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TwoDrogheda Voters' Lists :

1798 and 1802

By Moira Corcoran

The originals of the two Drogheda voters' lists here appended are contained in the largecollection of material known as the Foster/Massereene MSS. lodged in the Public Record Office

of Northern Ireland. It is not surprising that the documents should have had significance for

John Foster, then Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, since he had a keen interest in the

outcome of the elections to which they referred. For some time he had been endeavouring to

exercise a substantial influence on thepolitics

ofDrogheda

with the eventual aim ofsecuring

one

of its parliamentary seats for a member of his family. Since this involvement of Foster in the

affairs of what the Lord Lieutenant of the day, Lord Cornwallis, referred to as "the Speaker'stown of Drogheda" has been fully discussed by Dr A. P. W. Malcomson in his valuable and

wide-ranging work John Foster : thepolitics of theAnglo-Irish Ascendancyl it is not proposed to

deal with it here.

The lists are, however, in themselves worthy of notice, providing as they do practicalillustration of the voting procedures of the period as well as the names, occupations and voting

qualifications of the electors. Prior to the Act of Union the constituency of the county of the

town of Drogheda (which included the borough and its immediate environs) returned two

members to the Irish House of Parliament. After the Union the representation in the Westmins

ter Parliament was reduced to one seat.In the general election of November 1797 John Ball and Edward Hardman were returned

for the two Drogheda seats. Ralph Smyth, the defeated candidate, however lodged a petition

against Hardman's return on grounds of bribery and undue influence. The petition succeeded,

Hardman was unseated, necessitating the by-election of March 1798, which was again contested

by the same two candidates, Ralph Smyth and Edward Hardman. As may be seen from the

voters' list (No. I),2 Hardman regained the seat with a comfortable majority. That he was

regarded as being firmly in the Foster sphere of influence may be inferred from an election

address3 issued by an anonymous supporter of his adversary Ralph Smyth which claimed that if

Hardman were elected "Coll?n will become the tyrant of Drogheda when none dare contest its

power" (Coll?n

here

being

a

pseudonym

for

SpeakerFoster who resided in that

village).

In the

same address prospective voters were reminded that at the general election of 1796, when

Hardman was supported by the Speaker, "old and neglected promises were renewed?

that new

promises were lavishly bestowed?

that jobs of all sorts, Militia jobs, Revenue jobs, Road jobs,

Yeomanry jobs, were put inmotion". Roman Catholic voters were also reminded that Hardman

was backed by the "most potent, most inveterate, most avowed enemy to Catholic Emancipa

tion," from the context an obvious reference to Speaker Foster. Since voting was open and

political allegiance publicly declared, voters' lists were valuable guides as to where influence

might possibly be exercised in future elections. The list (No. 2)4 for the election of 1802 is fairly

1 A. P. W. Malcomson, John Foster : The Politics of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy (Oxford, 1978).2 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Foster/Massereene papers, D. 207/24/3A?C.

3 Ibid, D. 207/24/1.4 Ibid, D. 207/24/5.

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320 County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal

extensively marked in what appears to be the handwriting of Edward Hardman, jun.5 The

Fosters apparently used the information thus obtained to good effect since Colonel Thos.

Foster, son of the Speaker, was elected M.P. for Drogheda in the following election of 1807.

Methods commonly used at the present time to get voters to the poll were also employed

during the election of 1802, when Alexander Marsden, Civil Under Secretary inDublin Castle,

a supporter of Ogle, "ransacked Dublin for Drogheda voters, and tried unsuccessfully to get a

patient released from Simpson's Hospital so that he could go to Drogheda to vote for Ogle".6

Drogheda in 1798 had a population of over 15,000,7 yet only 358 electors voted in the 1798

contest and 421 in 1802. If the number of electors, 100 in all, included in the "List of the

Freemen and Freeholders who DID NOT Vote in the Late Election" (1802) is added to that of

those who did vote, the total valid electorate in that year would appear to be only about 520, a

very small proportion of the population.

As may be seen from the lists, this limited electorate was composed of "freemen" and

"freeholders". The freedom of the town was granted by the corporation on application, on the

grounds of birth or apprenticeship or was conferred on certain important individuals as a

"special favour" for reasons not always clearly defined. Freemen were exempt from tolls and

other dues and were entitled to bid for corporation property whenever it was available for

re-leasing.8

Until 1793 membership of the corporation was restricted to Protestants and the fact that

the vast majority of the population was Catholic9 meant that there were relatively few Protes

tants from which to draw members of the corporation. As a result most Protestants in the town

were freemen of the corporation and there were also many non-resident freemen. This situation

is reflected in the wide variety of addresses of voters inboth election lists? some coming from as

far away as Cork and Derry to cast their votes.

Freehold franchise on the other hand was based on property which was either owned in fee

simple or leased for a term of life; the only monetary qualification being that "the freehold

should yield to the tenant 40 shillings a year above the rent he paid, and all other charges" .10 n

Election Act of 1728 required that a forty-shilling freeholder should have his freehold regis

tered at least sixmonths before the election atwhich he tendered his vote. Under a further Act of

1795 freeholders already on the register were obliged to re-register every eight years unless

their freeholds were worth ?50 or more per year.

Since up to 1793 Catholics were denied both municipal and parliamentary franchise, the

composition of Drogheda Corporation and its electorate was entirely Protestant in a town whose

population was overwhelmingly Catholic. The provisions of the Catholic Relief Act of 1793,

however, extended the franchise toRoman Catholicson

thesame

termsas

Protestants.11 By thistime many Catholic merchants and traders inDrogheda had become quite prosperous and had

acquired the necessary electoral property qualification. Judging by the numbers of them who

voted in the 1798 and the 1802 elections, they were prompt in registering their freeholds when

the opportunity arose.

In the system of open voting then operating each elector's political allegiancewas publicly

5 Ibid, D. 207/24/6.

6 Malcomson, John Foster, 174.

7 Moira Corcoran, "A Drogheda Census List of 1798", C.L.A.H.J., XVII, 2, (1970), 94.

8 John Fitzgerald, "The Organisation of the Drogheda Economy, 1780-1820 (unpub. M.A. thesis, Univ. College,

Dublin, 1972), 81-2.

9 Malcomson, John Foster, 164.10 Ibid, 297.

11 J. C. Beckett, The Making of Modern Ireland, 1603-1923 (London, 1966), 250.



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exposed and so voters' lists were valuable indicators for future candidates as to possible sources

of support. That the appended lists, especially the 1802 one, were so treated by the Foster

interest is shown by the heavy markings on the latter list. The capital F opposite many names

obviously stands for Foster and while it iswidely distributed both among Hardman and Oglevoters it is strictly confined to freemen. The entries under "freeholders" were struck out,

support apparently not being expected from that quarter.At the end of the poll and the declaration of the result the usual civilities were observed,

much as they are to-day. The victor thanked his friends for their support and congratulated the

sheriffs and their deputy, who were the returning officers, on the "upright and impartial"

manner inwhich they had conducted the election. Much the same speech was made by the loser

except that in thanking his supporters he referred also to "those who wish to serve him he has no

doubt but who for their situations were obliged to vote against him".

Apart from the open system of voting and the very limited electorate the lists illustrate that

electoral practices have altered little in the last two centuries.

