Legal and Literary Notices from a 19th Century Page
A lengthy review discusses civil law and moral duty, then critiques books on religious and Gaelic topics. It praises a volume on the law and contrasts it with Fairbairn, while also surveying works by M. Robertson on Gaelic topography and sermons by W. Saumerz Smith and J. Baldwin Brown emphasizing Christian faith and divine mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Provost and Co
A. W. Bennett
Scotland
James A. Ropertson
A. Scot
Highlands
D&c
Edinburgh
William P. Nimmo
Robertson
Thomas Mclauchlan
Keith Johnston
Colonel Robertson
Perth
Loch Tay
Aber
University of Cambridge
William Saumerez Smith
Trumpington
Hodder and Stoughton
Mr. Brown
Brown
Portrait of Bishop Latimer Frontispiece in Old Jonathan
The current issue features a capital portrait of Bishop Latimer as the frontispiece to Old Jonathan. It includes an excellent memoir and is identified as the second in a promising series.
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Latimer
Jnathan
Gleanings From The English Press And Colonial History
A mixed column notes an English advert for a pew with broad view of the congregation, Bengalee students aiming for Calcutta University matriculation, Macmillan’s new weekly science journal Nature, and humorous uplit from Kansas. It shifts to Haggard University and Harvard’s founding, Puritan ties, the 17th century Newtown settlers, and Harvard College’s growth, funding, and wartime role in the Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta University
Messrs. Macmillan
Nature
Kansas
Atheneum
Lord Palmerston
Duke of Wellington
Huskisson
Beocina
Wildbad
Bath
Jack Robinson
Denmark
Haggard
Harvard
Newtown
College
Cambridge
England
Emmanuel College
Walter Mildmay
Emmanuel
New World
Young College of New Cambridge
General Court of
Massachusetts
John Harvard
Cambridge College
Harvard College
Massachusetts Bay
James Otis
Hancock
Warren
Josiah Quincy
Adams
Lexington
Mirths Marriages and Meaths Birtas Paton Pryce Heasher Burn
Birth notices announce a daughter to Rev J B Paton at Nottingham on August 22 and a birth to a Mrs Vaughan Pryce in Brighton on August 22. A stillbirth occurs at Kensington on August 28 to Mrs James Heather jun. A son is born to Mrs Burn at Epsom on August 24, living two days and a half. A marriage: Thomas Clarke to Mary Bargh at Hallgate Chapel Doncaster on August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birtas
Paton
Nottingham
J. B. Paton
Pryce
Buckingham-place
Brighton
R. Vaughan Pryce
Ben. Heasher
Warwick Gardens
Kensington
James Heather
Kay
Burn
Epsom
Robert Burn
Oclarke—Turner
Hallgate Chapel
Doncaster
Prout
Thomas Clarke
Mary Bargh
J. C. Turner
MARRIAGE NOTICES AND DEATHS FROM A LOCAL REGISTER
Marriage notices list unions in multiple chapels and churches with names, residences, and dates from August 18 to 26, including Reed-Cadd, Hilton-Renton, Williams-Hunt, Rice-Pollard, Heywood-Chamberlain, Mathews-Rutt, Mortimer-Crosland, among others. Deaths note Mary Ann Townsend in South Africa and Benjamin Hobson in Ingall, plus Charlotte Thompson in Clifton aged seventy seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk-street
Sheffield
J. L. Short
Franklin
Richard Hilton
Whitefield
Manchester
Ellen
Alexander Renton
Changzealley
Williams—Hunt
Stratford New Congregational Church
James Knaggs
Thomas Williams
Duffren
North Wales
Isabella
Joseph Hunt
High-street
Kennington
Rce
Pollard
Union Chapel
Islington
BE. Mannering
William Rice
Oxford Road
Addle-street
B.C
Miriam Pollard
Well-court
Queen-street
Cheapside
Heywood
Chamberlain
Independent Church
Mar
Thomas Rutt
Hay
Mortimer—Crosland
Baptist
Milnsbridge
John Barker
John Irving
Charles Mortimer
Huddersfield
Sarah Jane
James Crosland
Liverpool
Townsend
Fair Holt
Bavian’s River
South Africa
Mary Ann P. Townsend
Wm. Blore Townsend
Richard Birt
Wm. Budden
the Crescent
Kensington
Hobson
Ingall
Benjamin Stephen
China
Thompson
Clifton
Charlottte Thompson
G. Noel, Bart
Thomas Thompson
Bank of England Gazette Account and Holloway Pills Notice
Weekly Bank of England report shows notes issued at £34,999,790 and government debt £11,015,100 with gold and bullion balances. Holloway's Pills promise to revive energy and memory, claim liver derangement as cause of illness, and urge careful use to restore spirits and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF England
Victoria
Hollteway
Holloway
Banking Department
Government Securies
Gro. Fores
Qashier
Market report from London for English wheats and related goods
CORNAXCHANGE notes smaller English wheat supplies and moderate overseas arrivals. Old wheat similar to last week, new wheat 2s per qr lower. Flour deliveries high, sack flour 1s-2s lower, barley weaker, oats quiet with 6d qr decline. Indian corn down 6d-1s per qr. ports show higher arrivals but few transactions.
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London
Essex
Kent
Norfolk & Suffolk
Metropolitan
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire
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