Controversy Over Irish Tithes and Landlord Proposals
The Morning Herald reports Lord Londonderry urging landlords in Ireland to discharge tithes via the Composition Act and to consider converting tithes into rent-charges. The piece argues Parliament must enable such a scheme, noting dissenters may resist and stressing that broad voluntary adoption would strengthen legal sanction and foster peace and order.
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Morning Herald
Lord Londonderry
Ireland
England
Counries
The Irish Clergy Doubts And Dares Civil War Threats
A Times excerpt criticizes Irish clergy for pursuing tithe recovery by law, warning such actions could convulse Ireland into civil war. It argues Parliament should revise tithe policy and urges restraint, urging meekness over armed conflict to preserve peace and Protestant-Catholic balance. It weighs living standards, salaries, and debt among Britain’s elites, noting economic strain since 1810.
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Times
Ireland
Bengal
England
Great Britain
Armagh
House of Lords
Zemine Cissentiente
Lord Melbourne
House of Commons
Bresford
Salaries of the Scotch Judges debated in committee
The Morning Chronicle reports astonishment at evidence before the Salaries of the Scotch Judges committee. Lord Jeffrey, former Lord Advocate, notes a large salary increase in 1810, while living costs have fallen. He adds that the variety of cases has grown since 1830, though details are partial.
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Edinburgh
Court of Session
John Hope
Jutice
Criminal Court
London
John Hamilton
Scotland
Paris
India
Victor Jacquemont
Gow
Calcutta
King’s Bench
Europe
England
Channel
Ireland
Morning Chronicle
Advocate
Lord Jeffrey
Eliza's Crew Rescued by Russian Ship at Cronstadt
The St John, arriving Cronstadt from Riga on the 14th ult, carried nine Eliza crew members after the London to Cronstadt vessel wrecked on Nerwa rocks September 10. The survivors were rescued in an open boat after three days on the island, then picked up by the St John on the evening of the Sith.
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St. John
Cronstadt
Riga
Eliza
London
Nerwa
St.John
Berlin
Dorset-house
Tunbridge Wells
Sevenoaks
Greenwich Gazette
Liverpool Ophthalmic Infirmary
Dove-court
School-lane
Liverpool Journal
America
Gray
Southwark Sessions Hear Double Theft at Town Hall
James Arnley and Joseph Williams were found guilty of thefts including a gold watch and snuff box valued around 200 pounds. Healey, already convicted for burglary, was sentenced to fourteen years transportation, Williams seven, after evidence linked them to pawnbrokers and a grandmother’s custody. The case unfolded at the Octower He proceedings before the Recorder and Alderman Ansley.
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Ansley
James Arnley
Joseph Williams
Mabon
William Taylor
Obelisk
Surrey Theatre
Jones
Moore
Blackheath
London
Stanton
Williams
Lamb
Ludgatehid
Guildhall
Southwark
Gerr
Healey
Thomas
Brixton
Surrey General Quarter Session Reports and Prison Plans
The Surrey General Quarter Session at Kingston upon Thames heard prison health reports showing general good conditions. Governors at Kingston, Brixton, Guildford, and the House of Correction supplied prisoner counts including debtors and those under court martial. A county accounts review noted receipts of 2,542 pounds and expenditures around 25,822 pounds, with balances and potential deficits. A motion on solitary confinement was debated and rejected after magistrates voted against referral to a committee. The court adjourned at five.
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Smallpiece
Central Criminal Courts
R. Jackson
Houses of Correction
Brixton
Guildford
Kingston
Lear
Police Intelligence: London Robberies and Public House Thefts
Long report of trials and arrests in London petty crime. George Wormersiey alias Wor ersley, a Quaker, is examined for robbing Mr Clarke of waists and other goods linked to pawnbrokers. A pot-boy at Hercules and other cases follow including a London cabman stabbing threat and a series of public house thefts and assaults. The piece also covers a Lord Chancellor figure, trades unions conflicts, fraudulent money, and suicide attempts by women near docks.
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Mansion House
George Wormersiey
Society of Friends
Clarke
Minories
Newgate
Bradley
Towerhul
Hercules
Leadenhall-street
Jackson
John Hingsbury
House of Commons
Westminster Hall
White
St. Rats
Elliott
Kingsbury
St. Margaret's
Trades’ Unions
John Hutchinson
The
Trades’ Union
Burrell
Abraham Heath
David Voyer
John Phillips
Prisoner Committed After House Burglary and Theft
A prisoner stayed in a landlady's Whitby Town lodging, with several articles missing. He denied theft beyond a bundle, while another man named Robert Ki faced re examination for stealing two coats a pair of trousers and a bracelet worth seven pounds. The thief was located in New Gravel Lane public house and accused items included duplicates of clothes and other wearing apparel. The case, including the bracelet found and undelivered property, was presented for trial.
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Catton
Mr. Twyford
Mr.Twyford
Frances Lucet
Twyford
Jobstreet
Spitalfields
M‘carthy
Bedford
Division of Police
Oye Staves
James Wickendon
Peter Howers
Thomas Jennings
Stephen Eaton
Samuel Eaton
James Pullett
Mr. Benett
Mary Howling
Ballantine
London Dock
New Eastern Basin
New Gravel Lane
Shadwell
Murray
Shepherd
Eliza Hammond
Mr. Young
Bermondsey
House of Correction
Darine
Robert Newby
Peckham
Wapping
Chilton
Rosemary Lane
Colwill
Robert Ki
Mr. Kay
Whitby
Miss Kay
Kay
Miss’ Kay
Trade of the island of Cuba in 1883 shown by totals
The dispatch reports Cuba’s 1883 trade totaled 92,507,238 dollars, with imports at 18,511,183 dollars and exports at 19,908,100 dollars. Despite cholera morbus, production increased from 1832, with exports rising in coffee, tobacco, and wax. National navigation added 1,873,727 dollars in excess value and 6,550 tons more imports, 4,461 more exports.
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Cuba
Havanna
National Navigation
Maidstone Gazette
TravelNp
Edinburgh
Leith Harbour
Leith
Edinburgh Advertiser
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Wilfaly
Mr. Catton
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R. Moffitt
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Mealman
Etchee Tagsersberos
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Milbrook
Richard Bell
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