THE CANDIDATESEDWARD HARDMAN, who was a candidate both in the by-election of 1798 and the

post-Union general election of 1802, came from an old established Protestant family. Both his

grandfather and his father were in their time mayors of Drogheda and he himself was elected to

that office in 1768. His family, through the privileges gained as freemen, especially the right to

bid for corporation property, had through time acquireda large holding of such property in the

town. Hardman was a leading merchant, dealing especially in grain12 and wine, his trade in the

former at one period being as high as ?20,000 per year. The wine,13 mostly port and claret, he

imported directly from merchants in France and Portugal. He also manufactured linen between

the years 1795 and 1802.14 In his electoral aspirations Hardman was supported by John Fosterof Coll?n, the Speaker of the Irish House of Parliament, and "bound to him by many ties of

obligation and friendship".15 Drogheda was vehemently anti-Union and Hardman's success in

the 1798 election at least was probably due to "his declared opposition on the hustings to the

very idea of a Union".16 He was supported on this account by a considerable number of

freeholders who were presumably mainly Catholic. The position was reversed in the 1802

election, when the majority of the freeholders voted against him. By that time the Union was

accomplished and no longer a live issue. The movement for Catholic emancipation was begin

ning to gain ground and Hardman may have lost some support since he was known as to be

"hostile to the Catholic claims".17

The Hardman family inDrogheda is now extinct and remembered only in a street name

"Hardman's Gardens," on the northern side of the town where they once held considerable

property.

RALPH SMYTH, also a Protestant, came from aWestmeath landed family.18 He married

the only child of a prominent Drogheda merchant, George Scholes, from whom he inherited a

considerable amount of property in the town. He was mayor of Drogheda in 1793 and 1794 and

contested the general election of 1797, when he was defeated by John Ball and Edward

12 Fitzgerald, thesis, 155.

13 Ibid, 183.

14 Ibid, 238.

15 Malcomson, John Foster, 169.

16 Ibid, 170.17 Ibid, 187.

18 Fitzgerald, thesis, 240.




Hardman. Hardman was later unseated on a petition by Smyth on the grounds of bribery and

undue influence, and this circumstance made necessary the by-election of 1798 to fill the vacant

seat.Smyth

wasagain

defeated andapparently

retired fromparliamentary politics.

In partnership with another Drogheda merchant, St. George Smith, Ralph Smyth's son,

Ralph jun., built up a large trade in a variety of goods, mainly grain but including linen and later

ship-building. As Smyth and Smith they were prominent in the commercial life of Drogheda,

especially in the milling trade, up to 1892, when their mills on the north quays finally closed

down.19

HENRY MEADE OGLE came from a very long-established Drogheda family with

considerable influence both in corporation and Government circles. A Henry Ogle was sheriff as

far back as 1687 and mayor in 1698. Members of the family represented the borough in

Parliament from 1773 to 1796, when in the latter year Henry's father William Meade Ogle held

the seat.20 The Ogles, like the other Protestant freemen, being privileged to bid for corporation

property when it became available, also acquired large holdings in the town. Ravell's map of

Drogheda (1749)21 shows a large section of land extending almost the full length of Fair Street,

from the corner with Magdalene Street to the corner of Bolton Street, and in depth back to

Greenlanes. This property is titled"Alderman Ogle's Garden." Originally merchants, the Ogles

by the end of the eighteenth century drew their income mainly from land and property. Though

defeated in this election by the narrow margin of 5 votes, Ogle won the seat in 1812, 1818 and

1820. When Parliament was dissolved later in 1820 on the death of George III he did not seek

re-election, seemingly from lack of finance. Soon afterwards Ogle appears to have left

Drogheda and settled in Framlington, Suffolk, where he died in 1823. A tablet in the parish

church there records that "Henry Meade Ogle Esq. of Drogheda in Ireland died February 18th

1823aged

60years.

He was therepresentative

in Parliament of his native Town for several

sessions, and was the only surviving son of William Meade Ogle, whose family have represented

the town of Drogheda in Parliament during the last century. Forced from this town, and by his

own request his remains were deposited beneath this tablet."22

THE ELECTORATE

Since there was only a period of four years between the elections of 1798 and 1802 there is

not a significant difference in the composition of the electorate, the same names tending to occur

in each case. More information may be gleaned from the 1802 list which in many instances

records the occupation of the voter, especially in the case of the freemen and thus gives a fair

idea of the range of services available to the citizens of the period. Many famous names appear

among the freemen such as Henry Grattan, John Foster, Speaker of the Irish House of

Commons, Thomas Connolly of Castletown, John Ball, M.P. and the architect Francis Johnston.

The latter was temporarily resident inDrogheda about that time and designed some of our more

notable buildings such as the Corn Exchange (now the Court-house), the porch and spire of St

Peter's C. of I., the first Roman Catholic Church of St Peter inWest Street and the originalsection of Sienna Convent.

While a considerable number of Protestant clergy figure in the lists only two Catholic

clergymen, both on the 1802 one, may be identified. The first and more important of these isDr

Francis Moylan, Roman Catholic bishop of Cork, who was in 1791 by unanimous resolution of

19 The History of Drogheda Up To Date (Drogheda, 1893), 225-8.

20 John D'Alton, The History of Drogheda (2 vols, Dublin, 1844), i, 250-4, 245.

21 Archives of Drogheda Corporation.

22 Information from Mr J. Nunn, Framlington, Suffolk.



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the corporation granted the freedom of the town "in a fiat, with a silver box, as a mark of our

esteem for his pious exertions and excellent exhortations to the Roman Catholic inhabitants of

hisdiocese,

forpromoting peace

and

goodorder at the moment of threatened invasion."23 One

of the three watchmakers listed, George Potter, was granted "?7 19s 6d for a silver box for

Dr Moylan"24 when the freedom was finally conferred on 17 January 1797. The second R.

Catholic priest mentioned in the list of freeholders, Rev Dr O'Connor, was probably the Father

John O'Connor, then amember of the Dominican community in the town and provincial of his

Order from 1801 to 1803.25 Neither of these two clergymen voted in the election.

Three of the voters, John Glover, stone cutter, Andrew Boyd, carpenter and Michael Duff

are known to have been associated with the building of Townley Hall.26

As an instance of the facility with which freemen were created, three of the voters, namely

the Rt Hon John Parnell, John McClintock of Drumcar and John Thomas Foster of Dunleer

held the privilege merely because they formed part of a group of" 7Gentlemen being attendants

upon and of the household of his Grace the Duke of Rutland and having attended the dinner

given him yesterday the 12th July 1787 were in consequence thereof voted their freedom".27

As before mentioned much information on the social and political structure of late

eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Drogheda may be obtained from these voters' lists and

it is hoped their publication may be of assistance to future researchers into that period.

23 D'Alton, op. cit., ii, 369-70.

24 Drogheda Corporation daybook, 1796-7.

25 St Magdalen's Church Drogheda: Centenary 1878-1978 (Drogheda, 1978), 25.

26 Information from Dr G. F. Mitchell, Townley Hall, Drogheda.

27 "A List of the Freemen of the Corporation of Drogheda commencing at the Revolution in 1690" (Archives of

Drogheda Corporation).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I return my sincere thanks to the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of

Northern Ireland, and the Viscount Massereene and Ferrard for permission to publish these

lists, to Mr John Fitzgerald for his kindness in allowing me access to his M.A. thesis, "The

Organisation of the Drogheda Economy 1780-1820", and tomy friend Miss Marie Carolan for

typing.




STATE OF THIS DAYS POLL

This Day the Election of a Burgess for the County of the Town of Drogheda, came on at the Tholsel, before Richard

Jebb and Nicholas Metcalf, Esqrs. Sheriffs.?

