Dissenter: critique of ecclesiastical tyranny and state power
A pamphlet-like critique argues that bishops wield civil force to punish dissenting theologians, denouncing religious oppression and calling for legal reform. It contrasts confinement of Mr Shore with broader abuses by the state church, urging sympathy for imprisoned clergy and restraint on the sword of the magistrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Commission
Exeter
Cwsar
Shore
Childs
Thoro- Rood
Baines
Bidwell
Simons
J. Shore
Baptist Noel
Ireland
Court rules civil jurisdiction in Dunbar v Skinner case
The first division of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, rules the civil courts have jurisdiction in the dispute between Rev. Sir William Dunbar and Dr. Skinner Primus of the Scotch Episcopal Church. Sir William seeks damages after excommunication and withdrawal from the church, with potential jury trial and large damages if no appeal to Lords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Session
Edinburgh
William Dunbar
Skinner
Scotch Episcopal Church
Exeter
Shore
St. Paul's Chapel
Aberdeen
Sir William
Lord Jeffrey
House of Lords
Scotland
Anti state church movement sparks nationwide meetings
Reports show large, enthusiastic gatherings in Blackburn, Bolton, Rochdale, Nottingham and Manchester with Richard Gardner to visit. Local meetings in Wicay Preston Burnaby Lancaster Accrington Hairax Leponé Leponé Portman Square feature Kingsley Grant Miall Eckett as speakers advocating separation of church and state and endowment reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-astate-church Association
Blackburn
Bolton
Rochdale
Nottingham
Manchester
Richard Gardner
Yorkshire
Wicay
Clarence Hotel
Wallgate
Thomas Cook
J. Kingsley
London
W. Roaf
Preston
Joseph Livesey
Preston Guardian
John Kingsley, Esq
Brewin Grant
Birmingham
W. Walters
J. Jenkins
J. Catterall
J. Lambrick
J. Best
Kirkham
Burnaby
Ireland
Mount Pleasant School
Hammerton-street
W. Hughes
J. Kingsley, Esq
Lancaster
Odd Fellows’hall
Friends of Free Religion
James Thomson
Wray
Church of England
Earth
Accrincton
Kingsley
Grant
Irax
J. M. Obery
Hanover-street
Enoch Mellor
Antistate-church Association
Literary Institution
Edwards-street
Portman-square
Edward Swaine
W. Brock
W. R. Baker
Edward Miall
S. Green
Nicholay
Robert Eckett
Brock
Association
Church Rates Trial and Parliament Petition Anger Parishioners
A June 1848 to August 1849 church rate dispute in Kerrerine parish led to a magistrates hearing, with James Richardson representing a defendant and urging referral to eminent counsel. In Southampton a parishioner petition for repeal of church rates gains support, led by the Rev J Parsons, amid wide sympathy for abolition. Separately at Rawtenstall a distress seizure for Easter offerings results in the sale of household items to recover 53d, drawing sharp censure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrerine
James Richardson
Leeds
Joseph Wells
Society of Friends
Southampton
St. Mary
Earl of Guildford
Old Alresford
J. Parsons
Miall
Leicester
England
Kelawny
Rawtenstall
Blackburn
Nathaniel Morgan
Haslingden
John King
Leeds Mercury
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