Irish Church Debates Echo Across Commons
Petitions from Sheffield cutlers call for freer trade with France as the House debates corn laws and Irish church questions. Key speakers condemn coercive policy while guarding Protestant establishment. the vote ends with an adjournment as attendance falls short.
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Sheffield
France
J. Rastmore
Metropolis
Hoxton
Gray's Inn-road
Kingaland
City of London
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Charitable Loan Societies
Ireland
Austria
Portugal
Mexican Republic
Scotland
Trelawney
House of Lords
R. Ina1is
John Russell
Church of Ireland
Ward
England
Lord Bethany
B. Cocueane
Mr. Cochrane
Baronet
Ali Auzilio
V. Sivanr
Harpy
House of Commons Syntax Summary of 1840s Proceedings
The record lists named members including Kemble Knatchbull Lefroy Morrison Napier O'Brien O'Conor Don Plamptre Plamridge Ross Smith Stuart J. Stuart Trelawney Tuite Wood Wood Yorke and others in a debate on sugar trade and Irish matters. Grapstong notes sugar deliveries fell due to fruit season, Gissorni seeks returns on Irish forces 1840–1842 and ports guards, Stewart proposes three month delay for Church of Scotland Benefices bill, Warp reports on courtesy during Irish church discussions.
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Kemble
H. Knatchbull
London
Lefroy
A. Morrison
J. Napier
O'Brien
O'Conor
Don Plamptre
J. P. Plamridge
Ross
D.R. Smith
B. Stuart
Stuart
W .V. Trelawney
Tuite
H. M. Wood
G. W. Wood
B. Yorke
H. R
Grapstong
Mountz
Gissornz
Ireland
P. M. Stewant
Church of Scotland
Warp
Irish Attendance Debate Highlights Quorum Shakeup and Critique
In a crowded session, members criticized thin attendance and counted out the Irish issue amid party divisions. Discussions covered the Limitations of Actions Ireland Bill, Poor-law amendments, and various committee stages as law and revenue bills progressed.
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Escort
Rocutz
Scott
Friends of Ireland
Ireland
Bernat
Mines
G. Grey
R. Yorke
Shaw
Ward
Buecier
Home Department
J. Granam
Austin
Mr. Young
Marquis of Clanricarde
Earl of Glengall
Lord Dunsany
Lennox Livingstone
Phelan
Bishops Relief
Timekeeping Rules and Parliamentary Discourse Notes
The text outlines methods to compute sunrise and sunset times across Great Britain and Ireland by latitude, adds or subtracts minutes for various degrees, and gives high water adjustments for ports. It then shifts to a lengthy parliamentary discussion about Irish Church property, government unity, and Speaker conduct with references to Ward Estcott Roche and the Repeal Association.
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Great Britain
Ireland
Sesports
London Dock Gates
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
The Week Sonnar August 6 Eighth Sunday after Trinity
The week notes the eighth Sunday after Trinity with proper morning and evening lessons, date, lunar age, and sun position. It lists daily weather forecasts from Legh and Ephem data, plus Zadkiel considerations and wool market notes for Doncaster and related events.
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Legh
Meteo
Ephem
Zadkiel
Mownpay
Jesus
Barnard Fair
TwoeEgpay
George Canning
Wepnespay
Dryden
Tuunspay
St. Lawrence
Doncaster
Pendleton Colliery Disaster Devastates Town and Workforce
A catastrophic flooding at Mr J Fitzgerald’s Pendleton colliery near Manchester destroys the pit’s lower curbs, floods three mines, and leaves about 1,000 workers without employment. Loss to Fitzgerald estimated at least £50,000 as pumps fail and the main shaft engine is ruined. In Staffordshire another deadly sequence at Broadfields and Sparrow’s pits results in fourteen known deaths, including overlooker Richard Boaden and four others, prompting calls for action on mine safety and workers’ welfare.
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Pendleton
J. Fitzgerald
Manchester
Bolton
Fitzgerald
Staffordshire PorreRits
Broadfields
Rich Boaden
Boaden
Richard Boaden
Broadsfield Colliery Company
Richard Dawson
Francis, Malbourn
James Roberts
Messrs. Sparrow’s
P.S
Sparrow’s
Joseph Lees
Postponed Parliamentary Intelligence Answers Next Week
TO CORRESPONDENTS The length and interest of our Parliamentary Intelligence require us to postpone Answers to Correspondents until next week. We shall then bring up the arrear.
Ward's Irish Church Speech Ends Debate Amid Contention
Mr Ward argued that 300 years of religious change in Ireland failed reforms and blamed Crown and Parliament for misusing church patronage. He traced ties between church withholding revenues and political power, urging a radical remedy for Irish ecclesiastical property amid Repeal agitation. The speech, lasting nearly three hours, drew mixed reactions from Whigs and Tories alike.
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Ireland
Elizabeth
Ward
James the First
Ulster
Cromwell
Charles II
Primate Boulter
Marquis of Buckingham
Lord Stanley
House of Commons
O’connell
Carew
Sheil
William Somerville
Rous
Spain in tumult as Espartero's fate looms and Lopez reshapes
The piece chronicles Spain amid insurrection and Franco-British intrigue. Narvaez and Seoane tighten control in Madrid while Mendizabal hides, and Espartero’s role falters. French papers condemn interference as Palmerston faces a chorus of criticism from National and Debats.
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Spain
Seoane
Narvaez
Alcala
Zurbano
Saragossa
Madrid
Espartero
van Halen
Seville
Lopez
Mr. O'Connell
Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Stanley
Mr. Roche
Prim and Lopez
Cortes
Lord Palmerston
The Bull in the China Shop Lord Brougham's Last
A critical excerpt on Lord Brougham's Slavery Suppression Bill denounces its absurd provisions and the House of Lords handling, arguing it would force British merchants to rely on slave labor to avoid penalties, undermining efforts to improve enslaved workers' conditions.
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Lord Brougham
House of Lords
House of Commons
Debate on Gradual Abolition Effects in Brazil and England
The speaker argues that English laws cannot stop British capital from working in Brazil and that emancipation would harm investors and workers alike. He contends that slaves on Brazilian estates would be restored to labor if freed, risking loss of capital and a Labour supply, and questions the justice of depriving British subjects of treaty rights while foreign owners profit.
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Brazil
Lord Brougham
Sir Robert Inglis and the Irish Church Debate
The piece argues Sir Robert Inglis silenced Mr. Ward's challenges by admitting England's failures in Irish policy and church relations. It notes agreements on English neglect in Gaelic liturgy, Penal Laws, and the Cromwellian settlement, while criticizing the supposed late Apostolical purity of the Irish Church and the burdens of Tithe suits and vestry cess.
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Robert Inglis
Ward
England
Ireland
Primate Boulter
Primate Stone
Marquis of Buckingham
Church of England
Limerick
Dr. Dipping
Hat etiquette at Edgbaston church poll sparks dispute
In Edgbaston the Society of Friends voting on a church rate kept hats on inside the church and a Sturge refused to remove his hat citing respect for his own place of worship. Pixell tried to remove it. others objected citing parliament authorisation for refuge of votes.
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Edgbaston
Society of Friends
Sturge
Pixell
Southall
J. Cadbury
Birmingham
Verria
Carmarthen
Llanor
Lilanor
Pen-y-Garn
Waterloo-Bridge
Frederick Ancona
Ancona
Green
Patent Elastic Pavement Company
Rotherhithe
Brand Street
Holloway
Clerkenwell
Mr. Coombe
Mr. Combe
London and Brighton
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