Gladstone and Nonconformists Align Against Establishment
The piece argues Nonconformists will remain Loyal to Gladstone and form the Liberal backbone. It depicts the clergy as an organized electoral force and warns that disestablishment opposition could fracture unity. The author likens Gladstone to Moses, urging patience as civil and religious equality remains the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal Party
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Stroud
Greenwich
Liberal
Forster
Promise
Moses
Nonconformist Support for a Leader in 1874 Letter
A letter from North-East Lancashire dated February 14, 1874 praises a leader’s backing by brave enduring nonconformists. It predicts a unified following and mentions possible allies Bright and Miall ready to sustain him in danger or exhaustion.
Causes of the Liberal Defeat in the Nonconformist Letter
A letter to the editor attributes Liberal defeat to Gladstone era reforms and broader failings. It cites licensing and adulteration acts alienating voters and traders, construction like dockyard town losses, fear of county franchise shifts, and candidate overreach. It also notes weak organization, voter apathy among advanced groups, beliefs about ballot secrecy, and inflammatory rhetoric reducing support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dockyard Town
Plymouth
Devonport
Portsmouth
Chatham
Gladstone
Charles Dilke
London
Ian
H. E
Late Dickens and Binney clash over funeral scene
A letter-worne exchange details a dispute about a Dickens anecdote from Forster's Life of Dickens. The Independent clergyman Mr Binney provides a counter statement disputing the original portrayal, while Forster notes the reader must judge between the two versions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Forster
Dickens
Felton
Ham
Micawber
Binney
Dickens biography and the case for Mr Forster’s portrayal
The author disputes Mr Forster’s view of Dickens defending his friends by using them as character types. They argue Dickens falsified details about a clergyman’s dress and book carrying, critique Cruikshank’s role, and question Binney’s pulpits remarks. The letter condemns the biography as a sad chronicle of a gifted man lacking true vocation and trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forster
Dickens
Micawber
Hunt
Harold Skimpole
Miss Moucher
Mr. Cruikshank
Mr. Binney
Cruikshank
Mr. Forster
Europe
America
Coleridge
The Evils of Religious Endowments
Abstract from Bentham arguing that church endowments corrupt clerical sincerity and impede inquiry. It cites declarations of belief, bans on disbelief, and rewards tied to clergy incomes. It links education and state support to sustaining abuses and opposes Church of England establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremy Bentham
Scotland
Bentham
Church of England
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North-East
Lancashire
Charles Dickens and
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