The usual routine business being over, John Leigh, Esq. in a short and

handsome Speech, proposed EDWARD HARDMAN, Esq. and was seconded by William Holmes, Esq.?

Barth

olomew Van-Homrigh, Esq. in a short but neat Adress proposed RALPH SMYTH, Esq. and was seconded by Major

Fairtlough. John Jebb, Esq. presided in the Deputy Court.

For Mr. HARDMAN.

Mr. George Caine, freeman, Fathom,

Revd. Henry Ashe, do. Dublin,

Revd. Henry Irwin, do. Castlecomer,

Mr. Henry W. Keating, do. Drogheda,?

Charles Wynne, do. Armagh,

Samuel Pendleton, esq. do. Dublin,

Rev. Isacc Ashe, do. Derry,

Right Hon. Thomas Connolly, do. Castletown,

Rev. William Nesbitt, do. Drogheda,

Launcelot Fisher, esq. do. do.

Mr. Douglas Massey, shoe-maker, do. do.

John Pollock, esq. do. Dublin,

John Lees, esq. do. do.

Thomas Trotter, esq. do. Duleek,

Philip Pendleton, esq. do. Mooretown, co. Louth,

Robert Pollock, of Drogheda, esq. freeman,Mr. James Jones, of do. do.

Henry Coddington, jun. esq. Oldbridge, do.

William Pemberton, Dublin, esq. do.

Mr. John Ruxton, Drogheda, carpenter, do.

John William Foster, esq. Drogheda, do.

Mr. Thomas Latimer, do. do.

Rev. Alexander Lindsey, do. do.

Mr. Samuel Jepson, do. do.

George Evans, esq. do. do.

Right Hon. John Foster, Speaker of the Hon. the House of

Commons, do.

Hon Thomas Henry Foster, Col. of the Louth Militia, do.

Rev. Walter Blake Kirwan, of Dublin, do.

William Atkinson, of Aughnacloy, esq. do.

Mr. Joseph Harpur, Drogheda Militia, do.?

Richard Brunker, do. do.?

William Latimer, do. do.?

John Tonge, do. do.?

Thomas Brunker, do. do.

John Seaton, of Dublin, esq. do.

John Edwards, of do. esq. do.

Rev. Charles Crawford, of Drogheda, do.

Ninian Roger, of do. esq. do.

Oliver Fairtlough William, of do. esq. do.

Anthony Adams Reilly, of Roebuck, esq. do.

Mr. Henry Head, of Dublin, do.?

James M'Cartney, of Drogheda, do.?

John M'Cartney, of Dublin, do.?

Edward Brunton, of Drogheda, do.?

Alexander Courtney, of Dublin, do.?

Robert Parkinson, of do. do.?

Edward Perry, of do. do.

Samuel Jones, of do. esq. do.

Mr. John Cain, of Drogheda, do.?

Alexander Irwin, of do. do.?

Edward Coil, of Dublin, do.

?John Elliott, of do. do.

Thomas Collins, of Drogheda, esq. do.

James Barlow, of Dublin, esq. do.

Mr. Robert Parkinson, of do. do.?

Edward Perry, of do. do.?

John Cain, of do. do.

Leonard Crooks, esq. Drogheda militia, do.

Mr. Charles Evans, of Drogheda, do.?

George Bruce, hair-dresser, do. do.?

Walter Robinson, Drogheda militia, do.?

John Sillery, do. do.

Right Hon. Sir John Blaquiere, K.B. Dublin do.

Henry Irwin, of Dublin, esq. do.

Mr. James Moore, Drogheda, freeholder,?

Francis Moore, do. do.?

Pat. Skelly, do. do.

John Leigh, esq. freeman,Rev. Wm. Sheer Hamilton, C. Meath, freeholder,Mr. Pat Pentony, of Drogheda, do.?

Pat. M'Gough, of do. do.

Patrick Gernon, esq. of do. do.

Mr. William Skelly, of do. merchant, do.

Mr. Thomas Magrane, of do. do.?

Pat. Brenan, of do. do.

Edward Tisdal, of do. esq. freeman,Mr. Anthony Bunton, of do. do.

Mr. John Wynne, of do. do.

Rev. William Coddington, of do. do.

Mr. T. Cooke, of do freeholder,Mr. Francis O'Ferrai, merchant, of do. do.

Mr. Philip Duffey, inn-keeper, of do. do.?

J. Tiernan, tanner, of do. do.?

John Comerford, grocer, of do. do.?

Henry Skelly, tanner, of do. do.?

James Kelly, chandler, do. do.?

John Stanley, do. do.?

Marks Tiernan, do. do.?

Michael Duff, merchant, do.

Isaac Norman, esq. freeman,Mr. Charles Wynne, fh.?

Patrick Mooney, do.

? Peter Devin, do.?

Robert Harrison, of Dublin, fm.?

Thomas Fisher, Drogheda Militia, do.

Mr. Thomas Rowe, of Drogheda, freeholder,?

Patrick Marron, merchant, of do. do.?

Laurence Brannan, of do. do.?

George Bagnall, of do. do.?

Laurence Reilly, merchant, of do. do.

Total for Mr. Hardman, this Day,

Majority,

Mr. HARDMAN cannot express too warmly his Gratitude for the very flattering and decided Support which he

received from his Friends this Day. ? With such a Support and such aMajority as appears in his Favour, on this Day's

Poll, he cannot entertain a doubt of Success.?

Mr. Hardman earnestly entreats the early attendance, Tomorrow, of

such Friends as have not yet polled.

Wednesday Evening, March 14, 1798.




For Mr. SMYTH

Mr. John Molyneux, freeman, Drogheda,

John Leland, esq. merchant, do. do.

Mr. Edward Jones, cabinet-maker, do. do.?Evers Courtney, taylor, do. do.

?William Johnston, shoemaker, do. do.

?James Eccleston, do. do.

William Cleapem, esq. surgeon, do. do.

Mr. George Richardson, shoemaker, do. do.?

George Elliott, grocer, do. do.?

Conolly Jones, printer, do. do.?

Richard Quash, do. do.?

William Armstrong, do. do.?

John Coulter, Beamore, do.?

Anthony Parks, Clones, do.?

Edward Bridges, carpenter, Drogheda, do.

John Fairtlough, of Drogheda, esq. freeman,

Mr. John Keigan, do. do.Francis Elliott, esq. do. do.

Mr. George North, do. do.?

Robt. Young, do. do.

John Blacker, of Aclare, esq. do.

Thomas Blacker Owens, of Mount Granville, esq. do.

Philip Brabazon, of Car-town, esq. do.

Mr. James Keegan, of Drogheda, merchant,?

Joseph M'Cabe, carpenter, do.

Major Oliver Fairtlough, do. do.

George Duff, esq. do. do.

Mr. Benjamin Smith, do. do.

Reverend Jerom Alley, do. do.

Mr. Edward Chambers, do. do.

Wm. Graves Chamney, esq. of Williamville,do.

Counsellor John Schoales, of Dublin, do.

Mr. Richard Parker, of Drogheda, do.

James Schoales, of Derry, esq. do.

Mr. John Daw, of do. freeholder.

Henry Smith, of Beabeg, esq. do.

John Tandy, of Drogheda, esq. do.

Mr. George Coulter, merchant, do. do.

Miles Lucas, esq. do. do.

Mr. John North, do. do.

George Tandy, sen. esq. do. do.

Burton Tandy, esq. do. do.

John Shekleton, esq. do. do.

Mr. Thomas Taylor, apothecary, do. do.?

James Hearn, grocer, do. do.

