Abolition of Church Rates Debated in Imperial Parliament
Across Lords and Commons petitions flood in for and against church rate abolition. Debates cover the Canada resolutions timing, police appointments, and Spain's queen remarks. Proponents argue for state support of church needs while critics warn of risks to church independence and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Commons
Joan Marcan O’connell
Trish
Joux Russeau
Robinson
Canada
Estcourt
John Russell
Codd
Joan Russe i
Kensington D Islet
Queen OF Spain
O’conyet
Spain
Times
Mr. O'C
Committee OF Supply
House
Chairrmian
Milbank Penitentiary
J. Russerly
Jonx Russxxx
R. Pest
Baronet
Lord Althorp
Lord Howisex
Baroner
G. Hancourt
Fowenl Buxton
Goun- Bourn
Lusameron
North Lancashire
Lord Stanley
William Jr
Iman
Dr. Lushington
Lord Spencer
Consolidated Fund
Br. Lushington
Dr. Lushingtor
Debates on Church Rates In Lords Adjourning Session
The House of Lords debated church rates with opposition urging restraint and ministers defending the established church. Lords illustrated legal limits, proposed finance for church repairs, and anticipated votes as the session adjourned to Thursday with the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill and Canada resolutions due next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Lords
Tunsday
Earl of Rapnon
Oxford
Cambridge
Lord Langdale
Lonp CunxceLton
Scotland
Ireland
House OF Commons
John Russell
Irish Municipal Corporation
Canada
R. Peel
Baring
W. Fotterr
Middlesex
Geggleman
Lord Althorp
Hume
Sir W. Follett
iTear
Tle
Fabrica
Court of King’s Bench
Mr. Harcourt
Tamworth
Baronet
Sir John Campbell
Hon
Exeter
Bishop of
Church of England
Cayley
Pitt
Mr. Benett
Pemgerton
England
Joan Russyux
Hom
Ripon
Municipal Corporation
Brothenton
G. Crunx
Record Commission
Dismissal of 62d regiment officers in Africa sparks debate
Foreign intelligence reports harsh dismissal of officers who protested a Marshal Clausel dispatch. Captain Quernel faced court martial for insolence but was acquitted. Madrid notes suspicion on Generals, reshuffles, tax reforms, and unrest, with Espartero’s army lamentable and Barcelona tense. New South Wales and South America news cover Port Phillip negotiations, influenza easing, and political shifts. South Australia expedition details praise fertile land and early settlement prospects under Colonel Light.
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62D Regiment
Africa
Marshal Clausel
Quernel
Madnrid
Cortes
Estatuto Real
Arrogan
Lopez
Valdes
Almodovar
Valencia
M. Mendizabal
Espartero
la Mancha
Cuenga
Narvaez
Barcelona
Kingdom of
Bayonne
Evans
St. Sebastian
Ceneral
Fontarabia
Hernas
Onate Gazette
Cabrera
Gomez
Ferdinand
Ebro
Don Carlos
Almarza
Arevalo
Don Ramon Ledivia
Canta Veija
Christinas
Becelle
Sydney
Swanston
Gillebrand
Dobson
Port Phillip
New South Wales
Isabella
Charles Eaton
Turkezy and Constantinople Crisis Unease Over Russia England War Threat
A lengthy dispatch from Constantinople dated February 12 outlines Russian provocations and British insistence on rejecting the status quo. It condemns Ibrahim Pacha and Mehemet Ali while predicting conflict if England does not cooperate, and notes Divan reforms, a dervish expose, and the Sultan’s fragile grip on power amid widespread public unease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Gazette de
St. Petersburgh
Russia
England
Gail
Unkiar Skelessi
Baying
Dardanelles
Mehemet Ali
Stamboul
St. Sophia
Satchiee Sheik
Melancholy case of death by self act at Bay's Hill school
A 16 year old pupil, Thomas Watson, son of the late Watson of Bay's Hill, committed suicide by taking laudanum at Fallon’s boarding school. An inquest heard he had grown despondent over the past year, showed mental distress, and left his bed to drink the poison after purchasing it with a two ounce bottle. The jury returned a verdict that death resulted from swallowing laudanum while in an unsound state of mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghiaour Baba
Dethee
Satchlee Sheik
Broussa
Seragno
Cheltenham
Thomas Watson
Fallon
Watson
Mr. Fallon
Tate
Master Watson
Hanks
Wakeman
Berkeley moves to address for ladies gallery access
Mr Grantley Berkeley gives notice that on May 6 he will move that an address be presented to the Crown. The request asks directions to carry into effect the 1835 select committee recommendation to set apart a portion of the strangers' gallery for the admission of ladies in both the present and new Houses of Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantley Berkeley
Cape of Good Hope colonial economy and Boer conflicts
A colonial report from 1836 notes prosperity in the Cape with good harvests and rising wool production while planning steamship routes and a Table Bay harbour. It warns of rising northern tribes tensions, describes a Boer farmers defense against hostile forces, and predicts costly consequences from current policies. Captain Retief is mentioned as possibly negotiating recovery of lost property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Table Bay
Algon Bay
Thaba Unchu
Moruka
Masselikatse
Bartards
Barend Barends
Mashusa
Bashuta
Retief
Richest merchant M Megom Young dies in Christiania
Christiania reports the death of M Megom Young a presumed city’s richest merchant He started in poverty and left an estimated fortune of 1 000 000 specie dollars about 250 000 pounds Sterner Danube steam navigation expansion Six new Austrian launched steamers began service between Pesth and Lower Hungary on February 18 hailed as a sign of broader river traffic by Germany
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
M. Megom Young
Danube
Pesth
Lower Hungary
Germany
Melancholy Accident in Jamaica at St Ann's Harbour
A boat accident outside St Ann's harbour, Jamaica, at a second breakfast on a Demerara packet, claimed eleven lives from seventeen aboard. Victims include Lt. Mallison of the 56th Regiment, Mrs Bridges and others. Rev Bridges witnessed the tragedy while rescuing three. Captain Bridges and two sailors survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
St. Ann’s
Bridges
St. Ann's
Mallison
56Th Regiment
G. W. Bridges
Cocking
Ralph Cocking
Cornwall Infirmary
Spry
Truro
Great Britain
New Granada
Panama
Russell
Granada
Lord Palmerston
Turner
Bogota
Mr. Russell
Signor Pombo
Carthaegena
Lopez
Halkett
Havannah
Mitters
Clair
Republic
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Lord Duncannon
Foreign Intelligence
France
Buenos Ayres
Chilli
Chamber of Senators
Santiago
Rio Grande
Tacnarembo
Maila
Montevideo
South Australia
William Light
Australia
South Australian
Martin
van Diemen’s Land
Nepean Bay
Hobart Town
Rapid
Cygnet
Duke of York
John Pirie
Lady Mary Pelham
Colonel Light
Gulf St. Vincent
Light
Kangaroo Island
Cape Jarvis
Cape
St. Vincent’s Gulf
Gulf
N. W
St. Vincent’s Culf
Mount Lofty
Alexandrina
Nerous
Turkezy
Cape OF Good Hope
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