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Liverpool Mercury

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in 1811 the newspaper cost 7d and was published weekly, covering news relating to the city's busy port. By 1858 the newspaper switched from being a weekly paper to a daily, with an extended edition published on Fridays. The paper's second edition was claimed to be 72 columns long, making it one of
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by 1,780 votes to 1,765, was "the most expensive, venal and violent mayoral contest" up to that time. Votes were bought at prices ranging between £6 and £50, with the candidates spending in total around £8,000–10,000 each. The two sides co-operated with a subsequent inquiry that resulted in three
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in 1827. Parliamentary historian Margaret Escott says that the election, in which Porter beat
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Escott, Margaret (2009). "Liverpool Borough". In Fisher, D. R. (ed.).
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the largest newspapers in the world. During the early 1900s the
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832
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people being prosecuted and disenfranchised for bribery.
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whose first edition was published on 14 November 1904.
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Egerton Smith
Media of the United Kingdom
List of newspapers
Liverpool
England
Lancashire
Wales
Isle of Man
London
Egerton Smith
Liverpool Daily Post
Thomas Colley Porter
Lord Mayor of Liverpool
Nicholas Robinson
"The Liverpool Mercury is born in 1811"
Liverpool Echo
Archived
"Liverpool Mercury"
British Newspaper Archive
The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832
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