Mr. John Holland, bookseller, do. do.

Peter Van-Homrigh, esq. do. do.William Oliver Fairtlough, esq. do. do.

Samuel Fewtrill, of Dublin, esq. do.

William Gibbons, esq. of Drogheda, do.

George Schoales, of Derry, esq. do.

Rev. Henry Leland, of Drogheda, do.

Mr. George Kirkpatrick, hair-dresser, do. do.

James Patten, of Ballyhoe, esq. do.

William Wynne, esq. Ballyboy, do.

Mr. Thomas Tonge, of Drogheda, do.?

Richard Lewis, of Dublin, do.

George Tandy, jun. of Drogheda, esq. do.

Rev. James Ferguson, of Dublin, do.

Mr. Thomas Winsloe, of Drogheda, do.

George Schoales,of

Drogheda, esq.do.

Mr. John Nichols, do. do.?

William Acton, do. do.

Harry Brabazon, jun. esq. do. do.

Mr. John Terney, freeholder do.?

Samuel Hale, freeman, do.?

Robert Armstrong, do. do.?

George Jones, cabinet-maker, do. do.

James Davis, esq. do. do.

Mr. Andrew Bourke, do. do.?

Edward Robinson, do. do.?

James Appleyard, do. do.

Rev. Joseph Fairtlough, do. do.

Mr. Obadiah Wisdom, do. do.

Rev. Hon. St.George Ashe,

do.

Mr. Edward Hamilton, do. do.

Mr. George Manning, do. do.

Bartholomew Chamney, esq. do. do.

Mr. Richardson Blackwell, freeholder, do.

James Scholes, esq. freeman, do.

Mr. Pat Owens, freeholder, do.

Mr. Henry Pentland, freeman, do.

Edward Fairtlough, esq. M.D. do. do.

Mr. James Appleyard, sen. do. do.

For Mr. SMYTH, this Day,-84

Mr. SMYTH presentshis most

grateful Acknowledgmentsfor the honourable and

respectable Supporthe received this

Day.?

From his Friends not having had sufficient Notice of the rapid demand for Tallies, a majority has accidentally

occurred against him on this Day's Poll; but he can ASSURE the Friends of the Independent Interest, that his remaining

Strength is such as to give him the strongest hopes of Success?

he has only to entreat the EARLY Attendance of his

Friends tomorrow.

March 14, 1798.

C. EVANS, PRINTER, DROGHEDA.




Second Day's Poll.

This

Day

the Election of a

Burgess

for the

County

of the Town of

Drogheda,

continued at the Tholsel, before

RICHARD JEBB and NICHOLAS METCALF, Esqrs. Sheriffs. John Jebb, Esq. presided in the Deputy Court.

MR. HARDMAN'S FRIENDS.

Mr. George Galway, of Dublin, fm.

Mr. Michael Richardson, f m.?

Thomas Collins, of Drogheda, do.?

Marks Hanlon, Louth Militia, do.?

James Rogers, do. do.?

Anthony Shaw, of Drogheda, do.?

John Eccleston, do. do.

John Jones, esq. do. do.

Mr. Launcelot Jones, do. do.?

Ralph Eccleston, do. do.

John Bolton, esq. do. do.

William Cudworth, esq. Louth Militia, do.

Mr. Ralph Richardson, Drogheda, do.?

John Goff, do. do.?

Andrew Elliott, of Dublin, do.

William Jocelyn Shaw, of Dublin, esq. do.

Samuel Adams, of do. esq. do.

Mr. Thos. Andrews, of Queensborough, do.?

William Kane, of do. do.

George Armstrong, of Drogheda, esq. do.

Mr. Bartholomew Heney, of do. fh.?

Nicholas Clarke, of do. do.?

Thomas Butterly, do. shoe-maker, do.?

Charles White, of do. baker, do.

Henry Coddington, of Old-Bridge, esq. freeman.

Mr. John Elliott, of Cashel, organist, do.

John M'Clintock, of Drumcar, esq. do.

Mr. John Grogley, of Drogheda, fh.?

Edward Richardson, of do. do.?

John M'Cullen, of do. linen manufacturer, do.

Patrick M'Gauran, of do. esq. do.

Mr. John Cunningham, of do. publican, do.

Captain Wm. Fairtlough, Louth Militia, fm.

Rev. Thomas Fairtlough, of Mullery, do.

Mr. George Rencher, of Dublin, engraver, do.?

Thomas Ash, of do. do.?

William Ash, of Drogheda, shoe-maker, do.?

William Fewtrill, of Dublin, do.?

Daniel Head, of do. do.?

Cuthbert Richardson, of do. builder, do.?

John Fleming of do. Bookseller, do.?

William Williams, of do. do.

William Shields, of Darver, esq. do.

Thos. Moore, of Queensborough, esq. do.

Mr. James Richardson, Louth Militia, do.?

John Hanlon, of Drogheda, cabinet-maker, do.

Rev. George Lambart, of Beau-pare, do.

Hamilton Gorges, of Kilbrew, esq. do.

Right Hon. Sir John Parnell, of Dublin, do.

Charles Pendleton, of Dunshaughlin, esq. do.

William L. B. Hamlin, of Ratheskar, esq. do.

Mr. Henry Rogers, of Drogheda, butcher, do.?

John Caldwell, of do. guager, do.?

Thomas Kelly Jones, of Brownstown, do.?

John M'Cartney, of Dublin, jun. do.

John Ackland, of Drogheda, esq. do.

O. B. Bellingham, of Castle-Bellingham, esq. do.

John Jones, esq. of Newtown, esq. fm.Wm. Jones, esq. of Drogheda, do.

Wm. Adams, of Roebuck, esq. do.

Mr. John Apperson, of Ballyhoe, do.?

Thomas Apperson, of do. do.

James Corry, of Dublin, esq. f.h.William Holmes, of Drogheda, esq. fm.Mr. Rich. Carney, do. f.h.Mr. Thomas M* Gough, do. f.h.Thomas Mathews, do. esq. f.h.Rev. Wardlow Ball, of Drogheda, fm.

?Patrick Brady, of Drogheda, f.h.

George M'Entegart, of do. esq. do.

George Tew, of Dublin, esq. do.

Townley Hardman, of Drogheda, esq. do.

Edward Hardman, of do. jun. esq. do.

George Hardman, of do. esq. do.

Thomas Burgh, of Dublin, esq. do.

John Godley, of do. esq. do.

Mr. Patrick Dunn, of Drogheda, f.h.?

James Hoey, of do. do.?

Peter Dromgoole, of do. do.?

Festus Naughten, of do. do.?

John Verden, of do. do.

Rev. Mr. O'Connor, do. do.

Mr. Laurence Gaynor, do. do.

Michl. Chester, esq. do. do.

Mr. Nicholas Barnwell, of Dublin, do.

Mr. James Hoye, of Drogheda, do.

Total for Mr. Hardman 189Mr. Smyth 144

Majority for Mr. Hardman, 45

N.B. A few of the Tallies of this Day being mislayed,

they shall be inserted in a correct list to-morrow

morning.

Mr. HARDMAN has again to return his most grateful Acknowledgments to his Friends for their Attendance and

kind Support this Day.?

His Majority at the close of the Poll is so respectable as to render his Success certain. He had

hoped that the whole would have concluded this Evening, and have rendered it unnecessary for him to request that those

Friends who have not yet polled, would favour him with their attendance To-morrow Morning, at Ten o'Clock.Thursday Evening, March 15, 1798.




