Efficacy of the Voluntary Principle in City Church Growth
The article notes rapid church expansion in London with new and enlarged buildings in Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square Kentish Town and St Pancras, supported by the voluntary principle. It reports a pastor invitation and parish conditions including no church rate, plus ongoing construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charlotte Street
Fitzroy Square
Kentish Town
St Pancras
Serriz
John Greener
Airedale College
Settle
Yorkshire
Oxford
J. Jordan
Enstone
Chipping Norton
Foxdat
Bagot
Phillimore
Oxford Chronicle
Worcestershire Chronicle
Exeter
John Ryle Wood
Clifton
Jesuit Establishment in Paris Broken Up Amid Dispersal Plan
The Jesuit house in Paris is to be dissolved with only four confrères remaining on site. Reports via the Universal German Gazette suggest Jesuit acquisitions of ten large estates in Posen, possibly funded by this move. Father Roothan has visited Plock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Universal German Gazette
Grand Duchy of
Posen
Father Roothan
Plock
America
Cincinnati
Liberty Party
New England
New York
Boston
Phonotyrio Bratz
United Labours
Isaac Pitman
A. J. Ellis
Suffolk Chronicle
Durham
House of Commons
Hume
KR. Peel
Westminster
Norwich
London
Holland
Riots at Leipsic Involved Prince John and Fires
Reports from Germany describe August rioting in Leipsic over religious tensions. Prince John reviewed the guards as crowds jeered and sang, then stones shattered the Hotel de Prusse. troops fired, killing and wounding over thirty.
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Germany
Saxony
Leipsic
John of Saxony
Schiller
Hotel de Prusse
Acquittal for Richard Simpson in Insanity Defense
The trial at Appleby near Kendal found Richard Simpson not guilty by reason of temporary insanity after killing his mother with a poker. Reports note his past drunkenness and prior head wound, with two hours of deliberation leading to acquittal.
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Tue Murpsr
Kenpat
Appleby
Richard Simpson
Middleshaw Head
Kendal
Simpson
Leicester
Hubbard
Birmingham
Lincoln
Hoyle
Weighington
London
America
Lincoln Mercury
Lancaster Guardian
Boston
United States
Inquest Opens on Fatal Railway Collision at Littlebury
The adjourned inquest into the death of Richard Peat, a stoker killed when a locomotive crushed, convened at Littlebury. General Pasley attributed the accident to excessive speed on an incompletely consolidated line, with recommendations for lower speeds, dual tracks, and clearer incline boundaries. The jury returned an accidental death verdict with a £150 deodand on the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Peat
Littlebury
General Pasley
Stortford
Late inquest verdict on London and Birmingham railway fatality
The adjourned inquest into Charles Deans death at University College Hospital from injuries in a London and Birmingham railway collision resumed at the Orange Tree tavern. The jury found death from a leg injury caused by the accident near Camden Town and awarded a deodand of 1000 pounds on engine 91. They criticised the railways laws and the cramped Camden Town area as unsafe.
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Charles Dean
University College Hospital
London and Birmingham
Wakley
Orange Tree Tavern
New Road
Camden Town
London and Birmingham Railway Company
Serious railway collision near Sunderland
A report describes a deadly crash between the Sunderland and Brockley Whins lines after a 3 pm mail train collided with a Newcastle-bound service. Passengers include Mr Charles Tee, Mr Brunton, Mr Richardson, Mr Gutch, and Mr Falry. Many passengers were injured. especially Mr Richardson and Mr Gutch with facial injuries. a 14 year old boy suffered eye injuries. the stoker and engine driver were hurt. women and a nursing mother were stunned.
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Sunderland
Brockley Whins
Newcastle
Charles Tee
Barnsley
Brunton
Richardson
Gutch
York
Hudson
Falry
Anti-corn-law League
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