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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 11, 1875
Page
10
The government bill aims to fund the new ecclesiastical judge with a salary of 1,112 pounds 18 shillings and sixpence, reportedly held under Queen Anne’s Bounty guardianship. It would be paid to Lord Penzance for a year until Parliament provides a permanent provision.
In Earlshaton three nights last week featured contrasting talks. Mr Gordon clashed with Mrs Berger and Rev. Mr Berger amid strong local feeling as a planned debate loomed, while Gedney Dyke hosted an open air lecture rescheduled to the Free Methodist Chapel due to rain with Rev. J. H. Lummis debating Gladstone’s church question.
A critique of Sir R. Phillimore’s Owston ruling on parish graveyard control. It argues incumbents may ban inscriptions and gravestones, with bishops aligned, leaving laity with no legal remedy. The piece warns of clergy turning graveyards into paddocks and demands a tribunal to curb ecclesiastical overreach.
The article argues that the parish burial grievance hinges on church control rather than government or towns. It criticizes clergy attitudes, suggests disestablishment or broad access to burial services, and endorses civil registrars to regulate for equal terms among religious bodies.
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