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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 21, 1869
Page
2
A Dublin conference debates how to handle Irish Church reform with proposals opposing the bill. Speakers decry arbitrary commissioners and fair compensation while warning against congregationalism and urging loyalty to the old church amid political pressure.
The Saturday Review analyzes Disraeli’s amendments as a tactic to reassure party loyalists while shaping opposition in Parliament. It notes the aim to push disestablishment and disendowment to benefit the Church and to provoke debates in the Commons to set up workable Lords amendments. The Spectator quotes a marching order on defending church cash.
The piece compares proposals by Gladstone and Disraeli on Church endowment and rent-charges. Gladstone would reform payments with instalments and a 8 percent interest rate, while Disraeli seeks lower prices via landowner records and broad disendowment aims. It notes political maneuvering, potential bribes to landlords, and shifts in parliamentary support, ending with a cautious optimism about the vote result.
The piece praises Mr. Disraeli for arguing to omit the second clause of a bill, reversing the view of church state relations. It argues establishment grants spiritual privileges and protects a church from itself, warning disestablishment could loosen doctrinal unity with the Church of England and threaten the Act of Union's value.
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