Religious life grows in the colony but vice persists
The writer notes limited religious conviction among colonists, fears swearing and heavy drinking, especially among publicans. Mines dominate attention with copper, lead, and silver ventures, Burra-Burra leading but other districts rival. Coal prospects spark speculation, while wood remains main fuel and winter returns dry with scarce hay and plentiful labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Burra-Burra
Burra
England
Russian censorship of English papers shown in Ipswich
A visitor from Russia displayed English newspapers at the Mechanics Institute reading room in Ipswich to reveal czarist censorship. Blacked out sections from Bell's Weekly Messenger mutilated by Post Office defacement included articles on Russia Austria conspiracies, Polish events, Times farming notes, Bem’s health, and a Polish forest fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Mechanics’ Institution
Ipswich
Bell
Messenger
Austria
Germany
the Times
Guildhall
Bem
Poland
Suffolk Chronicle
Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee letter on penny stamp reform
The Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee attacks the practice of permitting certain publications to use the penny stamp while others are taxed. They cite the Leader and editors Hunt Bray Allan and request equal stamping rules, urging cheaper postage for all printed papers and warning the Inland Revenue Board against unlawful exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader
House of Commons
William LV
Punch
Athenaum
Freeholder
Household Narrative
London
Thornton Hunt
Siir
Thomas K
Thomas Kreau
Board of Inland Revenue
Stamp Abolition Committee
Francis Place
Brompton
J. Watson
Queen’s Head-passage
Paternoster-row
J.D. Cotter
Essex-street
Strand
Postmaster General Refuses to Rule on Memorial
The Postmaster-General cannot judge the issues raised in the memorial submitted on the 13th. A letter dated Dec 9 1850 from General Post-office notes no authority to determine the questions. J Travey Assistant Secretary signs for Francis Place Brompton Square as recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post-office
Sam
J. Travey
Francis Place
Brompton Square
Voluntary School Association Debates Education Policy
A Stoke Newington meeting of the Voluntary School Association discussed its break with the British and Foreign School Society over government grants. Speakers urged sound scriptural education free of sectarian bias and warned against state instruction systems and public funding for religious education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoke Newington
Soom
William Alexander
British and Foreign School Society
Henry Ricward
Germany
France
Prussia
United States
Samuzs
Green
Joan Jefferson
Friends of Education
Association
Joan Soconts
Earl Grey
Joseph Courtr
E. Viney
Memorial to Lord Palmerston on Hungarian prisoners
The piece notes a signed memorial urging Viscount Palmerston to intervene for the liberation of Kossuth and companions detained under Turkish supervision at Kutaja. It argues England’s prior stance on hospitality and appeals to continue humane policy, freeing them to seek work abroad until repatriation becomes possible.
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Kossuth
Lord Palmerston
England
Viscount Palmerston
Kutaja
Asia
Turkey
Oxford B
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Voluntary School Association
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