For Mr. SMYTH

Mr. Hugh M' Veigh, of Dublin, grocer, freeman.?

J. M'Clean, of Drogheda, seedsman, do.?

AustinWynne,

ofDowth,

do.?

William Cook, of Dublin, hatter, do.

Mr. Henry Leland, of do. merchant, do.?

Wm. Knight, of do. cabinet-maker, do.?

Thos. Richardson, of Drogh. mason, do.

Mr. Edw. Richardson, of do. builder, do.

Mr. Richard Siddall, of do. gent. do.?

Lenard Shortell, do. do.?

Mathew Ruxton, do. carpenter, do.?

William Ruxton, do. do. do.?

Henry Folkes Ruxton, do. do. do.

Adam Schoales, of Derry, esq. do.

Rev. Hen. W. Stewart, of Cork, do.

Mr. Thomas Kelly, of Drogheda, freeholder,?

JohnM'Cann,

do. do.? Geo. Potter, watch-maker, do. freeman.?

Henry Smith, do. brazier, do.?

James Crawford, do. taylor, do.

Rev. James Forde, of Ballynahinch, do.

James Forde, of do. esq. do.

Mr. Joseph Rowil, of Drogheda, shoe-maker, do.?

John Chambers, do. shoemaker, do.?

Simon Marry, do. freeholder,

Mr. John Glover, do. stone cutter, fm.?

Hugh Glover, do. do. do.

?Andrew Boyd, do. carpenter, do.

Bartholemew Parkington Van-Homrigh, esq. do. do.

Rev. Wm. Stewart, of Cork, do.

Henry Stewart, of Drogheda, esq. do.Mr. Andrew Moore, do. do.

Mr. Joseph Carson, do. shoemaker, do.

Rev. Wm. Marshall, Jane-Ville, do.

Harry Brabazon, esq. of Drogheda, do.

Mr. William Simpson, of Hurtle, do.?

John Stewart, of Drogheda, esq. do.

Thomas Ferguson, of Dublin, esq. do.

Mr. George D. Ronan, of Wicklow, f.h.?

Christopher Connor, of Drogheda, do.

Blaney Balfour, esq. fm.Mr. Thomas Willins, of Slane,//*.Rev. Richard Fisher, of do. do.

Mr. Robert Moore, of Killineer, fm.?

Henry Moore,of do. do.

George Williams, of Dublin, esq. do.

Rev. James Irwin, of Raphoe, esq. do.

George Ball, of Ball's Grove, esq. do.

Edward Ball, of Mount-Ball, esq. do.

Mr. Edward A. Hamilton, of Drogheda, gent. do.

William Graham, esq. Maj. Meath militia, do.

William Ferguson, of Dublin, esq. do.

Mr. Thomas M'Evoy, of Black Bush,//z.?

John M'Evoy, do. do.

Mr. SMYTH returns his sincere Thanks to his Friends, for their Exertions this Day in his favour?

and has no doubt,

notwithstanding the Majority now on the Poll Books, but by an early Attendance To-morrow Morning, and a

continuance of the same Exertion, that their Efforts will be crowned with Success. Thursday Evening, March 15, 1798.C. EVANS, PRINTER, DROGHEDA.

LAST DAYS POLL.This Day the Election for a

Burgess for the County of the Town of Drogheda, ended at the Tholsel, before Richard Jebb

and Nicholas Metcalf, Esq. Sheriffs. John Jebb, Esq. presided in the Deputy Court.

Mr. Hardman's Friends.

James Metcalf, of Drogheda, esq. freeman,William Metcalf, do. esq. do.

George Metcalf, do. esq. do.

Samuel Batt, do. esq. do.

John Williams, Banagher, esq. do.

Richard Graham, esq. do.

Mr. Andrew Brady, of Drogheda, fh.Francis Sillery, of Dunroe, esq. fm.

Mr. Walter Drew, of Drogheda, f.h.?

Wm. Brady, do. do.?

John M'Cullen, do. fh.John Hawthorn, of Dublin, esq. fm.Samuel Foster, esq. do. do.

John Ball, esq. M.P. freeman.

Mr. Smyth's Friends

Robert Mayne, of Dublin, esq. freeholder,Mr. Patrick Marry, of Drogheda, do.

Beaver Van-Homrigh, of do. esq. freeman.James Moore, of Killineer, esq. do.

Mr. Owen M' Gough, of Drogheda, freeholder,John Jebb, of Dublin, esq. freeman,

Mr.George Pentland, of Drogheda, do.

Jonathan Clarke, Drogheda, do.

David Appleyard, of do. freeman,Richard Jebb, of do. esq. do.

Nicholas Metcalf, of do. esq. do.

Total for Mr. HARDMAN 203

For Mr. SMYTH 155

Majority for Mr. HARDMAN, 48

Whereupon the Sheriffs declared Mr. Hardman duly elected.

Mr. HARDMAN begs leave to return his sincere Thanks to those Friends who have sohonorably supported his

Election, and who have a second time conferred on him the high honor of being their Representative in Parliament. The

great and decided majority he has obtained by their Exertions, must ever be remembered by him with Gratitude and

Affection. He trusts his conduct in Parliament will not disappoint them: his highest Ambition is to merit their

Approbation and future Confidence. ?To the Sheriffs and their Deputy his best Thanks are also due, and he begs leave

to present them in this public manner. Their upright and impartial Conduct has reflected honour on themselves and




given Satisfaction to all.?

March 16, 1798.

Mr. SMYTH, with the utmost sentiments of Gratitude, returns his sincere Thanks to the very respectable Electors

who favoured him with their Support on the present Contest?

that Support does HONOUR TO THE CAUSE which

he has endeavoured to sustain, and would

certainly

have established the Freedom and

Independence

of

Drogheda,

if it

had not been opposed by that ExtraordinaryPower and Influence which has laboured to convert the Town into a

Borough.?

Mr. Smyth is also equally Thankful to those many Electors, of whose wish to serve him he has no doubt, but

who, from their situations, wereobliged to Vote against him. He begs, at the same time, to express his Acknowledgments

to Richard Jebb and Nicholas Metcalf, Esqrs. the High Sheriffs, and to John Jebb, Esq. their Deputy, for their very

impartial and polite Conduct, in their respective Courts, during the Poll. ?Friday, March 16, 1798.

A Correct LIST of the Freemen and Freeholders who voted on the late election for a BURGESS to serve in the

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, for the Town of Drogheda. Also, A List of such Freemen and Freeholders as DID NOT

Vote on that Occasion.

CANDIDATES :HENRY MEADE OGLE, and EDWARD HARDMAN, Esqrs.

Drogheda :Printed By Charles Evans. 1802.

A Correct List of FREEMEN and FREEHOLDERS.

Mr. Ogle's Friends.

FIRST DAY

FREEMENEcles Cuthbert, esq. barrister, Dublin,

Rev. Robert Levins, Drogheda,

Mr. John M'Lean, gardener, do.

Wm. Cleapem, esq. surgeon, do.

Mr. William Feutrell, sen. Dublin,

F John Moore, Killineer,

F Richard Quash, shoe-maker, Drogheda,

George Jones, cabinet-maker, do.

Arthur Holmes, weaver, do.

Conolly Jones, printer, do.

Thomas Holmes, weaver, do.

William Henry Ogle, esq. Dublin,

Francis Sillery, esq. Dunroe, co. Meath,

Mr. Joseph M'Cabe, carpenter, Armagh,

Joseph Roel, shoe-maker, Drogheda,F Philip Brabazon, esq. Cartown,

F Mr. Robert Gammell, Drogheda,

Mr. Andrew Bourke, shoe-maker, Drogheda,F James Appleyard, jun. tanner, do.

