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Churches, 1868

18 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

The Catholic Church in Ireland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1868 · page 5

At the meeting of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, in Dublin, a series of resolutions was adopted having particular reference to—1. The…

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Maitland Town Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last, a meeting of the friends and supporters of the Maitland Town Mission was held at the High Sohool. Mr. J. Falkiner presided over the meeting, which was…

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Catholic Mission at Oxford

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 3

The Chronicle in explaining why the plan of a Catholic mission at Oxford broke down, tells the story of a singular intrigue. Ever since Oxford was opened to Catholics in 1855 there…

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The Sydney Catholic Association. (From Friday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1868 · page 2

Yesterday evening a meeting of the oommittee if the Gatholic Association was to have been held in the offices attached to the temporary cathedral of St. Mary, but in consequence of the attempt, upon the, life of the Prince,…

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Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1868 · page 2

Dr. Carroll, being the first Roman Catholic Lord Mayor elected since the repeal of the statute forbidding the display of the insignia of civic state in a Roman Catholic place of…

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The Irish State Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1868 · page 5

The Roman Catholic laymen's manifesto against the Irish Church has attached to it the names of Lords Fingal, Granard, Kenmare, Dunraven, Southwell, Castlerosse, Trimleston,…

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Mr. Ward Hunt's Mission to Ireland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1868 · page 3

The London correspondent of the Irish Times writes:—``The mission of Mr. Hunt to Ireland is one of the most important steps in its possible consequences which the Government has taken…

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Newcastle Church Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1868 · page 2

A special general meeting of the Newcastle Church Society was held on Tuesday afternoon, in the School of Arts, West Maitland, for the purpose of receiving the annual report and statement of accounts, and taking into…

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Defeat of the Ministry on the Irish Church Resolutions of Mr. Gladstone Revival of Fenianism in Ireland. Letter From Dr. Livingstone. Particulars of the ASSASSiNATION of D'arcy M'gee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1868 · page 2

The P. N. Z. Company's steamer Ruahine, Captain Beal, arrived in Port Jackson yesterday, (Monday) evening at 10 o'clock. She brings the important intelligence of the defeat of the Disraeli Government, on the debate…

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The Irish Church Debate. Defeat of the Government. (From the Panama Mercantile Chronicle.) [Teleobaphic.] the Debate on the Irish Church Question—the Union with Ireland Dbclared Repealable. London, April 3, Midnight

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1868 · page 2

The House of Commons was densely crowded tonight, both on the floor and in the galleries, long; before the hour for the commencement of the proceedings. The Prime Minister, Mr. Disraeli, rose and moved an…

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The Opening of the Debate on the Irish Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1868 · page 2

This important debate opened on Monday, the 30th March, and we are therefore enabled to give the summary of the Times of the two first days—namely, the 30th and 31st of March…

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Anniversary of Thh Wesleyan Church, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1868 · page 2

On Sunday, the 7th instant, the customary anniversary fermons were preached in the Wesleyan Church, West Maitland—in the morning by the Rev. George Martin, of Morpeth, and in the afternoon and evening by the Bev…

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Arrival of the Panama Mail, with News to 13th May. Lord Brougham Dead. Great Anti-catholic Riots. Earthquake at Honolulu. President Johnson's Trial Finished. Mercury Office, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1868 · page 2

At a quarter-past three, we received the following important telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Rakaia arrived noon; she left Panama…

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Lord Dufferin's Letter on the Irish Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1868 · page 3

The following letter on the Irish Crisis has been addressed by Lord Dufferin to his agent:— "8, Grosvenor-square, April 4. "My dear Mr. Thomson—It is very evident…

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Alleged Death-bed Admission of Dr. Bland to the Roman Catholic Church. (From the Evening News, July 27.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1868 · page 2

We copy the following remarkable statement from the Southern Argus, a Goulburn journal, usually well posted up in matters relating to the Roman Cathelic Church. We know not whether the account is truthful or not, but…

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Poetry. "Air! More Air!" a Appeel for Are to the Sextant of the Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 3

O sextant of our anchent church, which sweeps And dusts, or is supposed to i and makes flers, And lltes the gass, and sumtimes leaves a screw loose, in which case it smells orful—worse than iam-pile;…

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Wesleyan Church District Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1868 · page 2

The sittings of the Maitland District Meeting commenced in the Wesleyan Church, High-street, on Thursday last, 12th instant. The following ministers and probationers were present:—Revs. B. Chapman (Chairman of…

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Anniversary of the Congregational Church, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1868 · page 2

On Sunday last the commemorative services in celebratioh of the establishment of the Congregational Church in West Maitland were held in the Churcb, in High-street, when the Rev. John Graham, pastor of the…

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