Religious Bodies in South Australia
From Adelaide dated June 1 1854 a correspondent reports on Christian groups in South Australia. Congregational Union adds ministers and chapels, with letters from NSW Tasmania and Victoria proposing a colonial college and annual ministerial meetings. Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Free Church bodies show growth and debates on structures and colonial legislation. government figures note expenditure, population growth, land sales, and a June 27 legislative council session upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Britain
Congregational Union
Home Missionary Society
Free Church
Episcopalians
England
New South Wales
Tasmania
Victoria
T. G. Stow
South Australia
Melbourne
Australias
Scotch Free Church
J. Gardiner
Chalmers’ Church
Gardiner
Free Church of Scotland
Free Churches
Legislative Council
French Baltic landing at Lumpar island amid fort disruption
Despatches from Admiral Parseval dated the 8th report a successful landing of 3000 French infantry and English marines at Lumpar island north of the Aland archipelago. A five gun battery was destroyed by the Phlégeton and Amphion, then spiked. Ships attacked forts at Bomarsund with large calibre guns as operations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parseval
Lumpar
Aland
Phlégeton
H.M.S. Amphion
Disturbances in Catalonia and Madrid Cortes Decree
From Madrid advices on the 11th report Catalonia unrest with Tortosa riots. A secretary was massacred and his mutilated body dragged through streets to the river. General Dulce travels to Barcelona to replace Concha as Captain-General. Queen Christina remains in the Palace. Madrid despatch of the 14th notes Cortes convocation with a single chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Catalonia
Tortosa
Dulce
Barcelona
Manuel Concha
Christina
Cortes
Amnesties Granted in France Pardons Total 2582
The Moniteur reports that the Emperor granted 2582 pardons or reductions on the occasion of his fete. Among them 805 freed for political offences deportations, 774 freed from Guiana and other prisons, and 1,003 soldiers or sailors in imprisonment with 540 fully pardoned and 473 remitted. The Emperor is expected soon at Boulogne and missed the August 15 Paris fete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagnes
Guiana
Maisons Centrales
Boulogne
Paris
Cholera Surges in London Death Toll at 1832 Last Week
London registered 1 832 deaths and 1 662 births last week, a death excess of 611. Cholera deaths reached 644, with 194 due to diarrhoea, distribution across districts. Prisoners moved from Millbank as mortality rises. Lord Jocelyn dies suddenly after a lively week.
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London
Millbank
Home Office
Dorchester
Lambeth
A. Cooke
Astley’s Theatre
Margate
Lord Jocelyn
Cholera Deaths Rise Across Europe and Colonies
The illness claims Lord Jocelyn in London after a fatal Tower attack, while cholera spreads from Greenwich to Belfast and Grenada. Reports show 810 cases and 82 deaths in Belfast, 16,817 cholera deaths in Barbados by July 27, and widespread outbreaks in Canada, Italy, Greece, Russia, and the United States with varied recoveries and emigration shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Rifles
Lord Palmerston
Lord Jocelyn
Earl of Roden
Marchioness of
Glasgow
Belfast
Barbadoes
Bridgetown
Grenada
St. Lucia
Canada
Col. Hagarth
Quebec
United States
Greece
Russia
Italy
America
Fillmore
Philadelphia
Genoa
Aosta
Pirasus
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Paris
Pacha of Egypt Assassination Rumor Sparks Debate
In the Gazette last night nine and twenty columns cover Orders in Council on closing graveyards. The paper notes admissions totals at Crystal Palace and reports from Western Australia debunking gold finds. A telegraph from Vienna hints at Austrian Russian notes. An odd incident at Minnear Wood leaves several women unconscious, with others affected by a mist and troubling aftereffects. Corn Exchange reports heavy trade and mixed grain prices for August 16, 1454.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacha
Egypt
Crystal Palace
Western Australia
Thomas Speakman
Chatham Town
Zion Chapel
Russell
Speakman
Vienna
Austraan
Austria
Russia
M. Drouyn de Lhuys
Moniteur
Liverpool Mercury
Minnear Wood
Haverfordwest
Baron de Butzen
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Postscript
Spain
France
Mark-Lane
Dorein
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