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Newspaper

Nonconformist

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 18, 1877

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Martin’s Returns Support Cathedral Land Holdings Claim

The article defends Mr Martin’s use of the Returns of Owners of Land 1873 and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners authority to support that cathedrals hold substantial landed property. It notes Westminster Abbey and Durham Cathedral self manage estates, cites specific revenues and expenses, and argues critics’ charges are unfounded.

Mr. Martin Ecclesiastcal Commissioners Martin Lichfield St. David's England Cavendish Bentinck Saisbury Diocese of St. David’s Worcester Westminster Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey Durham Winchester Ecclesiastical Commissioners Aldborough Dorworth Alverston Hepburn Angle Latham Balton Macclesfield Bayston Windsor Bedminster Guardian Exeter Norwich

Clerical Fellowships Debate in Lords Rejected

Lord Granville pressed to abolish or greatly reduce clerical fellowships in universities. A minority of 69 backed him, including one bishop, but the amendment failed by 34 votes. Government allies argued against restraint, while commissioners now hold the issue with possible Cambridge changes. The outcome hinges on commissioner recommendations.

Lord Granville House of Lords Episcopal London Cambridge

Dissent over Isolated Disputes on Land Sale and Lease

Summary of letters and defenses about St John’s College Cambridge refusal to sell land to build a Baptist minister’s house and St Thomas’s Hospital lease to a Nonconformist. Clergy, vicar, and hospital officials dispute motives, stressing neutrality in tenancy decisions.

Toller Winford Farm Waterbeach St. John’s College, Cambridge St. Thomas’s Hospital Cherry Hinton Daily News Dr. Bateson St. John’s College Francis Hicks Teller Drear Srr

Gover nment Views on University Clerical Fellowships

The two commissions echo Lords Salisbury and Carnarvon in doubting reforms. The India secretary defends the present system and clerical fellowships as safeguarding religious teaching, while the colonies secretary insists universities remain ecclesiastical yet open to Dissenters. This stance suggests continued sectarian control of higher education.

Salisbury Carnarvon India Church of England Lord Carnarvon
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