Contemoprary Press on Church pluralities and reform
A Morning Herald essay denounces pluralities in the Church of England as a corrupting abuse tied to patronage. It critiques ministers’ and peers’ use of multiple livings, cites Westminster St Margaret’s neglect, and urges resident clergy reform. The piece links church malfeasance to broader political battles over the Reform Bill and press liberty.
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Church
The
Morning Herald
Bishop Burnet
Hereford
Lord Grey
Lord Althorp
Bristol
Westminster
St. Margaret
Ripon
Westminster Abbey
St. Margaret’s
St. Margaret's Church
Ripon Minster
Yorkshire
St. Margaret's
House of Commons
Roman Catholica
Press attack on Poor Laws Amendment Bill sparks debate
The Edinburgh Review notes that London papers zealously opposed the Poor Laws Amendment Bill from its proposal to its royal assent. It argues the press aroused fear and ignorance, yet nineteen MPs voted against the bill in a large division, with much cited anger and disgust toward the newspapers.
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Standard
Edinburgh Review
London
House of Commons
Conservative Orange government divides the nation
The piece argues the nation is split over party lines and questions the formation of a Conservative led cabinet. It warns a government linked to Protestant interests in Ireland and the church could exclude reformists, urging a clear choice between Conservative and Destructive factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oder
John Russell
Lord Parham
Lord Durham
Karl Girey
House of Commons
Lord Chandos
Lord Grey
Earl Grey
Uuis
Lord Brougham
Reform Ministry
Common Hall
London
Great Britain
Church and Corporation
Cumberlands
Kenyons
Rodens, &c
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
John Hobhouse
Robbert Peel
Ireland
Duke A Wellington
R Peel
United Church
Lord Melbourne
Marquis of Lansdowne
Edinburgh Review
Southey
H.B
London Maritime Institution Anniversary Dinner Recap
The London Maritime Institution held its anniversary dinner at the London Tavern with MP George F. Young presiding. Speakers praised maritime charity, funded crews, and the Trinity House, noting subscriptions around 300 pounds and a strong show of support from shipping figures and city leaders.
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London
George F. Young
M.P
Crawford
Octavius Wigram
Port of
Duke of Wellington
Great Britain
England
London Maritime Institution
Landon Maritime
Trinity-house
Light-Houses
Trinity Corporation
Drauk
East India Service
Young
R.N
Curling
Broadhurst
C. Taylor
Hobbs
Chapman
Smuggling Debate and Mariners Notice From The Hague
The Belgian Courrier dé la Meuse reports high smuggling levels in Belgium with millions in value dodging duties on cottons calicoes and silk bonds, urging more customs officers or duties cuts as a remedy. A Marine notice lists buoys and beacons in Goedereede and surrounding waters for Breutey security, detailing buoy positions and markers for navigators.
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the Hague
Prince of Orange
Courrier Dé la Meuse
Belgium
France
Courrier
The
Marine
Goedereede
N. E
Cudder
Kees de Jong
Stone Cape
Palais
Ouddorp Grset
Westgat
Buoys and Channel Directions Cited by Dutch Officials
The document describes precise buoy placement to guide vessels through the Weatgat and Slykgat channels, detailing starboard and larboard sides to avoid sandbanks. It notes Director General G. I. Wottebrecht’s directive and references Dutch papers dated Oct 11 and Oct 10, with mentions of Prussian finance and celebrations in Stuttgart on Oct 6.
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N.E
G. I. Wottebreck
Berri
St.-Schuld
Sch
P. Eog
Second Edition True Sun Office Closing Prices
At seven o clock the city edition of the True Sun announces the closing prices as of four o clock, listing final figures for market instruments and traded securities in the latest update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True Sun Office
Somersets Knight Grand Cross and General Somerset Named
From the Gazette of October 17, 1934 the King elevates Lieutenant-General Lord R.E.H. Somerset to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in place of the late General Sir Henry Warde. Major-General John Taylor is named Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in place of Lieutenant Lord R.-E. Kl. Somerset.
