17 Jan 1844
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 17, 1844
Page
1
The passage hails the Anti-corn-law League as a great fact aided by its early backers. It argues the league’s enduring influence, while noting it now operates beyond necessity. The piece urges the cause as rightly grounded and destined to prevail as surely as corn laws will be repealed.
Aberdeen Review reports that leading Nonconformists plan a national convention to end church state union. Dissenters nationwide join in a vigorous effort to promote religious liberty, with metropolitan leaders now committed to supporting the cause and urging prompt action.
The committee at Fife Cupar has received notes from the Central Board defending dissenters rights and considering lectures on Christ's kingdom. English papers report southern nonconformists planning similar action and a national convention. The Free Protest ing Church ponders joining this root-and-branch movement.
The protestant dissenters conference is approved in principle with steps underway to form a general provisional committee for arrangements. English midland counties show strong interest and liberal journals nationwide back the proposal in full.
A public Norwich meeting protested ecclesiastical court actions against five St George parishioners for voting against or abstaining on a church rate. Speakers denounced the prosecutions as unjust tyranny, urged constitutional remedies, and reported wide support and subscriptions from across the country. The Jamaica matter and other notices followed.
A 1844 correspondence by Frederic W Heller from Rochester denounces the practice of enlisting pauper children from workhouses for the army. It cites unions supplying boys to Chatham barracks, notes sworn under age, and details two cases where families sought discharge and release, highlighting coercion and lifetime service concerns.
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