Public lecture lauded reformers and workers across ages
A speaker praised historic reformers such as Penn Hooker Taylor Bunyan Milton and Wycliffe and paid tribute to Earl Russell Edward Miall and the late Gordon of Darlington. A fund was noted for Gordon’s widow and six children as the lecturer and chairman received thanks. Dover Road report notes Camp lecturing in Deverell Street Chapel to a good audience with an invitation to return.
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America
Penn
Hooker
Taylor
Bunyan
Milton
Wycliffe
Earl Russell
Edward Miall
Mr. Gordon
Darlington
South London Prena
Dover Road
Camp
Deverell-street
E. W. Bailey
Manchester Meeting On Liberation Society Plans
The Manchester Auxiliary and guests met Mr. Carvell Williams at the Reform Club to hear updates on the Liberation Society. Henry Lee chaired as Mr Williams explained reception of disestablishment proposals, Scottish movement, and Liberation ties to the Liberal party. He answered questions and received thanks for his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Carvell Williams
Reform Club
Liberation Society
Henry Lee
Williams
Scotland
Liberation Movement
Liberal Party
Fisher Lectures Stir Somerset Meetings On Disestablishment
Keene's Bath Journal reports meetings in Bath Frome Yeovil and surrounding towns with Mr Fisher addressing crowds at the Guildhall and Town Hall. Leaders praise church state union while debating disestablishment and Free Church connections amid a busy public display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
Somersetshire
Bath
J. Baillie
O. Munns
Frome
J.H Allwright
Vrowbridge
J. 7. Horne
Clinker
McMillan
Grundy
Bristol
KE. Wyndham
St. John’s
A. Child
J. Horne
Yeovil
Free Church
Free Church of England
Browne Lectures Stir Jarrow Audience at St Andrews Hall
Mr Browne lectured on the Prominent Evils of the State Church at St Andrews Hall with David Dean presiding and others speaking. A Tuesday meeting faced disturbance from youths but was controlled by chair H B S Thompson. A Thursday-April 4 lecture drew a large audience with Rev J Stuttard presiding and Phillipson and H J S Thompson backing the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Browne
Hipparnx
St. Andrew’s Hall
James Browne
State Church
David Dean
W. M. Webster
John McNeil
FE B.S. Thompson
Jarrooww
H. B.S. Thompson
Jarrow
Resolutions Adopted At Evening Meeting And Lecture
In a lengthy speech the usual resolutions were unanimously adopted. WALKER ON TYNE Mr Browne gave a lecture at the Mechanics Institute Hall on Friday evening April 5 with Mr H B S Thompson presiding. A hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer was unanimously adopted and several attendees requested pamphlets and papers for distribution.
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Walker-On-Tyne
Browne
Mechanics’ Institute Hall
H. B. S. Thompson
Lecture by Rev Charles Williams at Bradford Town Hall
The Manchester Examiner reports a Bradford Town Hall lecture by Rev Charles Williams. The audience included six nearby clergy and Church defenders from St Philip's Bradford road. The meeting faced interruptions over alleged misstatements but Williams answered questions and cited a Preston parish letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles WiLliams
Manchester Eraminer
Bradford Town Hall
Manchester
St. Philip’s
Bradford Road
C. Cooper
Williams
Ashley Lane
Weat
Mr. Thompson
St. Saviour’s
Preston
Thompson
St. Philip’s Defence Association
Bradford
Duptry Hill
Bradford Observer
E. Thomas
Thomas Hill
Hinckley
E. Hipwood
E. Phillips
Nonconformist Mayor Leads Spare Parade at Leeds Church
In Leeds the mayor, Alderman Carbutt, abstains from official church attendance due to conscience, while about thirty robed Corporation members march to Leeds parish church with Mr Justice Pollock present. Also noted is Belfast’s new Conservative MP William Ewart backing Mr Osborne Morgan’s burial motion for parish churchyard interments. A Sunderland Echo excerpt cites Dissenters' penalties amid a Presbyterian church drive and a minister defending disestablishment.
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Leeds
Alderman Carbutt
Justice Pollock
M.P
Belfast
William Ewart
Ulster Echo
Osborne Morgan
England
Church of England
Lord Harrowby
Canterbury
Morgan
Sunderland
Scotland
Wigan parish loan wiped from public finances
Wigan church finances face closure of Public Works Loan after Lords ruling cancels the 1849 4540 pound loan, with debt and interest erased but church rates no longer liable. Congregational Union resolutions reaffirm Evangelical core and unity. Wesleyan education figures show school growth. Vicar Charles Astley resigns amid church reforms.
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Public Works Loan
All Saints
Wigan
Public Works Loan Commissioners
House of Lords
Congregational Order
Leicester
Congregational Churches
Congregational Union
W.E. Forster
Wesleyan Methodist Committee
Exeter Hall
W. E. Forster
Charles T. Astley
Gillingham
Chatham
Gillingham Church
Daily News
Gentleman
Church of England
National Church
Astley
Tie
Brasenose College
Oxford
C. T. Astley
Jesus College, Oxford
Margate
Brasted
Kent
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