Military Promotions and Appointments by Purchase
War Office notes dated Oct 17 list numerous by purchase promotions across regiments including 1st and 7th Dragoon Guards 4th Foot 30th 40th 57th 87th and 2d West India with ranks from Ensign to Major plus appointments for Hospital Starr and Yeomanry Cavalry at Fordingbridge. Named officers include Cornet B Fuller Major E B Curteis Captain H J Pogson Ensigns G W Henderson J E Boggis and others with retirements and transfers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Office
Régiment of Dragoon Guards
Cornet
Fuller
Purchase
Wilkie
T. O. Pipon
7Th Dragoon Guards
E. B. Curteis
Downlow
T. le Marchant
Curteis
G. J. Halmes
Reutenant
le Marchant
G. R. Stevenson
40Th Regiment
Holmes
4Th Regiment of Foot
G. W. Henderson
Royal Military College
Dudlow
Foot
H. J. Pogson
Luard
J.rrant
Pogson
L. C. W. H. Fitzgerald
Grant
40Th Foot
W. A. Fyers
Stevenson
57Th Foot
W. A. Armstrong
11Th Regiment of Foot
John Russell
J.J. R. W. Morgan
Faunt
87Th Regiment of Foot
57Th Regiment of Four
Boyd
West India Regiment
J. E. Boggis
Brittlebank
H. K. Sayers
Boggis
J. Luard
30Th Regiment of Foot
Hospital Starr
D. Scott
36Th Regiment of Foot
Alexander Melville
E. H. Blakeney
M‘gregor
32D Regiment of Foot
Ensign Stephens
61St
Francis John
Robert Torrens
Royal Marines
King grants Prebendary title at Windsor Castle
The King appoints the Honorable Reverend Edward George Moore M A to the office of Prebendary of His Majesty s free Chapel of St George in the Castle of Windsor filling the vacancy caused by the death of Doctor James Stanier Clarke.
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Whitehall
Edward George Moore
His Majesty's Free Chapel of St. George
Castle of Windsor
James Stanier Clarke
Bankrupts named with dates at Court of Bankruptcy
List of bankrupts with addresses and hearing dates across cities including London Liverpool Newcastle and Norwich. Entries name occupations such as surgeon upholsterer merchant printer and farmer, with Oct and Nov hearings and associated official assignees and attorneys.
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William Porter
Gower-street
Court of Bankruptcy
Lonsdale
Temple Chambers
Fleet-street
Abbott
Samuel Daimond Evans
High Holborn
Messrs.Gale
Lothbury
Belcher
Ralph Outterside
Liverpool
Carendon Rooms
Mawdsley
Adlington and Co
Bedford-row
Job Jones Bulman
Coxlodge Cottage
Northumberland
Commission-room
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Altorarys
Bell and Co
Bow Churchyard
Carr
Jobling
John Poulson
Joseph Serjeant
Charles Denton
Albios-wharf
Southwark
Tarble-Merchants
Bank
Rupley
Cattlin
Ely-place
Holborn
Johnson
Basinghall-street
William Green
Cheapside
Tilson
Clarendon
Chester
Staple’s Inc
London
Devonport
Thomas Robinson Hexham
Messia
Bell
Brodrick
Bow
Seymour
William Joseph Ruffy
Budgerow
Watling-street
Harman
Wine Office Court
Goldsmaid
William Fuller
Beckenham
Kent
Carpenter
Ashley
Old Street-road
Waithman
Frederick Penn Jervis
Rathbone-place
Bankru Tcy
Messrs
Bignold
Muley
Mawe
New Bridge-street
Blackfriars
Gibson
Joseph Westley
Great Winchester-street
Broadstreet
Haynes
Change-alley
Cornhill
Green
King’s Arms
Coleman-street
Thomas Brown
Robert Brown
Jarrow
Durham
Newcastle-upon- Tyne
Mepgison
Pringle
Ministry
King’s-road
Brockett
Fire Damage Report On October 16 1834 Parliament Buildings
Official report details damage from the October 16 1834 fire at Westminster. The House of Peers area including the Robing Rooms and west front committee rooms is totally destroyed up to Octagon Tower. The Painted Chamber is also totally destroyed. North end of the Royal Gallery and Library area damaged during alterations along with Parliament offices and the Lord Great Chamberlain’s offices.
