Debate over Church Rates fuels Whig bill hopes
A biased review argues the Church Rate abolition bill is sound in principle but stalled by misrepresentation and Tory opposition. It urges continued government action, favors funding Church rates from Bishops Lands, and predicts public uproar if delayed. The piece calls for stronger public pressure to secure a larger majority in the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suppesing
John Bull
House of Commons
Coubis
Robert Peel
House of Lords
Duke of Orleans thrice married amid Paris papers
Paris papers report the Duke of Orleans married three times on Tuesday: civil, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic ceremonies. Also many details from Lisson about the brig Shakespeare’s dispute with Lisbon authorities over cargo discharge and crew relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Orleans
Paris
Cuvier
Meaux
Fin Tars
Newcastle
Mantas
W. Hall Gage
Senhor Mentas
Admiral Gage
Wince
Shiffner
Hastinga
Customhouse
Mr. Mantas
Shekspeare
City Address to the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria
The Lord Mayor and City of London officials delivered congratulatory addresses to the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace. A large civic delegation, including Aldermen and Common Council members, attended the reception, and both royals gave acknowledgements praising education, duty, and national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Kent
Princess Victoria
Undersheriff
Wire
Jennys
Johnson
Wiltshire
Matthews
Court of Common Concil
Frederick Spencer
Jo. Caradec
Pringeys Victoria
Duchess of Northiumberland
Catherine Jenkinson
Flora Hastings
Mary Stopford
Conrey
Lady Cust
Baroness Lehnen
John Genner
Prederick Wetherall
George Anson
Upton
Col
Louston
Victoria
Henry Woopt Horrs
City of
London
Germany
Duke of Kent
England
Shaye
Riordan
City of London
Henry Woodt HonRrre
Contempt of Court and Extraordinary Dublin Pedestrian Race
A Virginia court tale recounts a famed local lawyer called Sir Oracle whose authority went unquestioned until a young attorney defied him. The judge defended the court and warned the young man for provoking the magistrate. In Dublin Coburg Gardens a crowd watched Cootes the pedestrian and Reyer the horse race for 50 sovs a side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Mr. Jones
Jones
Coburg Gardens
Dublin
Cootes
Reyer
Gibney
Rover
Cugtes
The Pictorial Gallery No II Illustrating Objects of Interest
The Pictorial Gallery No II presents objects of interest and curiosity spanning matter science literature and amusement. This weekly feature aims to educate and entertain readers with illustrated topics and curiosities continuing in future issues.
Arabs and their remarkable feats as described in Mecca myth and modern commentary
The article extols Arabian tribes and their desert life, citing camel lore and endurance feats, then moves to a staged drawing of their athletic acts. It discusses a parliamentary act for a new school building, committee work, design selections, and the government overseen process, noting the school’s structure, curriculum, scholarships, and current pupil count.
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Syria
Merthyndiz
Mecca
Desert
Arabia
Mahomed
Metea
City of London School’s Founding and Enduring Charity
The article traces John Carpenter’s role as founder and town clerk, noting his scholarly lineage and burial. It details his 1421 will gifting £18 per year to educate freemen’s sons, a fund grown to about £900 annually for education, and the 1883 consolidation by the Common Council with an act following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Hale
Bunning
Alderman Wincester
Nerd Brougiem
Candidarva
Carpenter
Tne
Giles
Honey Lane
Cheapside
John Carpenter
London
Henry the Fifth
Henry the
Court of Mustings
Common Council of London
Horrific case of Mrs Colley murder in Fenton
In Fenton a mother, Ann Colley wife of constable George Colley, killed three of her children and injured two others then attempted suicide. Witnesses describe a bloodstained scene, coroner and jury declare the act wilful murder. husband recently dismissed from police duties amid poverty.
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Fenton
Ann
George Colley
George
Josiah
John Beardsworth
Charles
W. Harding
Hsg
James
Carming Inn
Staffordshire
Gieh
Cordwainer
Colley
Pole
Mrs. Colley
Canning Inn
Joseph Bailey
Thomas Whiston
Bowden and Bailey
North Staffordshire
John Russell
Beardsworth
Bailey
Coley’s
Babs
Charles Vale
Thomas Bowden
Culley
George G@olley
Anne
Goddard
Nesses
Bates
Stanley
Distressing manslaughter at a Drayton tannery
Workmen laughed off rough jokes then Ray seized a mallet and threw it at two men. it struck his brother in law George Edwards, fatally injuring him who died next morning. Ray is committed to Shrewsbury gaol for trial at the assizes. The Society for the Protection of Life from Fire discusses rewarding life savers with a medal for rescue efforts, citing Ellen Mahoney at the Wheatsheaf public house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drayton
John Ray
George Edwards
Shrewsbury
Assizeg
Society For the Protection
John Matthews
Holywell-street Strand
Higgs
Royal Humane Society
Tyes
Wheatsheaf
Ellen Mahoney
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