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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 14, 1873
Page
6
TO CORRESPONDENTS. In our previous report on the memorial stone for the new Congregational church at Milton-next-Gravesend the phrase parish without a church of our order containing 1 300 inhabitants should read 13 000.
An eight page supplement will accompany the next Nonconformist issue on May 21 detailing the disestablishment debate set for next Friday evening. Readers are urged to place extra orders now to avoid disappointment.
The Commons rejected the Permissive Prohibitory Liquor Bill by 321 to 81 amid party pressure from licensed victuallers. MPs debated local taxation reforms, parish boundaries, and Callan School case motions. France and Spain elections, Papal health, and East Africa policy also feature amid wider geopolitical shifts.
A Convocation Report from Archdeacon Sandford notes 1492 parishes with no pubs or beershops, blaming landlords and magistrates for refusals to grant licenses. The piece argues temperance zeal relies on statistics showing rising drunkenness and that publican interests finance politics, with working-class wages partly diverted to liquor.
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