Gladstone’s disestablishment note stirs Liberal doubts
A critical review argues disestablishment risks provoking a resistless parliamentary majority, challenging Mr Gladstone’s faith in a broad popular devotion to the Establishment. It decries his 90,000,000 price tag and warns against clerical privilege while defending free thought and Irish Anglican ritual changes.
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Uestion
Gladstone
Miall
Church of England
Mr. Gladstone
Ireland
Free Church tensions threaten a possible split in coming Assembly
Reports from Edinburgh and Sheffield describe renewed efforts toward union among Scottish and English dissenters and rising opposition to mutual eligibility. Debates over Endowed Schools Act influence, rate protests against school fees, and calls for disestablishment illuminate a tense religious-political landscape.
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Tue Liperatton Scormery
Miatu
S Morton
The
Liberation Society
Miall
House of Commons
Pusey
Christ Church
Oxford
Genoa
United Presbyterian Courcy
Scortano
Edinburgh
Harper
Free Church
Endowed Schools
Jenkin Brown
Church of England
Mr. Brown
National Church
Sheffield
Nottingham
Nonconformist Association
Mapaacascar BisHorrie
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Lord Granville
Canterbury
Madagascar
South Africa
S.P.G
Paul
Bisho
Lipgration MeErEtTines
Shildon
BisHor Auckland
J. H. Gordon
Mechanics’ Institute
J. Illingworth
Gordon
Old Shildon
Woolwich
Guapstone
Religious Equality League
Gladstone
Town Hall
Ebenezer Davis
Mason Jones
Greenwich