17th Sunday I met the Saints at our sitting Room in
the morning, & had an interesting & spiritual time. I broak
unto the Saints, in the afternoon & the Lord was
with us & we had a good time I preached again in the
evening had a full house many new hearers several
offerd themselves for Baptism after meeting, there
was 8 added to the church in During the last
week, we have struggle'd hard in London to get the
work started & to do a little but the cloud begins to
break & the work begins to roll on & the Lord will spedily
do a great work in this city.
Dispatch Sunday Jan 17
th 1841
1st Upwards of 100 seaman connected with
perished in the storm
of Novembem
2nd. The American Message to
Congress, A contrast drawn by the Editor
between and America which was
interesting
3rd England without a parliament, Publicola
4th The Schooner Veritas burned & one man
5 The Royal Speech
To be deliverd frome the Throne by on the opening of Parliament on the
26th Inst.
The speach is not understood to
be the composition of the sovreign. Parliamentary
usage for a century has esstablish as a maxim
that the speech from the Throne is to be discused
as the speech of ministers who are supposed to be
responsible for it. Royal speeches are often
compulsory upon those who deliver them
6th Queen & {the} Commons a mere are at present a
mere completely ciphers
7th An Interesting letter from John Frost who
was transported to Port Arthur Van Demans Land
8 Loss of the Thames Steamer. Awful destru
ction of human life 70 persons lost 3 saved
9th Cholera at 100 Deaths daily followed
by large mobs
10th Singular & {melancholy}. Death of Sam Scott
the American Diver, Sam Scott who had
Dived 140 feet for many Days off from
several Bridges in into the
while playing tricks actually hung himself
on the 11th Jan 1841 in the presence of 10000
persons, he was born in in the
United States was in his 28th year of his age
11th Great Distress of the poor in
£500 pound given to feed the hungry
