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Irish Church Controversy Roils London and Minor Towns
A crowded Guildhall altercation exposes Newgate style tactics by Reform League figures against the Irish Church. Crowds gather in Drury Lane and St Giles areas, with pay-to-watch crowds and police kept to preserve order. Separate meetings in Laverne and Barnsley push disendowment aims, while Protestant Defence groups condemn Catholic superiority and urge no surrender.
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Mesars
Weston
Cremer
Osborne
Reform League
Ataritas
Ivan
St. Giles’s
Westminster
Drury-lane
Wood Street
Eatmineter
Drury-court
Longahore
Sondwerea
Mg Emigma
Laverncot
Laverne
United Church of England
Treland
Horefall
M.P
Turner
Graves
Bannatty
Mechanics’ Hall
Barnsley
Gladstone
Marmaduke Miller
Huddersfield
John Shaw
Gladatone
House of Lords
Taw
Market Hill
Ireland
Henry Henderson
Hollywood
London
Disraeli
Tus Iutse National Association
National Association
M‘swiney
Protestant Defence Association