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House of Commons
Westminster Hall
House OF Peers
Destruction of House of Commons Buildings in Fire
Official report details extensive damage to the House of Commons structures including committee rooms and the Speaker’s residence, with Westminster Hall spared and the State Drawing Room damaged but restorable. The Lords furniture and public rooms were largely destroyed, courts partly damaged, and restoration work ordered while inquiry cites accidental causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toggether
House OF Commons
Heeper
Mr. Ley
Courts OF Law
Westminster Hall
Houses of Lords and Commons
Office of Woods
le Oke
Heat myth in Fareham true or hoax
The letter to the editor ridicules a reported Fareham heat claim of 193 degrees. The writer notes the absurdity, questions ink availability at such heat, and contrasts with actual London noon readings of 57 to 60 degrees, calling the original tale a likely moonshine.
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Fareham
Farehall
London
Salisbury-Square
Improvements in the City of London Ward of Langbourne
An 18th century notice describes progress on the Mansion House to London Bridge opening and its expected commercial benefits for Langbourne. It notes demolition and repairs along Sherborne Lane and Eastcheap, reveals ancient arches from five to six centuries ago, and highlights monuments around St Mary Woolnoth including a ship and boat medallion and the Sir William Phipps monument with a Royal knighthood tale.
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Mansion House
London Bridge
Langbourne
Poulé Try
Cornhill
St. Mary Woolnoth
Smith, Payne, and Smit
Sherborne Lane
Church of St. Clement
Eastcheap
London
St.Mary Woolnoth’s
Simeon Eyre
Lombard
Our Lady
St. Mary Woolnoth’s Church
Woolchurch-haw
William
Mary
Wm. Phipps
Bahama
Hispaniola
James II
William Jil
New England
Massachusets
Superb and Belfast Arrive. Cloth-hall Leeds Sells 1,800 Stands
The Superb mail packet from Rotterdam and the Belfast from Calais reached the Custom-house yesterday afternoon. Leeds Mixed Cloth-hall houses 1,780 manufacturers with 1,800 stands for sale on Tuesdays and Saturdays. A Sotheby sale catalogues 5,051 lots from Richard Heser's library for November 10 and following days. Wheatley's stage coach wreck near Gracechurch Street injures several. one passenger near death at Guy's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Steam Navigation Company
Superb
Rotterdam
Esterday
Belfast
Calais
Leeds
Richard Heser
Messrs. Sotheby and Son
Wheatley
Gracechurch-street
Greenwich
Condonpha
Guy’s Hospital
Births Marriages and Deaths in Westminster and Surrounding Areas
Birth notices list several births including a daughter to L C Humfrey and a son to Harry Surman on dates in mid month. other births at Doctors'commons Thames Ditton Clapham. Marriage notices record G Hinde to Mary Anna and William Chamier to Emily, with locations Ashford St George's Hanover Square and Rushford Lodge. Obituaries note deaths of Jane Chisholm at Ashmore aged 80 Robert Adair in Harley Place aged Sid year Elizabeth Dundas widow of General Dundas at Edinburgh and Elizabeth Porteous of Parkbury Lodge Kew aged 66. Samuel Abbetson in Upper Bedford Place aged 87. Printed at True Law Office, Strand.
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Westminster
L. C. Humfrey
Harry Surman
F. Robarts
Doctors’commons
Clapham
D. T. Johnson
Thames Ditton
Surrey
J. M. Walker
G. Hinde
Ashford
Kent
Mary Anna
R. Touroau
Burwash
Sussex
St. George's
Hanover Square
William Chamier
Emily
Thomas Crookenden
Rushford-lodge
Ashmore
Dorset
Jane
Spye-park
Wilts
Elizabeth
John Starky
Bedford-place
Samuel [Bbetson
Kew
T. Porteous
Parkbury Lodge
Herts
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the Contemporary Press
Matenalls
Bave
House of Lords
Times
Iris
Earl of Durham
Stuttgard
Skate Gazette
Bank Stace
Jodia
Ditto Son
Gonsols
Senee E Artes Ates
Eserves Columbian
Ditto
P.c
Metalliques
the Gazette OF
Southampton
Fordingbridge
J. Coventry
William Mironsti
True Law” Office
No. Strand
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