Protestantism Versus Oxford Toleration and Clerical Power
A critical essay argues against new Oxford divinity and Mr Gregg’s Liverpool toleration. It defends private judgment, attacks Anglican sacerdotal claims, and warns that via media notions threaten Protestant core. It denounces religious fanaticism and urges public opposition to clerical overreach.
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Oxford School of Divinity
Liverpool
Gregg
Church of
Rome
Dr. Pusey
Newman
Church of England
Church of Rome
Ireland
Lord Lyndhurst
Manchester
Mc Neil
Via Media
Oxford
Inquisition
Mir
Via-medians
Canterbury
Babylon
McNeill
Canada Unrest and Trials Stir Ontario to New Actions
The excerpt reports ongoing Canadian unrest with alleged planned American and Canadian insurrection affects. It notes an attempted Isle de Noix assault, prisoner pardons and delays, trials in Montreal for Chartrand’s murder ending in acquittal, and tensions among loyalists. In brief, cross-border disputes and local justice fronts dominate the news from Canada.
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Canada
New York Daily Whig
Isle de Noix
Montreal Morning Herald
Brockville Statesman
Niagara Chronicle
Toronto
Drummondville
Montreal
Christie
Upper Canada
Buffalo
Boston Mercantile Journal
Gardiner
Maine
Kent
Messrs. Dern, Norton
Irish
New Brunswick
Vermont
Robert Nelson
Albany
United States
Motress Herald
Chartrand
C. Mondelet
Ogden
Reid
Col. Gore
St. Denis
Montreal Courier
Jalbert
Lieut. Weir
L’hussier
Sutherland
Quebec
Justice of
England
Crown
Qubec Mercury
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Southampton Docks foundation laid amid procession and cannon
The foundation stone of the Southampton Docks was laid by Sir Lucius Curtis with the Provincial Grand Lodge in attendance. A grand procession from the Audit-house to All Saints Church preceded the ceremony at the dock site. In a separate incident, Henry Boulton was wounded by a loaded gun misfire on Greenwich road. his friend John Turstin is not believed to have intended harm.
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Southampton Docks
Lucius Curtis
C.B
Province of
Hampshire
Grand Lodge
Ringwood
Masonic-hall
Bugle-street
Mayor and Corporation
All Saints’ Church
Henry Boulton
Craig
Fort-place
Bermondsey
John Turstin
Kent-road
Greenwich Road
Turstin
Boulton
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Evasion of postage via newspapers discussed in detail
The piece explains how fourpenny and sixpenny papers are used to evade postage for letters, detailing methods such as pinprick codes, invisible ink, and altered addresses. It notes the vast scale of misuse, cites postal officials’ efforts, and calls for a uniform penny post to curb the practice.
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Post Office
Bath
John Smith
Edinburgh
J. Smith
Mr. Smith
Esq
Big -Street
Dinburgh
Smith
Grocer
Faelage
Col. Maberly
St. Martins le Grand
Dublin
Ireland
Cryin and Religious Liberty Meeting in Finsbury Square
A large gathering of Wesleyan missionaries and civil liberty advocates debated open air preaching at Providence hall. They condemned perceived persecutions and argued for access to religious teaching amid London’s crowded city life and crime. The meeting formed a society to support civil and religious liberty for open air preaching. A second note recalls a literary anecdote about a mathematician seeking the duration of eternity, from Sketches in London.
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Providence Hall
Finsbury Square
Smith
London
Letters to the Editor on The Letters of Fact in London 1888
A reader defends The Letters of Fact against a critic B Camberwell. The writer defends truth and public accountability, attacks current ministers as corrupt and self serving, and calls for a radical change in government. London, Oct. 19, 1888.
Rebels beaten after bold assault at Pardinas action
Cabrera reinforced and advanced twenty six leagues then engaged Pardinas in battle. Pardinas fell as the rebel infantry and cavalry broke our line, and a costly rout ensued. A subsequent meeting in St Paul's Church yard discussed burial fees and parish duties with careful debate and a proposed five-person committee.
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Cabrera
Pardinas
Onur
Pardina
Castellano
St. Paul’s Church
Fleet- Street
Cheapside
Ludgate-hill
Dolly’s Tavern
Paternoster Row
Crown and Anchor
Thompson
Bailey and Milner
St. Paul’s
St. Martin’s-in-the-fields
Simpson
Adams
Simpson2heizes
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Sre
B. Camberwell
Camberwell
Melbourne
Palmerston
House of Representatives
House of Commons
Jacks
van Dieman’s Land
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