Gordon Denounces Potter Papers In Manchester Bishop Debate
A Manchester debate over Dr Potter and a published letter unfolds with Mr Gordon denying misconduct. The Bishop of Manchester clarifies a misrepresented passage, and Mr Gordon explains his stance amid cheers and calls for accountability. The controversy spreads through the Workmen's Council and newsvendors report intense public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Courier
Potter
Sheffield
Manchester
J. Manchester
Mr. Gordon
Gordon
Workmen's Council of the Liberation Society
Corn Exchange
Lancashire
Gordon Lectures Across Town Stir Debates on Church Property
Reports from Viceteria Park Hackney and Clerkenwell Stratford Burton Chester Frome and other towns describe Mr Gordon lecturing on disestablishment and church property. Cheers, disturbances, and foreseen support mark the varied receptions as Church Defence and Liberation voices clash in public halls.
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Gordon
Viceteria Park Tabernacle
Hackiry
Seddon
Reed
Church Defence Association
Forgsters’ Hatt
Clerkenwell
Bennett
Stratford
Brewin Grant
Penrith
Macdougal
Rev Duartes Williams Lecture at Bedford Assembly Rooms
On Monday evening last week the Rev C Williams of Accrington lectured at the Bedford Assembly Rooms with the mayor in the chair. Several Nonconformists attended the gathering and...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Howard
Williams
Church of England
Bedfordshire Times
Carruthers
J. Brown
Canon Haddock
Dr. Thornton
Church Defence Association
Marmaduke Miller
Burton
St. George’s Hall
Burton Chronicle
Miller
Liberation Society
R. W. Dale
Rogers
Rover Ruderman
McDoveatt
Manchester
J. McDougall
Darwen
Rochdale Road
Workmen’s Council
Ogden
McDougall
Manchester Examiner
Duartes Williams
Bedford
C. Williams
Accrington
Meetings Report From Nonconformist Gatherings Across Towns
Sheffield hosts a joint Nonconformist and Liberation meeting at Temperance Hall with Rev Holmes on fallacies about Nonconformists and Rev Hester on sectarian schools. Portsmouth hears a paper on Dissent in the Principality. Heckmondwike notes a large audience and a thorough disestablishment resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Liberation Committee
Temperance Hall
Townhead-street
Neal
W. Holmes
Giles Hester
E. Cornish
W. Lenwood
W. J. Wilson
Portsmouth
Portsea Island
Halifax Vicar's Rate under scrutiny by select committee
Halifax inquiry examines how the 1829 church rate is levied amid dissent and multiple chapels. Mayor Edward Crossley testifies on parish size, 200 000 population, and 21 townships. Dissenters complain of unequal burden, collection costs, and irregular levies while unions form against the rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Eslington
Pease
Rodwell
Lefevre
Birley
Halifax
Robert Baxter
Messrs. Baxter and Co
Edward Crossley
Bradford
Mr. Rodwell
Mr. Birley
Mr. Lefevre
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Stoxe
Hamopsa
Somerset
J. Fisher
R. Henry
R. Southcombe
Frome
Mechanics’ Hall
John Fisher
C. Townsend
Bristol
M. Biddle
Stockwelt
Lambeth
The
J. B. Heard
J. Carvell Williams
P. J. Turquand
J. L. Bartlett
Church Defence Society
Tideswell
Lyston
Billerden
Ormsby, &c
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