Debating Church Articles and Conformity in Parliament
A speaker defends broad liberty of thought within the Church of England and urges open discussion of ecclesiastical articles. He critiques rigid conformity, warns reformers risk weakening faith, and urges calm, lawful consideration before sending petitions to the crown and bishops.
Urner Graduates of Cambridge Seek Faith Stability
The letter denounces a petition by young reformers accusing the established Church of unsettlement in fundamental faith. The writer rebukes those who would alter cherished articles and mocks attempts to reinterpret scriptures. The Church, he argues, must preserve sacred mysteries rather than yield to passion-driven change.
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Sablatt
Moelles
Altoethers
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Royal family marriage bill deliberations in Commons
London reports expect the House of Commons to confer with the Lords on a bill limiting royal marriages without crown consent and to originate in the Lords. A Hanover command controversy and Irish remonstrance plans also surface amid political friction and a proposed three pence duty on linen imports.
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House of Commons
Lords
House of Lords
Elanover
Brunswick
Prince of
Ireland
Holland
Flanders
Wales
Londons Livery politics and naval dispatches in port
Reports from the London Livery showing its tensions with the Lord Mayor and party factions. Notes on Cowper in Parliament missing, flight rumors, and an odd chain of travel from Dover to Paris. Naval movements include Cerberus bound for Sheerness, Prudent, Monarch, and Grafton to Portsmouth, plus recent desertion, robberies, and two marriages in London churches.
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Hay
Cowper
House of Lords
Ashley Cowper
Dover
Canterbury
Calais
Madam Grandfire
Boulogne
Mr. Drummond
Charing-cross
Paris
George the Second
Queen Anne
Cerberus
Brisbane
Sheerness
Portmouth-dock
East Indies
Portsmouth
Grafton
Deptford Road
Allhallows Barking
Tower-street
Richard Evans
Mark Lane
Christopher Atkinson
Cornfaétor
Betty Evans
Muscovy-court
Tower-hill
St. Mary le Bow
Cheapside
Henry Gardiner
Crayford
Kent
Miss Holmes
Bow Churchyard
Woolwich
Oldiham
Portmouth
Neptune
Holmes
Dove
White
Miller
Johnston
London
Mary
Elizabeth
Eldrid
Alicant
Morris
Bristol
Marlow
Sandwich
Polly
Legard
Dolphin
Williams
Elderby
Panny
Phenix
Lang
Barcelona
Rachel
Innes
Leghorn
Adventure
Raffel
Liverpoole
Eleanor
Farmer
Good Intent
Judas
Plymouth
Flora
Collyer
The
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Christian's Magazine or Repository of Essential Knowledge
Stock prices and bonds listed for a period. announces March 2 publication of The Christian's Magazine with Frontispiece copper plates and monthly issues. outlines planned contents including astro theology physico theology poetry moral essays and university notes. offers free first number trial and global distribution details.
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Christian’s Magazine
S. Bladon
Pater
Oxford
Cambridge
York
Dublin
Edinburgh
Great Britain
Ireland
Use of the Globes and Geography Taught by a Lady
Advertisement for private lessons in geography and maps aimed at ladies. The method is plain and new, taught in French, with a pamphlet addressed to Princess Amelia. Items include new ornaments for ladies and availability through Walter’s Bookseller, Crowder, and Shropshire.
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Crowder
Paternofter-Row
Shropshire
New Bond Street
The Complete English Dictionary and Grammar Preview
An 18th century prospectus offers the Complete English Dictionary and Grammar by Frederick Barlow. It promises a two-volume set with copper plates, a better scope than Bailey and others, including pronunciation, parts of speech, world geography, and lives of poets. The first number is free to read, with subscribers listed and a promise of free excess numbers.
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O&age
England
Wales
Frederick Barlow
Burton
F. Evans
Pater-nofter-Row
F. Blyth
Royal Exchange
Great Britain and Ireland
Bailey
Dyche
Fenning
Ogtava
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