Liberal speakers condemn Government over Ireland and church policy
A meeting attacks the Tory government for Irish church handling and university changes. The speaker criticizes bishoprics, the Irish University plan, church surplus use, burials bills, and state control of the church. He urges disestablishment and freeing the church from patronage ahead of the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carved Williams
Liberal Party
Mr. Gladstone
Ireland
Queen's University
Balfour
Monk
Marten
House of Commons
Mr. Illingworth
Disestablishment Meeting in Dundee Draws Big Audience
A large Dundee audience heard speakers including Edward Jenkins MP Carvell Williams and the Rev Dr Wilson of Edinburgh. The meeting endorsed disestablishment of the Scotch Church as part of the Liberal programme and urged its inclusion in the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
Scotland
Kinnaird Hall
Edward Jenkins
M.P
Carvell Williams
Wilson
Edinburgh
Free Church
Excited Liberation Meeting At Horsham
A large Horsham assembly room crowd attended a Liberation meeting at the King's Head Hotel. Mr Fisher of the Liberation Society and Mr Chambers of the Church Defence party spoke as clergy and professionals filled the audience. The presiding Mr E Ellis faced an unusually attentive crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morsham
Sussex
Horsham
Fisher
Liberation Society
Chambers
Church Defence Party
Susyew Daily News
King’s Head Hotel
E. Ellis
Guildford
Tr. W. Scott
W. A. Clark
J. Harrington-Geary
J. Caamp
Colonel Aldridge
Bostock
Ramedon
Controversial Horsham Meeting Over Church Establishment
A crowded Horsham room erupted with cheers hisses and interruptions as Mr Fisher argued for disestablishing the Church of England. Supporters and opponents clashed on church endowments while the chairman urged fair hearing and the meeting adjourned after eleven with mixed praise for Fisher's rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberation Society
Horsham
Fisher
Horsham Advertiser
Church of England
Sussex Daily News
Chambers
Aldridge
Disestablishment Debate Rages in Lincolnshire Village
Scandals in the church spark disestablishment talk as a village meets in Lincolnshire. Rev. Sellas of Holbeach presided over an Oct 28 meeting on The Ripened Fruits of the Disestablishment Campaign. J H Lummis spoke again on Oct 30 to a crowd of workers, praising their political independence in the School Board contest and noting clergy opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnshire
Sellas
Holbeach
J. H. Lummis
Watrote
Lummis
Norfolk M.P
Hognaston Churchyard Case Heard at Ashborne Sessions
Thomas O Grady vicar of Hognaston supported a summons against Joseph Webster a Hognaston carrier for trespassing into the churchyard after a notice to refrain was served. The Derby Mercury report covers the session held on Saturday October 15 before A H Frank and R H Goodwin Esquires.
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The
Derby Mercury
Ashborne
A. H. Frank
R. H. Goodwin
Thomas O'Grady
Hognaston
Joseph Webster
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Childers
Spectator
Liberal
Mr. Childers
Williams
T. G. Horton
Friends of Religious Equality
Church of Scotland
Horton
Forster
Dr. Fraser
Mr. Williams
Illingworth
Ixtus Thomas
Hognaston Churchyard
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