Independent minister sought near London for village church
A notice from 1837 seeks an independent minister to serve a village parish near London. Applicants must be acceptable, willing to engage Sabbath school work, and able to live on about fifty pounds yearly. Letters with testimonials and references should be sent post-free to No 93 Piccadilly, London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Olive
Piccadilly
T. 8.C
White Hart-court
Gracechurch-street
Carman to Day and Martin advertisement notice
William Robinson of Carman to Day and Martin shows an 1834 London sale listing at 97 High Holborn and 30 Eagle Street Red Lion Square. Sold by Thomas Prout at Strand and by appointed sellers nationwide. Price 2s 9d per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robinson
Carman
Day and Martin
High Holborn
Eagle-street
Red Lion-square
Thomas Prout
Strand
London
The Steamship Victoria At Limehouse Dockyard
The Limehouse dockyard attracts many spectators as the steamship Victoria rises in size. Measurements show 240 feet overall length, 225 feet keel, 40 feet beam, 27 feet depth, 1800 tons bur den and 500 horsepower engines. She features solid oak beams 18 inches square and 60 feet long over the deck, with the hull built to a sharp bow to improve motion. Launch expected in October, aiding river dock work and employment. A separate Burne Streamer scene depicts a multilingual crowd aboard a floating world, including Dutch English Germans and French, and a German man attempts to speak to an English girl in broken French about her chair, in a Summer in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Burne
Germany
What? and Who says it Defends Dissenters at Worcester pamphlet
A review describes a British pamphlet defending Dissenter views on Establishment and Episcopacy, noting its authors and aim. It quotes long excerpts and questions evangelical clergy, arguing dissenters act from religious conviction rather than politics, and urges churchmen to read and respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EstraRisago Cuonce
Thomas Chalmers
University.of Edinburgh
Calcutta
Samuel Charles Wilks
Henry Budd
Charles’ Bridges
Henry Melville
the Record
The
Christian Observer
Worcester
Joan Searca
Ridge, &c
Ward & Co
London
Binney
Episcopal Church
Joan Seancy
Auction of Church-Rate Goods In Coventry
A Coventry notice details sale of goods seized for church rates from several sellers including Henry Merridew and Whittem Co. The auction, planned for August 4 1837, could not find an auctioneer. police set values and arranged private disposal. The piece denounces rate enforcement and calls for Parliament measures as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
St. Michael
Henry Merridew
Thruston
Young
Howe
Redeemer
Plowden
Stewart
Jones
Sharp
County of
Warwick
Towgood
Church of England
Sibree
Bunyan
Hervey
Messrs. Whittem & Co
Edward Connop
William Mayo
B. Peake
R. Hands
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Anti-Slavery Societies
Aldermanbury
Henry Waymouth
Buxton
East India
Exeter Hall
H. Waymouth
Fisher Street
Red Lion Square
R. W. Overbury
Ig Anti-Slavery Society
Weymouth
Est Indies
Anweenee
Bellfeld
Fowell Buxton
Mary
Per ES
High-Street
Ios
Laurie
Bath-place
Reading
R. Elliott
Devizes
Wilts
J. Sherman
Surrey Chapel
J. Dalton
Peckham
E. K
Mr. Tyler
Princessquare
Kennington
Bew
Academy
Speenhill
Newbury
Berks
W. Brown
Thomas Cook
Pentonville
A. B
Penton-place
D.D
A. Tidman
S. Tomkins
M.A
T. Morell
T. Price
Professor Vaughan
W. Ellis
Thomas Challis
Esq
Indsor
Tyler
Bolt-court
Fleet-street
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Great Queen-street Chapel
Grosvenor Chapel
Manchester
East Lancashire
London Missionary Society
John Harris
T. Ward and Co
Paternoster Row
Blair
Prout
Woop
Middlesex
Grenadier Guards
Grant
Dublin
Marquis of Londonderry
Emily Hardinge
Walter James, Bart
Hull
Wood
Colonel Wood
Charles Henry Wood
10Th
Royal Hussars
County
Nottingham
Thomas Greensmith
Home Department
Blake
Attenburrow
Shoreditch Caurcu
Shoreditch
Monte Serata
Talapulacashata
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