Blaney T. Balfour, esq. Townley-hall,Mr. William Armstrong, carpenter, Dublin,

Mr. Edward Robinson, shoe-maker, Drogheda,

John Molineux, salt-boiler, do.F John Elliott, ship broker, Dublin,

Edward Jones, cabinet-maker, Drogheda,

F Evers Courtney, taylor, do.

Alexander Courtney, carpenter, do.

Charles Wynne, inn-keeper, Armagh,

Boyle Simpson, Hurtle,

William Simpson, do.

Richard Siddall, esq. Drogheda,

FRobert Armstrong, Post office, do.

John Richardson, tide-waiter, Dublin,

George Richardson, shoe-maker, Drogheda,

Thomas Richardson, mason, do.

William Sillery, Dunroe, co. Meath,

George Sillery, do.Francis Sillery, do.

David Appleyard, smith, Dublin,

FREEHOLDERSMichael Bird, esq. merchant, Drogheda,

George R?ssel, esq. do.

James Skelton, M.D. esq. do.

Mr. Patrick M'Keon, do.

Owen M'Entee, do.

Patrick Brodegan, grocer, do.

Patrick Ouin, do.

James White, do.

Thomas M'Evoy, do.

JohnM'Evoy,

do.

James Hoey, mason, do.

Nicholas Clarke, do.

John Grogly, do.

Thomas Kelly, do.

John Finglas, do.

Richard Jones, do.

James Carrol, do.

Richard Carrol, do.

Sylvester Keelan, do.

Mr. Hugh Fox, Drogheda,

Michael Byrne, do.

James M'Keon, do.

Bartholomew Heeney, do.

PatrickM'Gough,

do.

Owen M'Gough, do.

Patrick Tiernan, do.

Simon Marry, do.

Christopher Connor, do.

SECOND DAYFREEMEN.

Mr. William Cooke, hatter, Dublin,

F James Appleyard, sen. Drogheda,

Henry Keating, damask-weaver, do.

John Eccleston, weaver, do.

F Robert Parkinson, Dublin,

Anthony Parks, Clones, co. Monaghan,

JosephStinson,

brazier, Drogheda,James Eccleston, do.

William Lucas, Dublin.




O Alderman William Gibbons, Drogheda,

Mr. James Moore, Killineer,

Anthony Shaw, brazier, Drogheda,

RobertMoore, Killineer,

Henry Moore, do.

William Moore, do.

Reverend Patrick Hamilton, Cork,

Mr. Wakefield Hamilton, do.

F George Tandy, jun. esq. Corballis

Mr. Thos. Molineux, watch maker, Drogheda,

Edward Hamilton, do.

John Siddall, inn keeper, do.

John Holland, book-seller, Drogheda,

George Kirkpatrick, hair-dresser, do.

F Edward Bridges, carpenter, do.

Francis Brunker, shoe-maker, do.

John North, smith, do.

Mr. Leonard Shortell, butcher,Drogheda,John Fairtlough, jun. do.

Edward Hale Gibbons, esq. do.

Isaiah Moor, Killineer

Nicholas Metcalf, esq. Rowsky,

John Ogle, esq. Dublin,

O Burton Tandy, esq. Drogheda,

George Tandy, sen. esq. Dublin,

X John Tandy, esq. Drogheda,

Henry Singleton, esq. Dublin,

William Cheshire, esq. Leixlip,

Rev. Joseph Fairtlough, Drogheda,F Mr. Charles Evans, printer, do.

James Schoales, esq. Derry,John Taylor, esq. M.D. Drogheda,

Mr. Edward Perry,' Dublin,

Maurice Barlow, esq. Drogheda,

Rev. John Barlow, Dundalk,

O Roger Pattoon, esq. surgeon, Drogheda,

George Schoales, esq. Derry,Rev. Jerome Alley, Drogheda,

Ralph Smyth, Esq. merchant, do.

O Thomas Collins, jun. gent, attorney, do.

Mr. James Sinclair, hair-dresser, do.

F William Oliver Fairtlough, esq. attorney, do.

X John Schoales, esq. Derry.

FREEHOLDERS

George Lynch, esq. Dublin,

Mr. JamesM'Evoy, Drogheda,

James Ivers, do.

Richard Dowdall, do.

Pat. Caliaghan, do.

John M'Quillen, do.

Laurence Corrogan, do.

John Cooke, do.

James Hoey, do.

James Flood, merchant, do.

William Jennings, mathematician, Ne wry,Mr. Laurence Gaynor, Drogheda,

Thomas Howe, do.

Pat. Marry, do.

Edward Richardson, do.

JohnTerney,

do.

James Devlin, do.

Michael Daly, do.

John M'Cann, do.

Daniel O'Neill, do.

Peter Devin, do.

OwenM'Sherry,

do.

Patrick Owens, do.

Thomas Marley, do.

Simon M'Manus, do.

Pat. Marley, do.

THIRD DAY.

FREEMEN.

John Shekleton, esq. Drogheda,

O Mr. John Nichols, do.

O Bartholomew Van Homrigh, esq. do.

F Mr. Thomas Fisher, do.

O Beaver Blacker, esq. do.

F Mr. John Apperson, Ballyhoe,F John

Apperson, jun.

do.

X William Jocelyn Shaw, esq. Dublin,

George Rotheram, esq. Crossdrum,

Thomas Ashe, esq. Dublin,

Hampden Nicholson, esq. Cottage,

John Stewart, esq. Drogheda,

Francis Graham Fairtlough, esq. do.

Mr. Henry Rogers, butcher, do.

F John Cooper, esq. Beamore,

O Mr. Disney Drummond, glazier, Drogheda,

O Edward Cheshire, esq. Wales,

F Samuel Feutrell, gent, attorney, Dublin,

FREEHOLDERSMr. John M'Donnell, paper-maker, Navan,

Thomas Coleman, esq. merchant, Drogheda,Mr. Roger Maguire, shoe-maker, Drogheda,

Thomas Roe, shipwright, do.

Walter Moonan, butcher, do.

Patrick M'Gauran, do.

Marks Tiernan, do.

Richard Carney, do.

Denis Mullen, do.

Pat. M'Manon, do.

James Bashford, do.

Christopher Newcomb, do.

James M'Daniel, do.

Patrick Brady, grocer, do.

John M'Cullen, do.

James Marray, do.

Thomas M'Geough, do.

William Fitzgerald, do.

FOURTH DAY.

FREEMEN.

O Mr. Andrew Boyde, carpenter, Drogheda,

Alderman Oliver Fairtlough, esq. do.

Mr. Richard Parker, watch-maker, do.

FREEHOLDERSMr. John Cunningham, Drogheda,

Francis Brodigan, grocer, do.

Thomas Beddy, sadler, do.

Edward Hanlon, brewer, do.Peter Murphy, grocer, do.

Michael Mara, do.




Rev. James Keelan, do.

Mr. Mat. Moore, do.

Pat. Cunningham, do.

John Tiernan, tanner, do.

Robert Mayne, esq. attorney, Dublin,

FIFTH DAY.

FREEMENRevd. William Meade Ogle, Bath,

Henry Steward, Esq. Drogheda,

Skeffington Thompson, Esq. Rathnally,F Mr. James Davis, hatter, Drogheda,

George North, iron-monger, do.

FREEHOLDER.

Mr. Patrick Pentony, carpenter, do.

SIXTH DAY.

