Disestablishment Motion Sparks Uproar at Meeting
The chairman declared a motion carried by a small majority as Rev R A Armstrong urged disestablishment and endowment of the English Church with open parish churchyards. Rev Charles Williams supported the resolution amid uproar, while an amendment favoring no disestablishment failed by a narrow margin and the meeting adjourned in disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Armstrong
Charles Williams
Accrington
Heywood
Canon Sibthorpe
Disestablishment Lectures At Town Halls Across Regions
Lectures and public meetings on disestablishment and its effects filled town halls from Bastnas to Donington. Speakers including Rev J B Browne and Rev E H Jackson addressed audiences. disturbances occurred at some venues but police intervened, and several meetings ended with thanks and clear support for religious equality and separation of church and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B Foden
Pownall
Messrs
H. Evans
W. J Booth
M. Duckworth
W. Edwards
H. Aylett
H. White
W. Healey
Balmer
Srotrotp, Bros
D. Mace
H. Wigg
W. Duff
Hackney
Ackney
W. Dorling
Adelphi Chapel
Hackney-road
J. D. Link
York
Corn Exchange
C. Williams
Accrington
H. Tennant
Councillor Coning
T. Monkhouse
Joseph Rowntree
Atkinson
Wintaton
J. A. Cowen
A. B. Tebb
Church of England
J. Browne
Bradford
John Andrew
Leeds
Yorkshire
Hick Walker
Newcastle
North Shields
Andrew
Mechanics’ Institute
Liberation Society
George Douglas
U.P
Stea Ford
J. H. Lummis
Boston
J. M. Cole
Roxholme Hall
North Somercotes
Saltfleet
J. Martin
J. H. Lumm
DoniIneTon
Spaupina
Lord Salisbury's Oxford University Bill Sparks Reform Debate
A Tory government pushes Oxford University reform, urging national control of endowments and removal of clerical monopoly. Critics cite church-dominated fellowships and fees while praising moves to redirect funds to broader higher education and new college initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oxford
Lord Salisbury
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Bi. Lyulph Stanley
Magdalen College Chapel
Magdalen College
Christ Church
Regius
Herbert Richards
Church of England
Exeter
Lincoln
Patti
Balliol
New College
Bristol
Sheffield
Friends of Education
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