05 Sep 1798
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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 05, 1798
Page
1
A reader asks the editor to publish a judicious rebuttal from Dr. Price’s Dissertations defending Revealed Religion. The piece argues Christianity has clear teachings yet cannot preclude disputes, defends its moral aims, and rejects blaming Christianity for persecutions. It cites divine foresight, scripture, and benevolence as core foundations.
A fragment from an 1798 Analytic Review is discussed by an editor noting praise for Count Rumford’s dates and his philosophical work on chimneys fires and related improvements. The query asks whether the extract’s language is too extravagant and not detracting from its importance.
An old fable features a bear and a monkey rehearsing an ace, with a pig praising the bear’s dancing while the bear concedes his flaw as fools applaud. The tale ends warning that praise from fools signals worse than offense from men.
Continent wide crisis looms as France presses demands and fears a new coalition. Prussia stays neutral, aiding France’s opponents. powers marshal for war while the writer implores repentance and divine protection for their country during these ominous times.
Frances Paris provides a fragment noting General d Hilliers was dismissed from service for conduct aboard La Sensible and demanded a trial by Court-martial. The piece also mentions a Council of 500 meeting on the 18th where a project for recruiting armies was agreed.
The document outlines mandatory service for able Frenchmen, with voluntary enlistment options for ages 1 to 40, plus a register kept by municipal administrations. It notes enforcement actions, leadership changes, ship movements near Bourdeaux, and a report on the English frigate Eagle wreck and naval orders from Nantes to Pambess.
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