Church State ties harmed reform and independence, Clark argues
The speaker laments state control over church appointments and courts, warns of political interference by a hostile Parliament, and condemns the Privy Council. He urges disestablishment to restore self rule, end pew rents, and allow genuine ministerial oversight and reform.
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House of Commons
William III
Victoria
Times
the Privy Council
Clark
England
America
Nonconformists Press for Clerical Fellowships Debate
Nonconformist groups push to remove clerical fellowships from the university bill. Mr Gladstone prefers a private talk with a few, while Liberations Society and Cambridge Association representatives urge abolition of religious disabilities. Government aims to pass last session’s bill early, with possible committee considerations on fellowships.
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House of Lords
Gladstone
Cettlemen
Miall
M.P
Carvell Williams
H. M. Bompas
Liberation Society
Aldis
M.A
Neville Goodman
Cambridge Association For
House of Commons
Abolition of University Tests Debate in Leicester
A crowded Leicester meeting in Temperance Hall debated removing religious tests at Oxford Cambridge and Durham. Mayor J Staf ford presided and a lecturer argued National universities should include Nonconformists and broaden governance beyond Church of England clergy.
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Temperance Hall
Leicester
J. Stafford, Esq
D. J. Vaughan
St. Martin’s
Aughan
Aupis
University of London
Oxford
Cambridge
Durham
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