English Press on the Irish Church Compromise
The Times and other papers praise Lord Cairns for a settlement seen as satisfactory to most, if not all, and note disestablishment and disendowment progress. Critics fear compromise betrays principle by altering the Lords stance on church revenues. The piece calls the settlement a lasting national policy triumph despite dissent.
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Fir Mnp
House of Lorde
Ahbv
T. He
Zelegranh
Saturday Review
England
Ireland
Lord Cairns
Lord Cairne
Friends of the Irish Church
John Bull
House of Lords
Irish Press on the Settlement Retreat in Lords
The Irish Conservative papers condemn the Lords for retreat on Church disestablishment arguing the Upper House shows mimicry of war. Saunders's News Letter notes a forced submission, calls it a retreat and discomfiture, and says the white flag contradicted the apparent victory.
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Saunders
Lord Cairos
Lords intervene as Cairns faces Irish Church split
The Dublin Express notes the Lords defeat the Commons amendments, arguing the Church’s private endowments are protected and condemns the Cairns compromise. The Dublin Mail calls Cairns’ move a sellout, while The Northern Whig and Evening Post praise the measure’s statesmanlike aim and future reform.
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