Debate on Dissenters and University access at Cambridge
The Cambridge University Petition provoked a Lords debate marked by harsh tone and cant on both sides. It critiques excluding Dissenters from degrees, argues university wealth is public property, and condemns Oxford and Cambridge for intolerance. It also discusses potential peerage elevations of Sir Thomas Denman and mentions press commentary from Times and Globe.
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Lord Broveram
Church of England
Morning Post
Earl Grey
Times
Globe
Lord Grey
Paris
Lord Patmerston
Justice Denman
T. Denman
Thomas Denman
House of Peery
Lord Denman
The
House of Lords
House of Peers
Repeal meeting remarks and French chamber scene
In Saturday comments on the Manchester Repeal Meeting we corrected an error about Mr Preyrice. The report includes Mr Prentice’s remarks opposing repeal and praising measures like tithes sale and poor laws under a unified Parliament. Foreign Journals recount clashes in the French Chambers and Lyon silk workers.
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Manchester
Preyrice
Mlanchester Times
Prentice
Legislative Union
Ireland
Bank panic and political rift spark London to New York debate
The piece reports parliamentary and press reactions to government inaction against unlawful associations, amid protests over new measures. It highlights ministers blamed for not enforcing laws, a Lyons controversy, and cross Atlantic coverage of Andrew Jackson’s bank policy, with reactions from New York papers, the Working Man’s Advocate, and local notices on banks and finance.
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M. Persit
General Buccaup
M. Berryer
M. Brunette
Lyons
France
M. Brunecie
Chamber
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M. Tnnena
M.O. Barger
New York
New York Commercial Advertiser
United States
Feunselpeis Memorialists
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Arabia
Barxs
Morris
Albany Micr
Bank of New Brunswick
Hackensack
Salem
Times
F. Richmand
New Brunswick
F.richmond
Fes
United
Cambridge Petition Drives Dissenters Admission to Degrees
In a debate on Cambridge University, Spring Rice presented a petition signed by sixty two resident senate members and over half the senate urging that Dissenters be admitted to academic degrees. He cited Prof. Sedgwick, noted Cambridge scholars, and emphasized past relaxations and tests at Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. The speaker contrasted open access with historic religious tests and flagged resistance from the government.
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Cambridge University
House of Lords
Duke of Welmdon
Lord Grey
Lord Brovonam
Church of England
Abercrombie
Edinburgh
Barham
Westmoreland
G. ‘Strickland
Leeds
Orkshire
S. Whalley
St. Pancras
W. Banks
Dorset
W. Bankes
Mr. Grote
British Iron Company
United Kingdom Insurance Company
Robinson
Lord Norreys
Oxford
Rd Milton
York
Oswald Mosely
Alston
Stafford
Dudley
Miles
Chepstow
Max Well
Lanark
Murray
Leith Harbour
C. Burrell
Orkney
Bonham Carter
Limerick
Hannvey
Colebeach
Ketley
Lincoln
Nicholle
Glamorgan
Brecknock
Clay
Wapping
East Smithfield Road
Lord Monoxtu
St. George's Hospital
Spring Rice
Goulburn
Exchequer of Receipts
Stanley
Committee of Supply
Teller
Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Senate House of Cambridge
House
Senate
Professor Babbage
Everntleman
Universt of Cambridge
Sedgwick
Kingcraft
James
James the
University of
Eas
University Grievances Over Church Declarations and Dissenters
A debate traces the history of university requirements and grave declarations tied to the Established Church. Speakers recount royal commands, parliamentary resistance, and the 1792 shift allowing signatories to declare loyalty to the Church of England, not compulsory articles. The Blackburnie case and student protests illustrate perceived injustices and calls to abolish restrictive tests. The Cambridge dissenter issue contrasts with Dublin’s Catholic admission under Pitt.
Bank Branch in Brecon Sparks House Of Commons Call
A National Provincial Bank branch will open in Brecon this week. The church patronage inquiry in the House of Commons has notices for Dr Chalmers Dr Lee Dr Welsh Dr Cook and Principal Macfarlane to attend. Also invited are Dr Burns of Paisley Mr Forbes Mr Buchanan of Glasgow and Dr Kidd of Aberdeen. Gas production figures and Holyhead Road Commissioners accounts are noted. A St Margaret’s workhouse revolt among juvenile females is detailed with a violent disruption and subsequent escapes.
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Joshua Bower
Hounslet
Leeds Mercury
Grand Council of
Berne
Vienna
Tyrol
Lorberds
Milan
Venice
Heiguellen
Hungary
St. James's Park
Hyde Park
Rotten Row
Carlisle
Macaulay
Herts County Press
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Burgh
Leith
Parliamenta
Rice
House of Commons
National Provincial Bank
Brecon
Chalmers
Lee
Welsh
Cook
Macfarlane
Burns
Paisley
Forbes
Buchannan
Glasgow
Kidd
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Holyhead Road
Barnet
Mims
Brighton
Morning Chronicle
Trades Unions Conviction and a Balance of Agriculturists
A morning meeting at the Institution discussed the recent Dorchester sentence on six members of the Trades Union. Petitioners urge Parliament to suspend execution until full information on the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union is reviewed, proposing a committee to report principles and objects and to foster a lasting harmony among landed, monetary, and industrial interests. The report promises to follow.
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Agricultural Friendly Society
Dorchester
Baron Williams
Friends of the
Grand National 3 Lidated Trades Union of Great Britain
Grand National Consolidated Trades’ Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Honourable House
Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers
Markets and Smithfield prices show rising beef demand
Wheat and barley demand up slightly amid steady grain notes while oats and beans remain ample with little price movement. Smithfield reports beef volumes high, steady to improved prices, and good calf trade. pigs and Irish stock abundant, veal strong, and lamb and mutton prices mixed in a firm market atmosphere.
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Kent
Essex
Suffolk
Norfolk
Poland
Harley
A. Oae
Smithfield
West Country
Funds raised for parish church and local causes
At Bridgewater subscriptions topped for a new church, with 9000+ from a bazaar in support of All Saints. Huddersfield reports over 1600 subscribed for parish church repairs. Other items note a memorial to a Birmingham congregation, a late marriage, and local crime and inquests including a tragic suicide inquiry at Covent Garden.
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Pontefract
Es Bens
Church of All Saints
Huddersfield
Kentish
Beale
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Birmingham
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John Dutton
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Union
Hunter
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Bradford
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Firth
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Leeds Mercury
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Westminster
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Waterloo Road
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Cononer
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Moore
Regent-street
Regent's Park
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