Aldermen clash over impress service in London court
In London a Court of Aldermen faced Capt Kirk's demand for city constables to aid impressment efforts. A majority rejected the request while the Lord Mayor vowed to defend citizens rights, ordering marshals to arrest impressers, and clashes followed between Aldermen Harley and Wooldridge amid tense proceedings and subsequent city actions.
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Esdaile
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Hayley
Peckham
Newnham
Clarke
Wooldridge
Kirk
Lords of the Admiralty
London
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Watkin Bewets
Ald
Admiralty
Themelves
Alder
Alderman Wooldridge
Capt. Kirk
Watkin Lewes
Alderman Oliver
Lewes
Hayley, &c
Alderman’ Harley
Captain Kirk
W. Lewes
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Walter Rawliston
Bark
Gers
Kennet
Anc
B.fure
Evening Post fragment reflects religious reform mood and praise
Postscript admonishes printers and readers in a London context. It cites sermons and odes and warns about a Janus-faced day when enclifimen must confess sins and denounce provincial brethren, urging humility before God and firm resolve.
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Warburton
The Terror of Arms and a Christian Fast
Regulus Nemorensis protests royal proclamations urging prayer for God to defend the Crown, condemning the “terror of arms” as unworthy of a Christian king. He accuses ministers and statesmen of hypocrisy and tyranny, calls for mercy over vengeance, and denounces the era’s political rhetoric as impious.
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Mr. Miller
Balaks
Alexander
Julius Cesar
House of Brunswick
Prayers for Non-conformists in Church Courts Questioned
A letter to the London Evening Post discusses bishops composing prayers for non conformists. It argues bishops have no real power to craft prayers beyond royal authority and Parliament acts, noting the Book of Common Prayer relies on legal commands. The writer challenges ecclesiastical pretensions and stresses religious liberties.
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Jesus Christ
England
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