Church Rate Sale at Leicester Exposes Ecclesiastical Tyranny
A Leicester church rate sale depicts seized goods from locals resisting church authority. Auctioneer Donisthorpe leads the sale amid police, with items ranging from pails to cheese seized for unpaid rates. Citizens jeer, bids fail, and auctions end without purchasers as crowds disperse.
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Donisthorpe
W. Baines
Shardlow
Manning
H. A. Collier
Mercury
Messrs
W. and
G. Baines
Messrs. Baines
Swain
Paddy
Joseph Swain
Messrs. Archer
J. West
Markets Place
Jones
Mr. W
W. Steven Son
Messrs. Stevenson
Cripps and Kemp
Thomas Sharpe
Symptom of intolerance to Convocationists argued by northern proprietors
The article attacks Sir James Mackenzie and Sir George Mackenzie for denying Convocation church sites on their lands while their tenants follow Convocation principles. It questions landlords' tolerance, contrasts with Irish and Highland practices, and invokes Beza on church endurance. The piece labels the landlords hypocritical and argues for broader religious tolerance.
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Tavo
James Mackenzie
Scatwell
George Mackenzie
Coul
Sir George
Sir James
Rose-avoch
Inverness
Argyle
Erris
Tyrawlee
George
James
Rome
Ireland
Parliament
Perth
Jesus Christ
God
Coul and
Roseavoch
Church of Christ
Beza
Pious self-maceration sermonized and church wardens contested
A letter from the Christian Observer recounts a Oxford clergyman who burned fingers and a foot to atone for baptismal impurity after reading Pusey. Halifax parish church holds a vestry meeting over choir funding with fear of a each “voluntary” rate and nonpayment. The Aylesbury News reports a churchwarden election battle with Ivatts favored by economy and Field backed by ornamental expenditure amid intimidation and Duke of Buckingham influence.
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Totnes
R. Worth
W. F. Windeatt
F. B. Coming
R. Tippett
Amersham
Bucks
W. B. Gurney
Oxford
Dr. Pusey
Christian Observer
Cuurci
Halifax
Bradford
J. W. Prettyman
Churchill
Duke of Buckingham
Mr. Ivatts
Mr. Field
Aylesbury News
Petitions Against Education Bill Send Dearer Postage Warning
Robert Eockett appeals to readers noting petitions to Parliament carry the same postage as other papers and unpaid petitions incur extra charges. He reports paying 10s. this morning to avoid returning them and asks senders to be aware that petitions are not postage free. April 24, 1843.
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Post
Robert Eckett
Argyle Square
Bible Society resolution praises Campbell and Thompson for Bible work
A Manchester Jamaica Bible Society meeting on February 10 1843 unanimously resolves to commend Dr Campbell of England and Dr Thompson of Scotland for their efforts in cheap Bible circulation. The resolution asks The Patriot Christian Examiner and United Secession Magazine to publish the note.
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Manchester
Jamaica
Church of Christ
Campbell
England
Thompson
Scotland
Patriot
London
Christian Examiner
Ditto
United Secession Magazine
Edinburgh
F. R. Holland
Manchester Bible Society
British and Foreign Bible Society
Manchester Parish
Inspector Powers in Factory Bill Alarm Over Sunday Schools
A Superintendent warns that Section 32 of the Factory Bill grants inspectors sweeping powers to enter factories and schools, compel testimony, and punish refusals, risking abuse especially against Sunday and Dissenting Sunday schools. The critic fears hidden inquiries and penalties under the act.
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Sim
The Factories Bill and the Commissioner's Reports
A Sheffield correspondent defends the royal commission's education reports. He argues they reveal real faults in Sunday school teaching, insists positives exist, and urges teachers to respond with renewed effort to lift schools toward church nurseries.
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Sheffield
J. C. Symons
Symons
Campbell
Church of Christ
W. Sissons
Oppose the Bill on Education Basis and Scriptural Instruction
A letter in yesterday's paper opposes a proposed measure for general education. The writer cites a petition favoring Seay anes and urges a well considered plan grounded in regular scriptural instruction and tolerant enlightened principles to be brought forward at the earliest opportunity.
Dissenters urged to unite on education petition stance
A Norwich letter from April 20, 1843 urges Dissenters to resist the current education bill while urging unity. It cautions against petitions that exclude anti state involvement signatories and argues for delaying decisive positions on national education. The writer supports opposing Sir James Graham's measure but calls for calm discussion of education in principle after defeating the current threat.
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James Graham
Bill
Norwich
SIR ROBERT PEEL AND HIS AGRI CULTURAL ADVERSARIES
A crowded Wallingford Town hall dinner hears strong attacks on Ministers and the Canada Corn Bill. speakers denounce protection and Peel measures, with praise for some MPs and a toast list. Sunderland Wesleyan meeting denounces education clauses in the Government Factories Bill and pledges petitions against the bill.
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Wallingford
W. S. Blackstone
M.P
Posey
Lord Barrington
Palmer
Robert Peel
Viscount BenRineron
Lord Stanhope
Peel
Mr. Pusey
Buckinghamshire
Lord Nugent
Harry Verney
Duke of Buckingham
Author
Quintin Dick
Baillie Cochrane
Berkshire
Lord Baxeindton
Barnure Coew- Rane
Sunderland
Sans Street
James Hartley
James Graham
Squance
Alderman Speeding
Mr. Allen
Andrew White
George Cook
Robert Moon Watson
Robert Brown
George Hardcastle
Religious Intelligence items from Derbyshire and Halifax region
The report covers pastor appointments at Sowerbybridge and Market Lavindon Independent churches, Derbyshire Congregational Union meetings with new church admissions, Easter stone laying at Salendine Nook Baptist chapel, ordination of Isaac Davies at Swanwick Riding, Satterton Town Mission progress, Hong Kong chaplaincy for Vincent Stanton, Coventry school debate on canton education, Tipton Inland Navigation Society meeting with canal boatmen outreach, and public concerns on canal boat populations and morality.
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Henry
Derbyshire Congregational Union
Victoria-street Chapel
Derby
Blandy
Chesterfield
R. Kirkus
Marple Bridge
J. Gawthorn
Fletcher
Peatrick Mills
J. Robinson
John Harrison Esq
Belper
J. Corbin
Londaye Road
Satenvine Nook
Salendine Nook
Huddersfield
John Brook
H. Dowson
Bradford
W. Walton
Lockwood
H. W. Holmes
Pole Moor
Swanwick
Rippines
Dersyshire
Isaac Davies
Horton College
Yorkshire
T. Pottinger
Pasetor
W.F. Poile
J. Ackworth
W. Christie
Fritchley
Thomas Colledge
Ridings
Mr. Green
Leicester
Messrs. Nott
Sutton
Morris
Burton
Burrowly
Alfreton
Lomas
Sarrron Watpen Town Mission
Church of England
Society of Friends
Wyatt George Gibson
Wahrmatt
Vincent John Stanton
Hongkong
Covertray
Coventry Herald
Tieton
Tipton
The
Inland Navigation Society
Wesleyan
Tipton-green
Henry Hickman
James Smith
Staffordshire
Smith
Walgall
Taylor
Williams
House of Commons
Baron Gurney
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Vitor
Sir Robert Peel
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