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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 06, 1850
Page
2
The text argues that the fitness of marriages should rest with the contracting parties and condemns official interference. It notes potential reactions in the Lords versus the House of Commons and predicts rejection of Mr. Stuart Wortley’s bill, citing church authority as a source of inflexible precedent.
The Executive Committee of the Anti state church Association outlines aims for the Second Triennial Conference in London with emphasis on energizing supporters and inviting abstainers to participate. Public meetings in Stafford Bridgnorth and elsewhere report strong turnout and clear support for state church separation.
In Bridgnorth a dispute over church rates led to five dissenters being summoned for refusing payment. Warranted distraints followed, with constables seizing items from the homes of Baptist minister Tilly and others including a mahogany table and food supplies. The event sparked wide debate on ecclesiastical authority and church finance.
The report describes a case where a side of bacon was taken from W. Grierson’s house during a church-rate distraint, noting it is nearly the only such seizure in Bridgnorth with many more expected. It argues the voluntary principle shows its strength as dissenters and churchmen alike react to the coercive measure and its perceived injustice.
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