Abolition of Ecclesiastical Probate Courts Debated
The speaker attacked episcopal probate duties as slovenly and costly, citing Canterbury St David's and Gloucester fees. He described outlandish registrar pay and corrupt practices, noting a Chester official earning about £4,000 yearly. Petitions for abolition were planned for the next sessions.
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Diocese of Canterbury
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Evangelical Alliance meeting in Bristol draws vast turnout
A large Bristol meeting at Victoria rooms convened to hear a deputation and discuss founding an Evangelical Alliance. Clergy from Wesleyan, Independent, Episcopal, Baptist groups, and others debated duty and unity, with plans for conferences and public meetings to follow.
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Victoria Rooms
Bristol
Bristol? Mercury
W. Blair
Bath
Probert
Thoresby
Bunting
Wesleyan
Church of England
W. Lucy
Osborne
Bickersteth
Watton
Haynes
Independent
Peck
New York
Leifchild
J. R. Piers
A. D. Campbell
T. Crisp
Baptist
Dr. Bunting
Liverpool
Birmingham
Ely
Gathencore
Miall
Gathercore
Gathercole
Church
Baptist Penny Magazine
Bianor
Exeter
Stokeinteignhead
Edward Coplestone Phillpotts
Collins
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Boston
Tate
United Committee
Exeter Hall
Select
Roper
Robert Eckett
London
John Ripling
Darlington
Eckett
Eastern Counties Ramway
Brandon
Hudson
Times
Great Western Railway
Paris
Brussels
Blackfriars-road
Marsh-gate
Whitechapel
Cranbourn-street
Newport-street
Upper St. Martin’s Lane
Long Acre
King-street
Covent-garden
Strand
Angel-court
Rose Street
Bedford-street
St. Martin’s Lane
Hem
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Germany
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