Gladstone outlines Irish Church disestablishment plans and funding
In a long debate, Mr Gladstone explains a scheme to end the tithe rent charge and disestablish the Irish Church. He details valuations of Maynooth and Regium Donum grants, tenant purchase rights, and a surplus to be used for non ecclesiastical Irish needs amid calls for careful compensation of Presbyterian and other interests.
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Maynooth
Gladstone
Presbyterian Colleges
Mr. Gladstone
Regium Donum
Ireland
Edgar
Gloster
Dover
Bill on debt reduction loans introduced in committee
A speech noted funds for advances and stated sources need not affect loan sources. An added clause to let the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt lend and Temporalities Commissioners borrow was proposed. The bill was brought in by Mr Dodson and read first time with second reading set for Thursday the 18th. Some unimportant bills were introduced as the House adjourned at 8:35.
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Gladstone
Grapstone
DisRaEui
Guapstoin
Ireland
F. Hxgaarte
Hunt
Mr. Guapstone
Baronet
Maynooth
Temporalities
Dodson
Disarmament stance and French leader deaths noted
The Moniteur de l Armée defends France keeping arms while urging peace. It warns utopian pens threaten war’s end and recalls France s still strong arsenal and trained guards. Also reported are the deaths of M Lamartine at seventy nine and M Troplong, Paris senate president, after a critical illness.
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France
Moniteur de l'Armée
Europe
Garde
M. Lamartine
M. de Lamartine
Paris
M. Troplong
Serrano wins Cortes vote of confidence in Spain
In the Cortes a 180 to 62 vote of confidence endorsed Marshal Serrano after a protracted session. He pledged to reject prerogatives of supreme power, insisting on walking with the Cortes as guardian and censor. The assembly received his Cuba telegram and noted unrest with Carlists and Republicans, delaying amnesty for political offenses.
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Spain
Cortes
Serrano
Senor Sorni
Madrid
Pastor Ruet
Barcelona
Volunteers of Liberty
Congress approves negro suffrage amendment advances to states
A Washington telegram reports the Constitutional Amendment enacting negro suffrage has passed both Houses and now goes to state legislatures for ratification. The Senate supported the Finance Bill by thirty to sixteen, with amendments, proposing that all national obligations shall be defined under new terms.
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United States
Congress
Washington Telegram
Senate
General Schenck
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