FREEMEN.

Wm. Smyth, Esq. Babaville,

Caleb Barnes, Esq. Mahonstown, co. Meath,

John Marshal Barnes, Esq. do.

Mr. John Finegan, Isle-of-Man.

SEVENTH DAY.

FREEMAN.

Edw. Fairtlough, Esq. M.D. Mayor of Drogheda.

For Mr. OGLE, First Day, 69

Second Day, 78

Third Day, 36

Fourth Day, 14

Fifth Day, 6

Sixth Day, 4

Last Day 1

Total 208

Mr. Ogle was proposed by RALPH SMYTH, Esq. and seconded by HENRY SINGLETON, Esq.

A Correct List of FREEMEN and FREEHOLDERS.

Mr. Hardman's Friends.

FIRST DAY.

FREEMEN

James Metcalf, esq. Drogheda,

Lieutenant George Forde, quarters,

F Reverend James Forde, junior, Kilmeggen,

Samuel Adams, junior, esq. quarters,

Anthony Adams Reilly, esq. Roebuck,

F Samuel Adams, esq. Dublin,

Richard Jebb, esq. do.

Thomas Moore, esq. Rostre vor,

F Captain George Ball, Drogheda,

F George Ball, esq. Ball's-grove,

F Reverend L. Coddington, Oldbridge,

Mr. T. Andrews, Queen's-borough, revenue

officer,

John Wynne, Drogheda, do.

Thomas Trotter, esq. Duleek,

F George Tew, esq. Dublin,

F N. Coddington, esq. Farm.

Colonel Wm. Graham, Donore,

F Mr. James Macartney, shoe-maker, Drogheda,

Anthony Bunting, organist, do.

F John Shekleton, junior, Coll?n,

F Thomas Wynne, Drogheda,

Mr. John Elliott, cabinet-maker, William

street,

Edward Petit, shoe-maker, do

FHenry Smith, barzier, do

Benjamin Smith, revenue officer, do

William Acton, mace bearer, do

F Samuel Jepson, hatter, do

W. Kane, Queen's-borough, revenue officer,

Isaac Norman, esq. Drogheda,James Jones, revenue-officer, do

John Hawthorn, Dublin,

Edw. Ackland Hamilton, gent attorney,

Drogheda,

Reverend J. Ferguson, Artrea,

William St. Laurence Gethin, esq. Slane,

Mr. Thomas Tongue, Drogheda,

George Bagnell, hair-dresser, do

James Tongue, do

F Douglas Massey, shoe-maker, do.

John M'Cartney, hair-dresser, Dublin,

F Thomas Brunker, mason, Drogheda,

George Brunker, basket-maker, doF John Sillery, shoe-maker, do

F William Cudworth, esq. do

F William Pemberton, esq. Dublin,

Reverend Henry Irwin, Castle-Comer,

F Wallop Brabazon, esq. Rath.

F Lambert Brabazon, esq. Dublin,

F Thomas Coddington, esq. Old-Bridge,F Thomas Sherrard, esq. Dublin,

F William Dardis, esq. merchant, Drogheda,F Mr. John Collier, weaver, Dundalk,

John Potter, watch maker, Drogheda,F Henry Pentland, esq. merchant, do

F Leonard Crooks, esq. do

Mr. Alexander Irwin, doF Robert Pollock, esq. merchant, do

O Mr. John Bell, grocer, do

F Thomas Collins, clerk, do

F John Leland, esq. merchant, do

FREEHOLDERSMr. Philip Duffey, inn keeper, Drogheda,

William Hughes, pawn-broker, do

Patrick Marron, esq. merchant, do

Mr. Andrew Barrett, shop-keeper, do

Laurence Reilly, woollen draper, do

John Stanley, esq. apothecary, do

Mr. Francis O'Ferrall, iron-monger, do

O Patrick Gernon, esq. merchant, do

Mr. Francis Moore, Drogheda,Henry Skelly, tanner, do

Michael Duff, esq. merchant, do




Reverend Richard Fisher, Slane,

Thomas Pepper, esq. Ardee,

Mr. James Kelly, Drogheda,

Rober Hamill, esq. merchant, do

Casimer Delahoyde, esq. merchant, do

SECOND DAY.

FREEMEN.

F Mr. Mat. Ruxton, carpenter, Drogheda,

F John Ruxton, do do

William Ruxton, do do

F Henry Foulkes Ruxton, do do

F Charles Ruxton, do do

William Anthony Holmes, esq. Dublin,

F Mr. John Bagnell, Drogheda,

Thomas Winslow, carpenter, do

F John Ball, esq. barrister, Dublin,

Mr. Robert Harrison, smith, do

F John Jones, esq. Drogheda,

F Mr. Thomas Kelly Jones, Brownstown, co. Meath,

Launcelot Jones, coast-officer, Drogheda,

Thomas Collins, esq. custom-house, do

F Mr. Patrick Adair, clerk, Dundalk,

F Reverend Charles Crawford, Drogheda,

Rev. Austin Martin, Shannon-hill, co. Kerry,

Anthony Sillery, esq. Bushy park,

F Mr. John Booth, confectioner, Drogheda,F Edward Coyle, Dublin,

F Reverend James Ford, Ballinahinch,

F Mr. George Galway, Dublin,

Thomas Latimer, brick-layer, Drogheda,

John William Foster, esq. collector, do

F Thomas Apperson, King's court

F John Glover, stone cutter, Drogheda,

F Henry Coddington, esq. Old-bridge,

F Mr. James Richardson, Drogheda,

F Edward Latimer, shoe maker, do.

F Reverend Alexander Lindsay, do

F Mr. Richard Brunker, mason, do

F Mark Hanlon, taylor, do

Thomas North, do

F George Armstrong, esq. Kilsharvan,

Mr. George Cain, Fathom,

F Daniel Head, carpenter, Dublin,

F George Rencher, engraver, do

F John Fleming, book-seller, do

F Jas. Harvey Fleming, printer, do

James Patten, esq. Black Rock,

William Williams, esq. Dublin,

F George Manning, esq. Currybeg, co. Louth,

Mr. John Caldwell, guager, Drogheda,

Charles Cornelius Wynne, do

F Thomas Taylor, esq. surgeon, Dublin,

Reverend Dean Kirwan, do

Wm. Caldbeck, esq. Dublin,

Mr. Ralph Richardson, Yellow Batter,

F Right Honourable John Foster, Coll?n,

Honourable Colonel Foster, do

F William Latimer, bricklayer, Drogheda,

Faulkner Elliott, Waterford,

F Walter Robinson, shoe-maker, Drogheda,

F James Rogers, do

F Reverend George Lambart, do,

F Henry Shields, esq. Darver,

F Edward Tisdall, esq. Drakestown,

F John Blacker, esq. Belview,

F Reverend Bigoe Henzell, Drogheda,

F William Blacker Hamlin, esq. Raheskar,

F Mr. Austin Martin, cabinet maker, Dublin,

Roger Allen, shoe-maker, Drogheda,

FREEHOLDERS

Reverend John Graves, Ballymakenny,

Mr. Patrick Dunn, Yellow Batter,

Mr. Mathew White, Drogheda,

Charles White, baker, do

Townly Patten Filgate, esq. Lowther Lodge,

Mr. William Gibson, Drogheda,

Thomas Cooke, do

O William Skelly, esq. merchant, do.

Mr. Patrick Mooney, do

Thomas Jones, do

John Gugerty, do

Reverend Wm. Sheer Hamilton, Annsbrook,

THIRD DAY.

