Wesley's Designated Successor / The Life, Letters, and Literary Labours of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire

by L. Tyerman

[608]. Wesleyan Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 14.

[609]. Benson’s “Life,” by Macdonald, p. 160.

[610]. Wesleyan Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 15.

[611]. Benson’s “Life,” by Macdonald, p. 160.

[612]. Benson’s “Life of Fletcher.”

[613]. Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 142.

[614]. Mrs. Fletcher’s “Life,” by H. Moore, p. 183.

[615]. Christian Miscellany, 1848, p. 230.

[616]. Stevenson’s “Memorials of the Wesley Family,” p. 349.

[617]. On June 21, Pitt moved several resolutions to put an end to smuggling by reducing the duty upon tea from 50 to 12½ per cent.; and to increase the window tax in proportion. These resolutions were passed, though not without much debate.