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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 20, 1850
Page
2
Abriged from the Staffordshire Advertiser, the report covers a meeting opposing the division of parishes, warning that it would extend church rates and clergyman influence. Speakers argue voluntary churches may not stay voluntary, urging immediate petitions and vigilant opposition to curb parliamentary passage.
Mr Kingsley spoke for nearly two hours on February 16 at the Swan Inn assembly room to a crowded audience. A unanimous resolution, proposed by Rev. R Goshawk and seconded by Mr. Alsop, pledged support to the Anti-state-church Association and a committee was formed to implement it. In Stockwell a large meeting at the Literary Institution supported the same cause with about 400 present chaired by W Carlile Esq. The first resolution declared the union of church and state a violation of conscience and religious equality, and detrimental to Christian truth.
A public meeting addressed by Rev. W Leask Rev D Thomas and Mr J Carvell Williams argued for state church national property. Williams used clear forceful reasoning that compensation would avoid individual wrongs while benefiting the country. The audience showed strong interest throughout the proceedings and a thanks to the Chairman was carried by acclamation as the meeting dispersed.
The Bath Journal reports the suspension of Rev James Bromley Wesleyan minister of the city after he refused a mixed court to judge charges linked to expelled ministers. A district committee sat at New King Street Chapel to try him and an appeal was filed, leading to his suspension.
The Nonconformist movement against the Lyndhurst marriage law advances as barrister Mr Sleigh tours about twenty five southern and western towns urging repeal petitions. He plans northern visits and expects broad support at crowded meetings and chapel discussions.
In Birstall near Leicester on Valentine day wealthier residents arranged buns of peace for poor children at church schools while those attending Dissenting schools left empty handed. A reader reports a chaplain at a workhouse questioned a Protestant Dissenter schoolmistress about her chapel attendance, exposing religious intolerance.
Local remarks on poor law commissioners and church reforms. Notes on incumbents at St Andrew and exchanges in Wells diocese. Reports on a bill to restore ecclesiastical court procedures, diocesan juries, and appeals, plus distress warrants for church rates at Radcliffe and a 1793 Quaker critique of salaried clergy.
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