The Beresfords and a Drung Curate in Irish Church Conflict
A 1833 dispute between Rev. Marcus Beresford and his curate Rev. Thomas Lyons over a catechetical lecture leads to Lyons’s dismissal. The piece condemns Beresford’s harsh conduct, questions church governance, and accuses patronage and wealth of corrupting ecclesiastical justice amid Irish church tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresfords
Times
Trish
Marcus Beresford
Drung
Thomas Lyons
Church of
Beresford
Fielding
M. G. Beresford
Thomas A. Lyons
Mr. Lyons
Church of Ireland
Lyons
Ireland
Kilmore
Chonge
Killyshandra
Ireland's Poor and Cobbett’s Ireland Visit Spar Over Law
The Morning Herald reviews Mr. Cobbett's Ireland reportage, condemning Irish poverty and pauperism while urging Statutable relief for the Irish poor. It questions Irish representation in Parliament and contrasts English and Irish policy in poor law debates. The piece also critiques the Edinburgh dinner's political lessons and notes a growing reaction against Reform era governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Herald
Cobbett
Surrey
Dublin
Ireland
Bour
House of Commons
England
Mr. Cobbett
Malthusian
Fragmentary Standard critique of Whig and Radical gains
A fragment from the Standard reflects on political shifts, noting that Radicals have gained at Whigs' expense and predicting the final doom of Whiggery as conservatives watch. It contends that party amalgamation will complete soon.
Police Intelligence Chronicle of London Misconduct
Greenwich stage coach incident near the Monument draws a Lord Mayor adjournment as Gale reports near-fatal collision and a pregnant wife injured. other Aldgate cases include a brutal Irish girl assault, a donkey theft ring and a roving mob incident in Bermondsey Street. Police action leads to bail, fines, and committals in Bow Street Queen Square and Worship Street sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennet
Greenwich
Gale
King William-street
Pointer
Northumberland Gardens
Painter
Alexander Hillingworth
Sarah Smith
Aldgate
Norry Deary
Iunk
Paddy Murphy
Paddy
Norry
Ayar
Waddy
Bow-Street
Still
Dyer
T. Pococh
I Division
Queen-Square
William
Thomas Lester
Mr. White
Frank Williams
Williams
Patrick Nolan
Caious
Smith
White
Ann Force
Douglas-street
Incent-Square
Westminster
Poor woman in street appeal from parish relief
At Thames Office a poor Irish woman, stripped to a gown, lay on the ground in Church Street Baths, asking relief. She claims lack of home food and friends and was advised to apply to parish officers. officials warned they cannot commit her without a crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cookspur-street
Mr. White
Roasery
Mary Robinson
Evang
Swan
Knightsbridge
White
Evans
Goose
Lavinia Epwarps
Maria Edwards
Lavinia Edwards
Dean-street
Treherne
St. Margaret’s
Union-Hall
George Smith
Wedgwood
Nutley
Highstreet
Southwark
Hoaden
Bermondsey-street
M Division
Bermondsey Street
Krick
Madden
Amelia Jones
Twyford, Esq
Church-street
Bethnal-green
M'Kay
Benetton
Twyford
Mr. Twyford
Wang
St. Luke's Hospital
Thames
Dennis M‘carthy
Ballantige
Brodeérip
Mary Collies
Trish
Timothy M‘carthy
Old Bailey Seasions
Newgate
Collins
Hias
King-street
Wapping
M‘carthy
Desmond
Hollins
Mr. Ballantine
Wace Collins
MrCarthy
Funeral unearths later will bequeathing Beaumont Street daughter
After Mr Snapcrass died a will surfaced years later in a banking house gifting one hundred seventy five thousand pounds to the daughter of a widow named Russell, residing in Beaumont Street St Marylebone. A Town meeting honors Mr Tracy Leigh in the eastern division with vast crowds at the King's Head and surrounding rooms, Robert Cannin Bay in chair delivering toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
St. Giles'’s
St. Giles’s
St. James’s
Globe
Scotland
Calton Hill
Breadalbane
Perthshire
G. Murray
Caltonhill
House of Commons
Newcastle
Lord Grey
England
Lord Brougham
Inverness
Grey
Brougham
Dundee
Lord Palmerston
Mr. Grant
Snapcrass
Cesterfield Gardens
Russell
Beaumont-street
St. Marylebone
Tracy Leicu
Tracy Leigh
King’s Head
Robert Cannin
Meeting of creditors and society notices page
Meeting of creditors at Basinghall Street to-morrow lists J Bell and others as linen-drapers, money-scrivener W Parker and several tradespeople. Dividends, births, marriages, and deaths follow, noting several engagements in London and surrounding areas, including George Malling’s marriage and the Vipont and Pryce families. Printed by True Sun Office, Strand, London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basinghall-Street
J. Bell
Norton-folgate
Shoreditch
W. Parker
Horncastle
Lincolnshire
Money-Scrivener
J. Phelps
Strattan
J.H. Secretan
Cheapside
Cassell, Sen
Croydon
Surrey
Winiiaw Mrrcsece
True Sun
Strand
London
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the Contemporary Press
Armagh
George Kilmore
T. A. Lyons
Matamon
Standard
Police Intelligence
W. Maclore
Harley-street
York-street
Perceval
Windeyer
College-street
New Town Hall
Montgomieryshire
Brookhouse
Somerset
Edwin Leaf
East Dulwich
Roberta Sophia
Gideon Nicolon Esq
Royal Marines
Jerady
Guildford Lawn
Dover
J. Ennes
Amberwa
Bedford-row
Wits
Odiham
Hampshire
Cassandra Feaneen
T. Frere
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