Irish Church Scheme Provokes Unified Irish Reaction
A Dublin Times report describes Irish Episcopalians divided over Gladstone's church bill with lay clerical associations forming, bishops seeking meetings, and a Protestant defence campaign led by forty-two nobles. The piece notes cross‑party opposition and looming battles in Parliament, as Disraeli and Cairns prepare a sustained challenge.
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Dublin
The
Times
England
Protestant Defence Association
Pall Mall Gazette
Ireland
Orange and Green
Maynooth
Regium Danum
Central Protestant Defence Association
House of Commons
Friends of
Ecclesiastical Bills Before Parliament
The University Tests Bill backed by Sir J Coleridge Mr Bouverie and Mr Grant Duff seeks to remove tests and disqualifications for Oxford and Cambridge degrees while preserving church worship. It would repeal the Act of Uniformity for collegiate offices and impose safeguards on office holders. Mowbray intends to move rejection at second reading.
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Mr. Disraeli
Gladstone
Chichester Fortescue
Bruce
W. E. Forater
Board of Trade
Harl Russell
House of Lords
Commons
Liberal Party
Mr. Gladstone
Lords
Maynooth
Regium Donum
Solicitor-General’s
J. Coleridge
Bouverie
Grant Duff
Oxford
Cambridge
Church of England
United Church of England and Ireland
Mowbray
Hadfield
Charles Reed
H. Richard
Candlish
England
United Church
Ho U
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Irish Episcopalians
John Rogers
Belfast News
All Ireland
General Assembly
Ulster
North of Ireland
Land
Archdeacon Gould
Down
Belfast
London
Leeds Mercury
Faree
Disraeli
Hardy
Lord Cairns
Birmingham Post