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Clerical Confraternity Clash Prompts Burials Bill Withdrawal
A parliamentary uproar surrounds clerical groups linked to auricular confession and royal toleration. The Times notes a lay peer’s exposure of the abominable manual and urges suppression to protect the Establishment. Lords debate withdrawal and future burial service reforms amid church dissent.
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James Fleming
St. Michael’s, Chester Square
Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament
English Church Union
Society of the Holy Cross
Church of England
Convocation
the Times
Jas. Fleming
House of Lords
Duke of Ricumonyn
Gorpon
Lord Harrowby
Lord Granville
Duke of Richmond
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Denman
Earl of Harrowly
Baptists
America
Earl of RepEspiLe
Farr Grey