Release of Mr Shore from Exeter Prison
The London Committee paid costs in the Court of Arches suit and on Wednesday Mr Shore was released from custody at St. Thomas’s Exeter. He thanked the governor and his family, vowed to preach again, and questioned Bishop Phillpotts’s course. The piece notes Ralph Barnes’s role, future church actions, and references to related religious disputes. It includes Shore’s letter from May 30 1849 and remarks on church authority and potential further steps.
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London
Ralph Barnes
Times
Court of Arches
Shore
T. Burch
Mr. Shore
Phillpotts
England
Lord of
Baptist Noel
Henry
Ralph
Torquay
St. Thomas’s
Exeter
Bridgetown
James Shore
E. Craig
R. Ainslie
Avenue Road
St. John’s Wood
Glasgow
University College
New Jersey
Larkbeare
Oliver
Ezeter Flying Post
Norwich church rates spark debate over Colegate repairs
Norfolk News reports a vestry meeting at St George's Colegate Norwich where a 9d in the pound church-rate was proposed to fund repairs. The churchwarden warned of danger and decay, noting brown paper patched windows and a £75 repair bill, while opponents urged adjournment and questioned legality amid ongoing appeals. Several clergymen and parishioners argued for fairness and burden sharing.
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Norwich
Norfolk News
St. George's Colegate
John Francis
Wheeler
Sharpe
Lord Denman
Rigg
T. A. Wheeler
Stafford
Grinter
Prospect of abundant crops and rising stock values in England
The article reports widespread optimism for spring crops despite thin wheat on cold clay soils. Spring-sown corn beans and peas flourish, hay prospects improve, and mangold wurzel and turnips show promise. Store stock prices rise and cattle sales improve, with farmers urged to stay confident despite fears of war-related demand and Protectionist rhetoric.
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England
Europe
Economist
Brighton Herald
Religious Intelligence and Baptist News Highlights
The Morcombelake Home Missionary Station reports its May 30 1849 annual meeting for the Mancaghelake school funds with sermons by Rev Frederick Smith and Rev John Hamilton Davies. The Lodge-street preacher J P Ham resigns after dissenting views on eternal punishment. Yorkshire Baptist Association and other church notices note Mr Shore’s persecution, church reform calls, and appointments to Victoria, Prince Rupert’s Land, and Free Church College.
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Morcombelake
Mancaghelake
Frederick Smith
Charmnouth
John Hamilton Davies
Sherborne
F. W. Wyld
Bridport
Prince
Messrs
Richard Penman
Axminster
Frederic Newman
Lyme
David Horsecroft
Waytown
James Cheney
Broadwinsor
CuEetten Hamm
J. P. Ham
Lodge-street Chapel
Ham
Lodge-street
Bath Journal
Yorkshire Association of Baptist Courchess
Yorkshire
Sheffield
Shore
Exeter
James Shore
British Empire
Victoria
Prince Rupert's Land
E. H. Nollan
Ducie Chapel
Manchester
Perth Courier
Andrew Gray
Perth
Chalmers
Free Church College
Tus
Josson Ancus
Stepney College
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Inquest on John Nash at the Brown Bear
An inquest held by Mr. Wakley junior at the Brown Bear Broad-street St. Giles on John Nash aged seventy six. Nash swept a New Road crossing earning six shillings weekly since 1814. Jurors note crossings are valuable freeholds with historic large sums. Verdict: natural death.
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Wakley
Brown Bear
Broad-street
St. Giles’s
John Nash
Newroad
Bridge-street
Blackfriars
Waithman
Hyde Park
Nash
Exita Durstney
Stanfield Hall
Norfolk News
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Western Times
Richard Stannard
Religious Intelligence
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