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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 17, 1875
Page
3
The speaker denounces church control and asserts the defense of the poor and needy against ecclesiastical power. He argues for transferring England's resources from clerics to purposes benefiting the nation, claiming they stand with the people and oppose privileged sects. Applause follows.
The text outlines a bill to amend burial law in England permitting notice by those arranging burials, with time windows for hours, access rights at services, and penalties for misconduct. It also includes provisions on certificate transmission to parish registers and states the act does not apply to Scotland or Ireland. Additionally Lord Lyttelton's Additional Bishoprics bill seeks Crown authority to create new dioceses with conditions on diocesan boundaries, cathedral, endowment, patronage, and inclusion in Parliament, set for second readings on April 21 and Tuesday the 23rd respectively.
The bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife sister has been printed and bears the names of Sir Thomas Chambers, Mr Morley, Mr Burt, and Mr Macdonald.
The article surveys European church state clashes, led by Prince Bismarck’s push to move education from communes to central government, and bishops protests. It covers Catholic bishops' declarations, Hessian ecclesiastical laws, and calls to resist moves eroding church teaching. Also noted are Irish church education policy, a bishop election in Ossory Iorns and Leighlin, and mission funding statistics.
The Pope tells St Peter parish priests that Protestant churches are a sadness and Rome, the capital of Catholicism, must resist such worship as heresy. The Moscow Gazette reports Russia plans to revise dissenters laws to allow more worship freedom.
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