Debates on State Aid for Religion Stir Finsbury Meeting
Protestants in Finsbury unite against any state endowment for religion amid Ireland and Maynooth grant controversy. Speakers condemn church state alliance, warn of a drift to state paid churches, and urge dissenters to oppose such measures.
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Belgium
Bruges
Ghent
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Robert Peel
O’connell
Jesus Christ
Great Britain
C. Giluert
Barnsbury Chapel
Wales
Rebecca
O'Connell
J. H. Goowin
Highbury College
England
Price
Islington
Ife
House of Commons
Sir Robert
Finsbury
Duncombe
Dr Price
H. Axton
Union Chapel
A.J. Morris
Holloway Chapel
Grant
Tie
Izaak Walton
Lord John Russell
Church of Rome
Alliance of Church and State
J. J. Brown
Islington Green Chapel
Yocxney
Lower Road Chapel
Electors oppose Maynooth grant across London boroughs
Amid protest letters and mass petitions, metropolitan electors pledge to oppose any future candidates who backed the Maynooth college endowment. London and Westminster signatures pledge candid opposition, with Tower Hamlets electors sending a pointed letter to Sir William Clay and Colonel Fox.
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Metropolitan Boroughs
City of London
Borough of Westminster
Tower Hamlets
Maynooth Grant
William Clay
Colonel Fox
Maynooth College
Ireland
C. Barnet
Hexrs
Maynooth
Captain Trotter
Dyrham Park
H. N. Dudding
St Peter's
St Alban'’s
A. Stewart
A. M. Myers
Dimenna
R. C. L. Bevan
Trent Park
James Lord, Esq
Anti-Maynooth Committee
Southampton
Peel
Boston
Stamford Mercury
Wakefield
Kalifax
Sion
Square
Harrison Road
Halifax
College of Maynooth
Nawonth
Bradford
Toraway