Post Office Privileges Cut as Government Moves
In London news the Postmaster General acts to abolish clerks privileges over newspapers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is not yet lifting the window tax but plans to reduce indirect taxes. Debates on stamp duty and newspaper diffusion continue. A large crowd witnessed seizures at St. Andrew's and St. George's auctions as traders refused to bid. The Times and Herald report on religious drama changes and political dialogues in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newgate
Hull Advertiser
Duke of Richmond
Foreign Post-Office
Eage
Exchequer
Hume
Commons
W. Scott
Brudenell
Shalter
Buckley
Ireland
George Seymour
Board of
Excise
Jerannum
Allhallows the Great
Lombard-street
Canterbury
Francis Dawson
Chipelhurst
Orpington
Earl of Durham
Groten
Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Devonshire
Speedator
St. Andrew's
Holborn
St. George the Martyr
Davis
London
Lord Althorp
Ae Ma
Woolwich
T. Attwood
Roebuck
Times
England
Grant, Bell, and
Ager
True Sun
House of Commons
John Campbell
Lorimer
L’rite Sun
Lord Milton
Sergeant Talfourd
Mgr. Grant
Kelly
Bell
Patteson
Local records note workhouse admission amid charity vs relief
A Chichester Guardians meeting ordered admission for a non parishioner family with two children to the workhouse instead of immediate cash relief. The report also mentions a pianoforte brought by the party. Other items include gas lighting trials for carriages, a local election result in East Somerset, and several accidents and wrecks with fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chichester
Brighton Herald
Liverpool
Manchester
Miles
East Somerset
Hunt
Hannah More
St. Philip and Jacob
Alliance
Wisbeach
Heckington
Whitby
Wainfleet
Glascote Mill
Tamworth
Ireland in motion as repeal talk grows with treason plan
Dublin Times report notes a government contemplated act declaring repeal efforts treason. Kilkenny sees savage Whitefeet outrages with Keefe family attacked and daughter abducted. Police search for the missing girl continues as Kilkenny threats persist. In Cork a court martial acquits Captain Watken. Colonel Brudenell is dismissed, ending a costly rank purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
O’connell
Dublin
Times
Whiteleet
Kilkenny
Lawrence Keefe
Keefe
Coburn
Ida
Augustus Watken
King's Hussars
Cork
Lord Brudenell
Alterations in the Church Liturgy from the Christian Examiner
The writer lists proposed changes and omissions for the Prayer Book including expunging apocryphal lessons removing saints days and calendar items abridging absolution substitutions of Presbyter for priest kneeling in the Lord’s Supper moving the table center removing baptismal cross and altering wording to promote intelligibility and alignment with the 26th Article and psalter translations and reducing repetition and pomp in prayers and collects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Scottish Church Reform Faces Immediate Inquiry
Debate opens in Parliament on Scottish Church abuses with Mr Wallace and Mr Sinclair pushing a motion. Expect swift action as public pressure grows, while Mr Jeffrey’s cooperation is awaited amid rising impatience. A Polish refugee group seeking a Swiss government caused local unrest near Geneva before dispersing under General Romarino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Sinclair
Jeffrey
Scotland
Geneva
Romarino
Ordination of Seven Wesleyan Missionaries to the West Indies
Crowded Wesleyan Chapel on City Road witnessed the ordination of seven Missionaries destined for Jamaica and other West Indies posts. Ministers preached, urged steadfast faith, and urged ministers to preach Christ with energy, prayer, and pastoral care, as the band prepared to serve amid changing colonial conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Wesleyan Chapel
City-road
Wesleyan Missionary Society
T. Lessey
Joux Beacham
J. Arkins
Salisbury
Methodist” Society
Mr. Brad
J. Baker
Ham
G. Errp
G. Rangarz
General Baptists
Ainners
H. Fext
Christ
South Seas
Jamaica
J. Mann
J. Bissett
Simons
Kingswood
R. Smith
God
Jesus Christ
Theospel
J. Buntine
Church of England
J. Entwisty
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Taleo
Ware
Wolverhampton
Coe
Nantwich
Chester Courant
Heathstreet
Herne
Carr Culmer
Henry Goldfinch
Kentish Gazette
Rose
Snow-hill
Sheffield Park
Leeds
Stephen Carrack
Henry Pemberton
Knostrop
Robert Grigg Tremadert
Duloe
Cornwall
Plymouth Journal
Horna
J. Sratmons
R. Anper
Beccadin
Zion
Simon
Jude
Flore
Hooker
Ming
Elijah
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