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Churches, 1850

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Titles of Roman Catholic Prelates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1850 · page 2

COPY of any Correspondence between the Lord Bishop of Sydney, and the Governor of New South Wales, and between the Governor and the Colonial Office, on the subject of the…

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Church of England Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1850 · page 3

THE descriptions of the following grants of land, which have been appropriated for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, are published for general information, in order that the…

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Government Gazette. Friday, January 18, 1850. Wesleyan Church Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1850 · page 3

THE descriptions of the following Grants of Land, which have been appropriated to the purposes hereinafter mentioned, are published for general information, in order that the parties…

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Church of England Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1850 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 23rd February, 1850. The descriptions of the following grants of land, which have been appropriated for the purposes hereinafter mentioned,…

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Church of England Grants

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 9 March 1850 · page 13

Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 23rd February, 1850. The descriptions of the following grants of land, which have been appriated for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, are published for general information, in order that the parties concerned may have…

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Government Gazette. Tuesday, March 12, 1850. Church of England Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1850 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, March 7, 1850.—The descriptions of the following grants of land, which have been appropriated for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, are…

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Encouragement for Settlers: Being Extracts From the Log Book of a Bank Lottery Prizeholder, While on an Excursion in Search of His Prize, on the Banks of the Hastings. " Eh, sic a parish! -- sic a terrible parish !"

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 11 May 1850 · page 5

On board of the Mary Ann, schooner, at the hour of midnight, in fine clear weather, the South Head light dipping astern in the distance, a nice scudding breeze sending us merrily on our way to my promised inheritance, with a light heart and sanguine…

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New Zealand, Progress of the Free Church Settlement. (From the Otago News, April 6.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1850 · page 2

IF we had reason to congratulate our fellow-settlers on the progress made by the pioneers of the first twelve months, we certainly have nothing to complain of in the second…

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Original Correspondence. Persecution by the Roman Catholic Priests. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1850 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—I beg leave to request that you will give insertion to my present communication in the columns of your paper, as I conceive it to be a duty I owe to the Protestant…

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Persecution by the Roman Catholic Priests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1850 · page 2

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues have they deceived; the poison of asps is under their lips. Have they no knowledge, that they are such workers…

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The Church Act. -- Shall It Be Perpetuated? to the Honorable E. Deas Thompson, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales. (Per favour of the People's Advocate.)

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 June 1850 · page 6

SIR, -- In glancing the other day over the report, as given in the HERALD, of the debate on the second reading of the Bill intended to confer on these Colonies higher constitutional rights than they have hitherto enjoyed, I read with surprise and disappointment, in…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. Colonization and the Church. (From the Spectator)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 June 1850 · page 4

WHEN the discussion of a political topic runs beyond the limits of political circles, the fact is a sign that it is obtaining a wide hold of the public mind. Thus the fact that colonization…

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News From the Interior. Camden. Church of England School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 July 1850 · page 3

THE foundation stone of a school-house, in connexion with the Church of England, was laid in Camden yesterday (July 1) by the Lord Bishop of Sydney, on land given by the Messrs…

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Catholic Meeting

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 July 1850 · page 3

We announced in Saturday's Herald, that a public meeting of the Roman Catholic community had been held on the previous evening, in the St. Francis' School Room; as well as the result arrived at, viz.,—a…

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Colonisation and the Church. (To the Editors of the Freeman's Journal,)

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 July 1850 · page 6

GENTLEMEN,—An article thus headed appeared in the Herald a few days since. It was an extract from the Spectator, and related to the work of an Anglican minister, who appeals to the Establishment on the subject of its duties to the colonies. The Spectator…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, July 18, 1850. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Melbourne Church Bills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 July 1850 · page 2

Two Bills for regulating the affairs of the Church of England, in the district of Port Phillip, have just been printed, and as they involve important principles…

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Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 July 1850 · page 3

On Thursday, July 11, the Anniversary Meeting of the District Committee of the Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge and the Propagation of the Gospel, was held at…

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The Catholic Association

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 August 1850 · page 3

A meeting of the members of this Institution was held on Sunday evening, at the St. Francis School-room, Elizabeth-street. At 8 o'clock, the room was crowded, and the chair was taken by the Roman Catholic Bishop,…

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Pastoral of the Archbishop of Cashel on the Godless Colleges. to the Catholic Clergy and People of Cashel and Emly

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 August 1850 · page 2

Dearly-beloved Brethren,—In the course of last year we directed that the Rescripts which had been received from the Holy See regarding the Government Colleges should be read from every Altar in these dioceses,…

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The Melbourne Church Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1850 · page 5

AT a public meeting at Melbourne to petition against the passing of the Melbourne Church Bills, among the speakers were Presbyterian, Independent, Baptist, and Roman Catholic…

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