Contempt Suspension Case Against Clergyman Reviewed
The court heard arguments on whether Lord Penzance as Dean of Arches could suspend a clerk for contempt of court. It was argued that deprivation or suspension affected a cleric’s benefice, and thus required proper jurisdiction. A rule nisi for prohibition was granted, returnable on the 18th, with further cause to be shown by Dr Stephens for the promoter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Lord
Stephens
Q.C
Messrs. Moore and
Currey
Mackonochie
Freeman on the Eastern Question and the Anglican Church
Edward A. Freeman writes to the Manchester Examiner and Times from Salerno denouncing the Asiatic Minister and urging Greek sympathy. He condemns British policy, calls for disestablishment debate in Scotland, and notes rising support for separating Church and State with the Free Church moving further toward disestablishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Freeman
Edward A. Freeman
Salerno
Manchester
Freeman
Britain
England
London
Christendom
Greece
Church of England
Isaiah
Free Church and Establishment Debate in Edinburgh
From the Edinburgh Daily Review a report notes the Free Church Assembly after 1872 rejected Patronage Act claims as not touching Free Church rights. The 322 to 8 vote marked the start of years of debate showing growing support to end state establishment relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Sir Henry Moncreiff
Henry Moncreiff
Free Church
Holm
Free Church of Scotland
United Presbyterians
Henry
Edinburgh Daily Review
Assembly of the Free-Church
Lord Gordon
Canon Carter and His Institutions at Clewer
A report details Clewer’s religious institutions led by Canon Carter, including the House of Mercy for penitents and the Clewer Convent. It notes strict rules, vows, and governance by the Bishop of Oxford, with connections to notable figures and campaigns challenging Carter under ritualist practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon Carter
Clewer
Church Association
Court of Queen’s Bench
Oxford
Windsor
House of Mercy
Magdalens
Clewer Convent
St. John the Baptist
Cadstone
Gladstone
Tait
Archbishop of Canterbury
Folkéstohe
Echool
Shratorium
London
West-end
Sisters of Clewer
Thirefoire
Matharness
Church of England
Thomas Thellusson Carter
Christ Church
Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament
Holy Cross Society
Confraternity of the Holy Trinity
J. Hyde
C. J. Duthie
The
A. L. Ju
Also Mentioned on This Page
Free-Church
St. Andrew’s Convalescent Hospital
St. John’s Home
St. Andrew’s Cottage
St. Stephen’s
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