Fragment on Ireland Church Reform by Sydney Smith Text
The piece reviews an unrevised fragment tied to Sydney Smith amid Irish Catholic tension. It discusses funding priests, Protestant establishment, and political notes on Peel, O Connell, and reform, with a mock dialogue about church endowments and Irish revenue. The tone blends critique and satire of religious and political stances, citing a breakfast anecdote.
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Sydney Smith
Welles
Smith
England
Jjod
Liverpool
de Sexton
Sexton
Urs
Augsburg
Amber
Weil
Neizh
Leinster
Erson
Duke
Cabrio
Robert Peel
O'Connell
R Copnell
Tely
Lord Grey
Lora Spencer
Connell
Law Lords
Daniel
Europe
Plutarch
Ireland
Tan
Dublin
Walit
Sea of
Rome
Seth
Ireland Church controvery taxes and clergy abuses debated
A polemical piece critiques funding Catholics in Ireland, arguing Protestants should not bear £400,000 annual Catholic clerical support. It cites reform proposals, diplomatic satire, and vivid examples from church living disputes, warning of ongoing political strife and urging a reform-minded bishop to ease sectarian tensions.
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France
England
Joinville
Ireland
Sydney Smith
Patricke
Sir Robert
Baronet
Peel
Tamworth
Robert Peel
Thomas Grenville
Robert Taplis
Rome
Duke of Devonshire
Porey
Veternnut
Longacre
Constantinople
Iris Church
Iis
Clelay
Sandwich Islands
Haddington
Piccadilly
Neptune
Themis Lyndhurst
Goody
Gladdy
St. George's
Hanover Square
Hodgson
Carlisle
Thompson
Miss Simpson
Dace
London
Anyishop
Newman
Keble
Prsey
Hannibal
Capite
Mercury
Apollo
National Anti Corn-Law League meeting at Covent Garden
The National Anti Corn-law League held an energetic aggregate meeting at Theatre Royal Covent Garden on Wednesday evening. The hall filled early, with speakers including Cobden and Houghton urging free trade and an extended bazaar plan for nationwide support.
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National
Anti Corn-law League
Theatre Royal
Covent-garden
Alowe
League
Leicester
Nottingham
Sheffield
Birmingham
Paisley
Perronet Thompson
Cobden
Houghton
Broomball
Sunning
Berks
London
Robert Peel
Lord John
Mr. Cubden
Woburn
House of Peel and Co
Mr. Haughton
House of Commons
Free Trade Party
Earl Spencer
Karl Spencer
Lord Ducie
Coka
Lord Spencer
England
Scafford O'Brien
Mr. Latimer
Fox
Marklane
Duke of Richmond
Quarle
Protestantism v. the Maynooth Grant in Liverpool Meeting
A massive Monday assembly in Liverpool Amphitheatre denounces the Maynooth Grant as Protestant opposition to Roman Catholic teachings. Speakers condemn the bill, urge resistance, and pledge petitions. parallel meetings in London and Bath mobilize dissenters, with deputations to Peel and Parliament intensifying the anti Maynooth campaign.
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College of
Maynooth
Tattersall
Adam Hodgson
W. N. Ewbank
J. Nolan
T. H. Horsefall
Oatare
Lord Sandon
Liverpool
England
Ireland
St. Peel
House of Commons
Hoe
H. M‘neile
Guildhall Coffee House
House of Lords
Robert Prel
Right
Baronet
Robert Peel
John Russell
Commons
House Ofsorda
Stepney
London
Eastern Institution
Commercial Road
C. E. Smith
da Reed
Maynooth College
Regium Donum
Reed
C. Hindley
M.P
Shepherd
D'Arcy Irvine
Champneys
Finsbury
Finsbury Chapel
Moorfields
R. Peel
C. B. Smith
Hindley
J. Burnet
Robert Peet
Jobe Blackburn
D. Wire
Bath
W.S.R. Cockburn
Edward Tottenham
Poultry
King’s Head Tavern
John R. Mills
Eng
H. Hankey
May
O'Connell
Sheil
John Barnett
Horrible case of matricide shocks Old Hatton
In Old Hatton Middleshaw head parish a murder inquiry arose after Mrs. Simpson was found dead with severe head wounds and other injuries. Her son Richard Simpson, alleged to have battered her with a poker, faced an inquest and later a jury verdict of wilful murder. Witnesses described years of abuse and the suspect’s drunken behavior. The coroner and surgeons testified to fatal head injuries and extensive contusions consistent with blunt force trauma. Richard Simpson was removed to Appleby gaol awaiting trial.
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Mr. Whaley
Kendal
R. Db, Esq
Middleshawhouse
Old Hatton
Elizabeth Airey
Richard Simpson
Middleshaw-beld
Bia
Elizabeth Simpson
Kendalloarket
Richard
Mrs. Simpson
Tran
Richard Simson
Corej Daing
Ling
Margaret Paulkerr
Ras
John Macheath Fenton
Smapsoy
Simpson
Middleshaw-head
James Noble
William Locgmire
Toplesa
Grosamith
Appleby
Queen's Drawing Room Visit At St James Palace
A crowded Thursday crowd gathered in the park before noon to glimpse Her Majesty as she and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace for St James's. The procession, Life Guards, and grand state entourages impressed onlookers while bands saluted with the National Anthem.
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St. Jamen's Palace
Prince Albert
Buckingham Palace
St. James's
Life Guards
Duke of Cambridge
St. James's Palace
Great Britain
Woolwich Dockyard
Blackwall
Dauny-naxe
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Dunboyne
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Common Plews
Exchequer
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