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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 13, 1848
Page
3
A speaker argues that all laws opposing conscience must be resisted and that a compulsory state church weakens truth. He warns the Church of England would crumble under civil power, surviving only by voluntary support or perishing like the enslaving system it criticizes.
A Bristol placard warns that registration cannot substitute baptism, urging parents to keep baptism as the means of spiritual blessings and church burial. The note cites legal opinions on a Presbyterians vs Independents case and reports on Bishopwearmouth living finances, Gorham case rumors, and church rates.
Barbara Smith of Ayton, daughter of a former gardener for Mr. Fordyce, published a Sabbath essay that won prizes in Scotland though not eligible for competition. The piece earned publication with a memoir and royal acknowledgment amid other 1849 railway and local notices.
Religious intelligence covers openings at OrganiG or Broomspury Cuargi and Islueworth. Notables like Mr. Peto and Rev. Brock attend dinners and speeches praising open fellowship and missions. Plans include more chapels, foreign domestic missions, and care for the poor. The Liverpool Jesuit project in Liverroot costs exceeding £30,000 and is three years in progress.
The Sewers City Commission directs a parliamentary committee to obtain power to lay mains and possibly manufacture gas to supply citizens at 8s 6d to 4s per thousand cubic feet, replacing high gas company rates. A murder case in Risca sees a Welshman charged with wilful murder after attacking an Irish pedlar, with inquest to follow, fueling Irish Welsh tensions in Newport district.
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