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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 21, 1849
Page
4
A public meeting defends Mr. Shore amid his imprisonment over a nonconformist canon. Speakers condemn church law as unjust and urge Parliament to shield him with retrospective legislation and cost relief.
About 6000 people gathered at Sion Chapel Whitechapel to hear a report from a deputation visiting Rev James Shore in Exeter Gaol. Sir W Clay chaired as letters from Lord Dudley Stuart and others were read. The meeting passed resolutions condemning ecclesiastical intervention and pledging a petition to the House of Commons with Tower Hamlets MPs to present it.
Amid post Lords ruling turmoil congregations plan new church buildings on two sites and seek ready housing for the poor. Edinburgh discusses a joint stock for low rent dwellings as workers seek £7 homes amid housing scarcity. A grim scene in Southwark reveals a starving woman and three children found dead, prompting police and workhouse aid.
Religious intelligence notes a sermon in monosyllables by Rev S Phillips Day at Broad Street Independent Chapel Crediton for youths. It reports M Howard joining Tabernacle Chapel Stockport after college and T D Reynolds to supply Brunswick Square pulpit for three months. Coventry sees a collection of £46 3s for chapel debt and £800 raised for Stoke debt. Moravian mission to Mosquito Shore announced. Halrax Square Chapel reports £4 10s 3d from Sabbath schools. Rev Joan Grxt begins ministry at Witham Essex.
Portrait of Henry Vincent by Bell Smith praised for capturing the eloquent orator’s likeness amid public interest from Hull readers. Also reports on a public meeting for a monument to Dr. Gordon, an inquest into Miss Jefferies’ murder with a female servant implicated, a murder verdict for Sarah Thomas, and farmer Grange’s discovery of a gold treasure trove in Buckinghamshire with a coroner’s inquest planned.
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