FREEMEN

F Mr. Hugh M'Veagh, Dublin,

W. Atkinson, esq. Surv. Excise, Aughnacloy,

F Mr. Joseph Harper, basket-maker, Drogheda,

F Ninian Rogers, esq. merchant, do

Mr. Edward Chambers, carpenter, do

John Chambers, shoe-maker, do

Rev. William Marshall, Kilbeggan,

Alderman George Evans, Drogheda,

Anthony Walsh, esq. do

William Knox, esq. Dublin,

F Mr. Thomas Ladley, do

Michael Richardson, carpenter, do

Mr. John Hanlon, cabinet-maker, do

Patrick Ewing, esq. merchant, do

Thomas Ferguson, esq. do

F Reverend Wardlow Ball, Tallanstown,

Reverend Henry Ashe, Tanderagee,

Reverend Nicholas Ashe, Manouth,

F Alderman James Schoales, merchant, Drogheda,

Mr. Henry Leland, hatter, Dublin,

Edward Pentland, do

Andrew Elliott, carpenter, do

William Knight, cabinet maker, do

Edward Ball, esq. Mount Ball,

Alderman William Holmes, Drogheda,

F Mr. John Allen, gaoler, do

Robert Norman, gent, attorney, do

Mr. Adam Johnston, peruke-maker, Swords,

John M'Cartney, Drogheda,

F William Jones, esq. Listoke,

Robert Costello, esq. Slane,

Samuel Forster, esq. attorney, Trim,

John Jones, esq. Newtown,

F Rev. William Coddington, Drogheda,

Mr. Wm. Brown, cabinet-maker, Kells,

F Mr. George Coulter, merchant, Drogheda,

Mr. John Coulter, Beamore, bleacher,

George Coulter, jun. doBartolomew Chamnay esq. Plattan,

George Metcalf, esq. Drogheda,




F Henry Hardman, esq. do

F Townley B. Hardman, esq. do

Launcelot Fisher, esq. do

Mr.Ralph Eccleston, read-maker,

do

Hugh Glover, stone-cutter, do

F George M'Ente gart, esq. do

F Edward Hardman, jun. esq. do

Mr. John Elliott, cabinet-maker, Peter-street, do

FREEHOLDERSMr. Joseph Walsh, hatter, Drogheda,

Patrick Ferrall, do

Thomas Willins, Donore,

FOURTH DAY.

FREEMEN.

Mr. James Lucas, carpenter, Dublin,

F Richard Lee, do do.

F Samuel Pendleton, esq. barrister, do

FIFTH DAY.

FREEMEN.

F Mr. William Wynne, Dowth,

Henry Morris, Dublin,

F George Pentland, esq. Drogheda.

FREEHOLDER.

Mr. Peter Sallery, John's-rath,

SIXTH DAY.

FREEMEN.

F Harry Brabazon, esq. Drogheda,F Harry Brabazon, jun. esq. do.

F Laurence Steele, jun. esq. do.

Rev. Thomas Fairtlough, Moylary, co. Louth,

F Rev. George Hardman, Stackallen.

For Mr. Hardman, First Day, 75

Second day, 74

Third Day, 52

Fourth Day, 3

Fifth Day, 4

Sixth Day, 5

Total 213

Majority for Mr. HARDMAN,?

5

Mr. HARDMAN was then declared duly elected.

Mr. HARDMAN was proposed by JOHN BALL, Esq. and seconded by RICHARD JEBB, Esq.

LIST of the Freemen and Freeholders who DID NOT Vote on the late Election.

LONDONJohn Singleton, esq.

Rev. James Singleton,

Colonel Singleton, Guards,John Barret, esq. Capt. R.N.

Mr. Daniel Rencher,

Daniel Head.

Thomas Elliott, esq.

John Bolton, esq.

F David Jebb, Esq. Egham-hill, Surry.

Captain Sillery, R.I.A. Quarters.

Colonel Bowes, Scotland.

BATH

William Mead Ogle, Esq.Richard

Cooper, esq.Robert Wade, esq.

CORKEFREEMEN

James Sandiford, esq.

Rev. James Sandiford,

Rev. Henry Sandiford,

Rev. William Stewart,

Rev. Henry Stewart,

Edward Wilmott, esq.F Mr. William Henry Fleming,

Rev. Doctor Moylan, R.C.B.

DROGHEDA AND NEIGHBOURHOODFREEMEN.

Peter Van Homrigh, esq. Recorder,X James Green, esq. Sheriff,

Henry Smith, esq. Beabeg,

Jeremiah Smith, esq. Newtown,

Major William Fairtlough, Eastham,

William Leslie Murray, esq. do.F Wallop Brabazon, esq. Quarters,

James Davis, esq.

X Philip Donagh, esq. Newtown,

F Philip Pendleton, esq. Mooretown, co. Louth,

F Henry Coddington, jun. esq.F Rev. Henry Leland,

F Mr. James Keegan,F William Keegan,F Obadiah Wisdom,

John Fairtlough, esq.

Spencer Huey, esq.

Major Samuel Fairtlough,

Thomas Owens, esq. Mt. Granville,

WilliamKnipe, esq.

Lieut. John M'Entegart, 27th regt, quarters.

O Henry Ackland, esq.

X Mr. Edward Scott,

FREEHOLDERSRev. Doctor O'Connor,

Peter M'Evoy, esq.

Mr. Richardson Blackwell, Beamore,

Michael Chester, esq.

Nicholas Barnewall, esq. co. Dublin,

Henry Chester, esq.

James Lynch, esq.

DUBLIN. &c.

General Sir Eyre Coote, K.B.

F John Pollock, esq.




O James Barlow, esq.

John Jebb, esq.

Joseph Woodrooffe, esq.

James Mayne, esq.John Godley, esq.

X Henry Irvine, esq.

X John Leigh, esq.

Henry Grattan, esq.

John Edwards, esq.

Francis Johnston, esq. architect,

George Williams, esq.

William Alexander Shaw, esq.

Thomas Burgh, esq.

William Brabazon, esq. Captain India Service

Captain Richard Graham, Royal Marines,

Wilcox Riddock, esq.

Mr. John Goff,

JohnLeas, esq.

DUNDALK

James Forde, esq.

O James Forde, jun. esq.

O Francis Forde, esq.

DERRY.

Adam Scholes, esq.

Adam Scholes, jun. esq.

Mr. John Elliot, Cashel,

Right Hon. Thomas Conolly, Castletown,

Major Barnes, Baltrasna, co. Meath,

Rev. Isaac Ashe, Cookstown,

Philip Matty, esq. Hillsborough,

Mr. John Williams, Banagher,Samuel Batt, esq. do.

Hon. Colonel Finch,

Rev. James Irwin, Raphoe,

Captain Magenis, Commissioner I.A.

Thomas Warburton, esq. Birr,

Lieut. Thomas Fairtlough, quarters,

Rev. Dean Gorges, co. Wexford,

Hamilton Graham, esq.

Mr. James M'Knight,

Captain Carlisle Pollock, R.N.

General Francis Dundas,

F John Byrne, esq. Prospect, co. Louth,John Forde, esq. 24th regt. Quarters.

AMERICA.

Thomas Norman, esq.

Mr. Charles Jones, coach-maker,

A. Jones, carpenter,

John Glover, stone-cutter.

Freeholders who registered on the 14th Jan. 1802, but were precluded from voting at this Election.

Mr. John Connolly,Patrick Ladley,

John M* Guinness,

John Mathews,

Nicholas Butterly.

FINIS.

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