Whig Element Fades as War Looms Tests Government
The commentary argues the current Administration will be the last with dominant Whig influence. It suggests war or heavy taxation would threaten the government’s standing. It predicts the need to defend Church Establishments may cost the ministry ascendancy and force a future policy shift and compelled measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Ecclesiastical notes on Frazer and church reform
A Victorian newspaper piece critiques Bishop Frazer’s portrait of the Established Church as a nonsectarian body dedicated to peace and ministry for all. It questions canonical duties toward dissenters and cites education acts, denouncing denominational bias while urging reform and public debate in Ashton-under-Lyne and beyond.
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Manchester
Eugar
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashtonunder-Lyne
Frazer
Ashton
Church of
Church
Ashton Sequestration
Eagar
Lichfield
Winchester
Lis
Ely
Harold Browne
Bury St. Edmund’s
England
South Australia
Lord Kimberley
Duke of Newcastle
Daily News
Tory Standard
Mayfield
Sussex
Maidstone
Comprehension Theory Of An Establishment Debate
Article reports Rev Joseph Wood of Oxford Street Chapel Leicester outlining two comprehension theories at a State Church conference. The first envisions widening the Establishment by removing tests and subscriptions for a simple creed. The second proposes a rival Congregational Establishment alongside the Episcopalian system.
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Joseph Wood
Oxford-street Chapel
Leicester
William Baines
Dean Stanley
Church of England
John Coleridge
Matthew Arnold
Mr. Wood
Episcopalian
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Ecclesiastical Notes
T. Murdock Kirby
Kirby
Heathfield
Robert Barling
Bucklaw-road
Mr. Barling
Margate
Charity Commissioners
York-place
St. James’s Square