19 Jun 1844
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 19, 1844
Page
1
In a pointed meditation the writer debates whether bishops or Members of Parliament dispense more genuine heathenism. He mocks reverence for bishops, urges serving others, and imagines a sharp Exeter bishop argument that authority should be tested by action not decree. He ends with a challenge: match us Henry of Exeter if you can.
The narrative details long period fines and distraints against Quakers for ecclesiastical imposts from 1688 onward, totaling over a million pounds in property loss over 184 years, with quotes from Lancashire Friends and notable members. It also covers Towyn anti state church meeting and related urban churchstate tensions, a St Albans police case against a preacher, and satirical notes on a York pilgrim and Westminster brothels controversy.
In Dexby and Wippecomse In The Moor parishioners contest church rates. Disputes over rate validity lead to magistrate action in Dexby while a public meeting in Wippecomse ends in chaos as factions clash, tearing the rate book and denying a rate. The affair highlights resistance to ecclesiastical taxation and claims charity sufficiency.
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