Clergy Protest Over Industrial School Grant Increase
The Essex Home dispute centers on Protestant and Papist access to religious instruction in an industrial school. Clergymen petition for a salaried chaplain and exclusive catechetical access, while magistrates support expanded public funding, noting the school provides Bible teaching and nonsectarian Christian unity amid sectarian tensions. The court ultimately increases the grant to 6000 pounds.
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Church of England
Essex
Abdy
Liberation Society Conference Nominations Rise for May
The Liberation Society reports rapid delegate nominations for the May Conference on the 1st and 20th. Public bodies represented may exceed prior gatherings. A May 2 public meeting will be presided by Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., with an expected high-caliber speaker lineup.
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Jacob Bright
M.P
Government Burials Bill Move in Lords Sparks Debate
In the House of Lords on a Friday night Earl Granville signaled a second reading motion for the burial bill. He proposed a resolution ensuring relatives may conduct funerals in any churchyard with acceptable Christian observances, amid questions from the Duke of Ricumonn and others about wording and timing.
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House of Lords
Earl Granville
England
Duke of Ricumonn
Gorvon
Duke of Ricumonp
Earl Graxville
Earl of Repesvalle
Earl Granvinlle
Earl of Repesvale
Earl of Kinberley
Lords Debates Over Second Reading Postponement
In the House of Lords on Monday the Duke of RicomMonp and Gordon said he would postpone the bill’s second reading to Thursday the 26th due to Convocation sittings and Archbishop York’s absence. Earl Granville favored Archbishops’ presence but rejected that interpretation of the resolution.
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Earl Granville
York
Dispute over Government Burials Bill at London Presbytery Meeting
London Presbyterians unite to oppose the Government Burials Bill. Clergy from Presbytery and Nonconformist bodies condemn the measure as failing to remove grievances of Nonconformists in parish churchyard burials and urge synod action. They decry new burial grounds and the exclusion of services, calling for equal rights in burial practices. A Bath disestablishment meeting follows with further remarks.
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London
Presbyterian Church of England
Fraser
Chalmers
England
Westminster
Memorial Hall
Farringdon Street
London Board of Congregational Ministers
Josiah Viney
Scotland
Ireland
Bath
R. J. Edwards
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Ardleigh
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the Liberation Society
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