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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 17, 1869
Page
2
A parliamentary gathering discussed the bill on university fellowships and the Endowed Schools Bill. Speakers urged equity and warned against treating the measures as mere bargains, stressing national reform, potential repeal of fellowship clauses, and the need for further commissions and revisions in universities.
In Ireland bishops appear reluctant to vote on Gladstone's Church Bill, preferring to oppose in rhetoric. The Irish National Association backs a broad approval with caveats, while curates in Dublin and Kildare protest compensation terms. Arch bishop of Dublin supports curates, and Freeman's Journal notes debate over funding cathedrals for Protestant use.
The passage discusses Gladstone's Irish Church Disendowment Bill and reactions from bishops and editors. It notes concerns over funding from Irish property, commutation of life interests, the date of endowments, and the creation of a Protestant Church Corporation, with expectations that the Lords may modify rather than reject the measure. The piece cites views from the Leeds Mercury, Manchester Guardian, and Edinburgh Courant lacking full agreement on terms.
Kirkcaldy Bargha moves to empower the committee to disincorporate and disendow Maynooth College with compensation only to those who prove personal losses. A National Protestant Union prayer meeting at 32 Charing Cross urged bishops to lead congregations in prayer over what is seen as a crisis affecting gospel preaching in Ireland.
The Times questions imposing creeds as office conditions amid a clash of opinions. The Pall Mall Gazette notes Cambridge plans to seal petitions against Coleridge’s University Tests Bill, warning it could strip the Established Church of real influence if Dissenters grow dominant. A Trinity College Fellow disputes the bill’s harm to religious education citing extensive college worship and exams and questions the value of the current religious instruction.
The English Independent notes criticism of the Duke of Somerset while First Lord of the Admiralty. Some doubted his abilities, but the piece argues he was modest and gracious though accused by some of being ill informed and wrong headed.
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