Nonconformists Battle over Burial Bill Sparks Parish Cemeteries
A Birmingham meeting rejects the Burial Bill as sectarian and demands full rights for Nonconformists to be buried in their choice of ground and service. Speakers denounce ecclesiastical monopoly, urge immediate withdrawal, and pledge petitions to Parliament led by Earl Granville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Bogers
London
Birmingham
England
Canterbury
Samuel Morley
Earl of Shaftesbury
Liberal Party
H. W. Crosskry
R. W. Daz
Duke of Rich
Mond
Gordon
Bradlaugh
Wright
House of Lords
Earl Granville
Lord Granville
Barrow
Disestablishment Movement Grows in Scotland
Reports describe active support for disestablishment in Scotland with meetings at Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline led by figures like Dr Hutton of Paisley and Mr Oliver of Glasgow. Speakers urged disestablishment, proposed using teinds for education, and called for legislative action supported by Liberals and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutton
Paisley
Oliver
Glasgow
Kirkcaldy
Dunfermline
Provost Swan
Chalmers
R. Douglass
Bogie
England
Scotland
Guthrie
Norman Walker
Dysart
Bailie Speedie
Herriot
Milne
Invertiel
Disestablishment Drive Moves Forward at Dunfermline Meeting
A Dunfermline Music Hall gathering led by ex Provost Reid backed disestablishment of the Church of Scotland. Resolutions urged breaking the Church State link, citing teinds income and church privileges, with unanimous votes on most motions and an upcoming Glasgow conference May 17 by the Liberation Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunfermline
Reid
Oliver
Scotch Kirk
England
Scotland
Kirk
Dunbar
Robbie
Congregational Church
Birrell
Hutton
Free Church
J. Currie
David Russell
Free Synod of
Sutherland and
Caithness
Leith
Aberdeen
Church of Scotland
Church of England
Liberation Society
Glasgow
Socisaty
Disestablishment Movement Lectures At Shipley And Bradford
The Rev. J. McDougall of Darwen lectured at Shipley on How the Church Establishment was made with delegates elected for the Libera tion Society Triennial Conference in London. A Bradford Mechanics Institute talk on Disendowment followed with delegates named and a discussion on England versus Ireland policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. McDougall
Darwen
Shipley
J. Fyfe
Elias Thomas
W. E. Glyde
Mr. Unwin
Mark Stainsby
Titus Salt
Edward Holden
S. P. Unwin
The
Liberation Society
London
Braprorp
McDougall
Bradford
A. Illingworth
Robert Kell
Angus Holden
Alfred Illingworth
England
Mr. Gladstone
Ireland
Church of Ireland
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