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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 11, 1849
Page
3
Tension rises as ecclesiastical courts face Quaker cases in the parish. The rector recalls fourteen Chancery bills filed by his attorney in a bid to intimidate, aiming to secure payment orders or passive compliance from magistrates, potentially yielding about twenty shillings.
An 1848 vacancy at Jarrow living led to a contested presentation bought by trader Todd and brokered by Mr Brown. Parishioners appeal to the bishop. counsel's opinions warn of simony risks and possible legal action. Debate over church patronage divides the parish as Carr’s incumbency is questioned.
A Southampton magistrates court heard a church warden seek summonses for nonpayment of church rates. He described a brothel keeper insulted him in public as he pursued payment, prompting a critique of Christian support for religious truth amid such conduct.
The previous day's sale of Burd premises goods at Mount Sion drew public protests as the portrait of Alderman Burd was shown for sale amid groans. The piece notes this as a fourth distraint over church-rates, reflecting mounting opposition to compulsory support for religion. It also reports on Reverend Allies of Launton defending transubstantiation and criticising English church alignment, and mentions Highbury College’s sale to Church supporters for £12,500 to become a National schoolmaster training site.
A crowded Whittington Club gathering petitioned Parliament to end burial in city vaults and establish cemeteries nationwide. Speakers cited 600,000 UK annual deaths and health risks, urging swift legislation to curb the abomination of urban interments. The Rev John Lawson of Reading died after an injury from a gate accident.
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