Reasons for Keeping the Repeal of the Test in England
The Dublin Journal outlines four plain reasons opposing repealing the Test. It argues that any repeal would violate the Coronation Oath and Magna Carta protections for the Church of England, threaten the union of England and Scotland, and undermine the established Church’s rights under Parliament. It cites the Hanover succession condition and the Act of Union to support preserving Church privileges.
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George Faulkner
Dublin
Church of England
Holy Church
House of Hanover
England
Scotland
Dover Port News Note on Parliaments Meeting
Alderman Parsons arrived from Calais to attend the Parliament meeting next Thursday and left early this morning for London. Numerous ships have passed westward as winds shift to the east.
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Dover
Fan
Alderman Parsons
Calais
Parliament
London
Grand Entertainment at Lord Viscount Vane's Seat Kent
London reports a Thursday gathering at the Lord Viscount Vane's Kent seat where over 600 gentlemen clergy and freeholders dined. Healths for the King Queen Prince of Wales and the Royal Family circulated with acclamations including the Prince of Orange and his recovery. The event signaled strong support for Sir Edward Dering and the County interest amid Liberty and Property sentiments. A separate note recalls a fire at Pump Court Temple caused by a writer leaving a stove blower down, damaging a chimney stack.
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Viscount Vane
Kent
Prince of Wales
Prince of Orange
Edward Dering
Firemen quash blaze as chimney stacks topple in action
A fire at an unspecified location was contained by diligent firemen who toppled part of the stack to stop spread. Authorities hope to demolish all stove chimneys to prevent future accidents tied to noble estates stored evidences and titles. News from Lewes reports Lt Blunt capturing twenty smugglers with seven loaded blunderbusses after raids on a nearby alehouse and barn.
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Neys
Lewes
Sussex
Blunt
Hinton
Earl Powlett
Somerset
Aiflabie
William Aiflabie
Rippon
Yorkshire
Rye
Suffolk
Stephen Cornwallis
Foot
Je Cornwallis
Prince of Wales
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Polworth
Earl of Marchmont
North Britain
Viscount Barrington
Kingdom of Ireland
Col
Liddal
Berwick
Major Chelmondeley
John Hedges
Berlin
Cornwall
Staffordshire
Knights of the Shire
Litchfield
Stafford
Newcastle
Line
Tamworth
Whitehall
Rubens
Kent
Meuse
Royal
the Prince of Wales
Richmond New Park
Westminster
Kensington
St. James’s
Teffier
the Prince of Orange
Bath
Gould
Earl of Essex
Turin
Dated London notices of noble arrivals and official appointments
Last Week the Dutchess of Wharton and family return from Spain to Great Ormond Street while Countess of Portland recovers health at Whitehall. Henry Fane becomes Clerk of the Exchequer, with deaths including Lady Anne Carew and John Waddon. Obituaries span Sir William Carew’s seat and Dover Street. Hague reports troop and ship augmentations. Paris and Rome gossip on imperial politics with satirical prints. Wheat exports rise as readings show price drops. naval preparations at Chatham continue.
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Dutches&s of Wharton
Henry Fane
Treasury
Francis Fane
Taunton
His Majesty’s Exchequer
John Cooke
Anne Carew
Sir William Carew
Bart
Cornwall
William
Anthony
Gilbert
Earl of Coventry
Dorothy
William Keyr
Ebrington
Gloucestershire
John Wadden
Fitzgerald
Court of
Spain
Inessa Mae Pellier
Hugh Lewis
Llangrannog
Landisfilio
Cardigan
St. David's
Austin
Thomas Skerrett
Dover-street
Tunbridge
Newmarket
Bath
New Bond Street
Jacob Morland
County of
Middlesex
John Pottinger
Robert Walpole
Hague
States General
Paris
France
Don Carlos
Marshal de Villars
Italy
John Wilford
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Reading
Chatham
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Priggate
Cashel
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