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Riot at St James Hatcham over vicar case and church ritual
A large crowd gathered at St James's Hatcham as the Court of Arches decision and a petition to protect ecclesiastical duties were announced. Police protected the church and streets after clashes and chants of No Popery, while the English Church Union debated ritual authority and the Privy Council.
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Rochester
M‘clure
St. James's
A. Tooth
Court of Arches
St. James’s
Hatcham
Father Crouch
Cowley Brothers
Oxford
Thomas Legh
Kent
Surrey
T. L. Borrin
Gernon
St. James’s Street
New Cross Road
English Church Union
Freemasons Tavern
Charles L. Wood
Church of England
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Convocation of
Canterbury
Walt
Lord Penzance
Privy Council
Dean of
Arches
Pusey
Canon Carter
W. Swan
Plymouth
Lord Kilcoursie
Denison
Mr. Fairclough
Sunderland
Holland
Union
Richardson
City of London
Blenkinsop
Wiltshire
Grueber
Colonel Childers
Tooth
Mr. Tooth