Universities overfund chapel services at expense of learning
A critique argues that university funds, especially Oxford and Magdalen chapels, waste nearly 9,000 a year on clerical duties and living augmentations. It claims ecclesiastical control taints faculties, calling for abolition of current church ties to restore intellectual independence.
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Isis
Cam
England
E. Lyulph Stanley
Stanley
Oxford
Magdalen College Chapel
Christ Church
Regius
Magdalen College
Illingworth Addresses on Church Property Disposal
Mr Alfred Illingworth of Bradford and a Liberation Society treasurer speaks at Huddersfield on church property issues. He lauds local Reform stance, praises Leatham, and describes the society’s push through a thousand meetings yearly to educate agricultural districts about the Establishment and to shape public opinion nationwide.
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Alfred Illingworth
Huddersfield
Bradord
Liberation Society
Leatham
Anti-Corn Law League
Leaders push disestablishment and endowment reform
The speech argues for separating church and state, denounces entanglements of Church properties, and asserts that vast wealth tied to ecclesiastical estates belongs to the nation. It cites figures suggesting over 40 million in church wealth, calls for equitable treatment of vested rights, and references the Irish precedent.
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House of Commons
Carter
Leeds
Manchester
London
Carlisle
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Mr. Gladstone
Society
Lord Derby
Edinburgh
Thomas Delaware
Church of England
Tey
Episcopalians
Gladstone
Miall
Mlingworth