Prolonged Parliament Ends Quietly in July Prorogation
The text notes seditious practices and discontents warned by counsel, then records the Lord Chancellor announcing the King's command to prorogue Parliament to Tuesday the 22nd of July. It concludes the Second Session of the Seventh Parliament of Great Britain with a calmer closing than anticipated.
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Great Britain
Scotland General Assembly Elects 1727 Moderator at Edinburgh
The May meeting of the Church of Scotland at Edinburgh elected Rev. James Alston of Dirleton as Moderator in the 1727 Assembly. The Royal Commission read the King’s Letter gifting 1900 Sterling for itinerant Highland missionaries and established committees for answering the Letter, overtures, bills, and instructions with the latter to be confined in first place.
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General Assembly
Church of Scotland
Edinburgh
William Hamilton
University
Principal Wihart
James Alston
Dirleton
Royal Commission
David Earl of
Buchan
Sterl
Highlands