Teignmouth: Election of Harbour Commissioners: A meeting of the harbour ratepayers and registered ship owners of this port, for the election of twelve commissioners for the ensuing year, was held at the CourtHouse, on Thursday last. The poll commenced at twelve o’clock. Eight of the commissioners were to be elected from the harbour ratepayers, and four from the registered ship-owners. The candidates were Messrs. J. B. Pinsent, John Millward, Elias Ford, John Vicary, William Stooke, W. M. P. Coleman, Benjamin L. Burnett, Samuel Wills Hutchings, J. C. Tozer, J. B. Bartlett, and J. C. Goodridge, J.P., as harbour ratepayers, and Messrs. Samuel Wills Hutchings, George R. Ward, Richard Ferris, and Thomas W. B. Hutchings, as registered ship-owners. The poll closed at two o’clock.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901