Ireland's Priesthood and Election Violence in Galway
A critique of clerical interference in Galway elections paints priests as coercive actors aligned with landlords. The piece condemns the priests' rhetoric and calls the judge to void the election, arguing Ultramontane influence endangers voter freedom and Ireland's emancipation.
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Ireland
Father Loftus
Mr. Griffith
Master W. Griffith
Father Quinn
Captain Trench
Father O’brien
Mr. Blake
Conway
Coen
Staunton
Galway
Nolan
Unnearthy Houses Cleared Under 1868 Act by St Giles Board
The St Giles district board used the Artisans and Labourers' Dwellings Act to demolish thirty dilapidated houses deemed unfit for habitation. In two cases the properties lay in Chancery and an appeal was heard at Westminster Guildhall, upholding the board's decision. The ruling marks the first appeal heard and suggests broader benefits for eliminating unhealthy labourer housing in the metropolis.
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St. Giles’s
Westminster Guildhall
Dramatic Butt Speech Delights Yet Divides London House
London observers note intense interest in the Keogh debate as Mr Butt delivers a forceful return to Parliament. The session features clashes over Governor Eyre expenses and Bowring’s pension commutation, with critics calling Butt’s rhetoric powerful yet unconvincing to English Liberals.
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London
Keogh
Butt
Stuart Knox
Freeman’s
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Ireland
Mr. Dowse
Bowring
Eyre
Colonel North
Mr. Bowring
Edgar A. Bowring
Board of Trade
North
Youghal
Harwich
Navy
Mr. Hussey Vivian
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Bright
Justice Keogh
Smyth
Westmeath