Opposition to the Confessional Meeting at Exeter Wall
A London meeting on July 30 denounced introducing the confessional into the Church of England. Led by Earl of Shaftesbury, clergy and laity urged bishops to suppress sacramental confessions, denouncing a Romish drift and reaffirming Protestant reform principles amid political alert.
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Exeter
Earl of Shaftesbury
Jxeter Wall
London
Church of England
Canterbury
Wilson
Islington
Earl of Chichester
Marquis
Downshire
Dynevor
J. B. Sullivan
Carlisle
Canon Ryle
Canon Miller
England
Warl
Church of
Church of Rome
Atlantic Cable
House of Lord
Lord Oranmore
Church of Inelaid
Convocation
Don Carlos and Carlism in Spanish succession history
The article outlines Carlism as a royal claim movement in Spain led by Don Carlos and his descendants. It traces origins from Isabella’s accession, Salic law, and the subsequent revolutions, noting attempts by Carlos I and Carlos II, with the later claimant Don Carlos III born in 1849 and described as a Bourbon defender of divine rights.
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Hho
Biscayan
Estella
Carlos
Don Carlos
Spain
Ferdinand VII
Napoleon
Joseph Bonaparta
Isabella
Ferdinand
France
Prim
Carlos II
Don Juan
Don Carlos III
Shah of Persia visitors and English palace intrigue
A Tribune London dispatch describes the Shah of Persia admiring England’s green turf at Buckingham Palace and Stafford House, where he entertains proposals and asks the Prince of Wales to condemn a nobleman. The Shah jokes about execution and eye removal, then attends Trentham with the Duke of Sutherland as host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Prince of Wales
Tribune
London
Persia
Buckingham Palace
Stafford House
St. James and the Green Parks
Duchess of Sutherland
Oflvet
Stafford Hose
Duke of Sutherland
Trentham
Signers of the Declaration Aged Well in Deaths
A historical tally shows fifty three signers averaged 68 at death, with Charles Carroll the last survivor dying past 90. Fourteen reached 80 or more, four over 90, and birthplaces span New Hampshire to South Carolina among eight foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
New [Lonpshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connections
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
South Caraling
Trelend
England
Threatened Ruin of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Correspondent in Huntsville Alabama reports that Tom Scott and allies aim to destroy the Memphis and Charleston line from Memphis to Chattanooga by neglect and mismanagement. A United States court action may seek to place the property in receivership while contesting Scott’s lease. Stock purchases threaten to shift control before a February 20 stockholders meeting.
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New York World
Huntsvilig
Ala
Tom Scott
The
Southern Railway Security Company
Memphis & Charleston
Memphis
Chattanooga
Scott
Carolinas
Georgia
Vicksburg
Shreveport
New Orleans
Texas
Pacific
Memphis & Little Rock
the Pacific
New York City
Marshall
Texas Southern Pacific
Arkansas
Newcombe
Louisville
McComb
Little Rock
Rada
Riets
United States
Tunteville
Jacques
Sam
Meat for the Million claims new artificial food breakthrough
A Paris correspondent details Prof Guerette’s claim to have created an artificial food that sustains life by extracting primordial elements from meat and vegetables. He describes Guerette, a Lyons chemist, and the potential to end hunger, reduce crime, and banish alcoholism, via a laboratory produced diet claimed to taste and digest well.
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Paris
Guerette
Iuxley
Lyons
Auverene
Naples
University of
Rue Des Italiens
France
Nen
M. Guerette
North Carolina
Amazon River
Ocean
Continenta
Nature
Girl Helps to Clean a House and Finds Energy
A girl volunteers to help clean a house, reads a paper on the carpet, and joins the effort with enthusiasm. She pauses for a talk with Kate, then returns to chores, dusts, and tidies the rooms. Later she reads Quida's novel, knocks over ink, rehearses piano notes, and plays croquet with Robert after tea.
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Kate
Quida
Ton
Robert
Geminn
Anecdotes of Franklin in Paris and America
A collection notes Franklin in Paris 1776 1785 praised by elites and discussed in the Moniteur. It recounts Franklin as printer in Philadelphia guiding a worker on patience and thrift, debates after American independence, a Norwich mill visit, and a humorous anecdote about polishing an axe. It also mentions a literary reunion and the failure of New England granges. one exists in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
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England
Flagland
Persia
Indy Grangill
Foreign Office
Savage
Franklin
Moniteur
Paris
Philadelphia
Cheapside
London
United States
Aiter
Iewe
Norwich
Italy
Germany
Islands
America
Continent
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
New England
Greenfield
Massachusetts
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the Church OF England
Lin
Salisbury
HCHO
Evangelical Party
Episcopal Church
Schenck
St. Ann’s
John Cotton Smith
Church of the Ascension
Tyng
St George's
Wales
Saracen
Memphis and Charleston Railroad
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