them, or to alter my principles: my Conduct, with all its faults, has at least had the merit of being at all times open and undisguised, and I have no hesitation in saying, that if there are any amongst you who wish to disturb the Government of the Country, they would be ill represented by me. However we may have differed upon great Political Questions, I have one consolation, which no clamour can take from me; I have the satisfaction of knowing that I can lay my hand upon my heart, and say, that I have been a faithful Servant to you, and that I have never prostituted your interest, or advanced my own. I have done the Town some service, and they know it: because I have been instrumental in opening the doors of Justice to its Inhabitants, by removing the Decision of Party Questions to a fair and impartial Tribunal. I have attended to your concerns both in and out of Parliament; I have never neglected the application of the poorest Man in the Town; and, I believe, I might venture to say, that I have saved the lives of some of ydú, in return for which, there are persons who seem disposed to take away mine. |