He believed them a highly respectable body of men, and his wish would be to make them more so. He
... would now state that to-morrow being Wednesday, he would observe what was known in former times as the peace of the church, and would present no petitions ; but he would pursue his task of presenting petitions on other days, leaving Wednesdays and Saturdays as days of the peace of the church. i [Nothing of importance occurred on Wednesday. On t Thursday Lord King returned to the charge ...