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Newspaper
British Standard
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 21, 1858
Page
6
A correspondent laments excessive cheering and calls for decorum at an 1858 London gathering. He questions the propriety of repeated rounds of applause before speakers finish, urges discrimination in praise, and suggests an instruction book for applause to improve decorum at the annual gathering.
A letter urges clerics to speak clearly to avoid muffled sermons and lost messages. Citing Dr McNeil at St Johns Horselydown and a Peckham Hanover service, the writer laments poor enunciation and voices, praising pastors Clayton Collyer for audible delivery. JO8. MATTLAND signature.
A letter to the editor critiques the May Meetings in London. The writer warns speakers with feeble voices and mocks excessive generalities. He urges fresh facts and personal convictions over ornate praise.
The article notes improved specie movements with large imports from Australia and a potential renewed stock of bullion. It covers Bank of England stock activity, Exchequer Bills, foreign bonds, and railway share prices, plus a note on photography on ivory by Beard and Sharp and local church and social notices.
The Colonial Missionary Society held its annual meeting in the Poultry Chapel with Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. The Rev T James read a lengthy report praising ministerial itinerancy, colonial expansion, and continued support for missions in Nova Scotia, Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Australia, and other colonies.
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