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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 07, 1877
Page
2
Mr Robert Sinclair proposed the motion with Dr E B Underhill seconding. A vote of thanks to the chairman was proposed by Mr Kitching and seconded by Mr Andrew Dunn, with Mr Ellington's acknowledgment of the compliment.
Mr Fisher's lecture in the Aylesbury Corn Exchange drew a large audience led by chaired by Mr A P Scrivener with Rev Hillier present. The talk focused on religious equality and freedom from State control, critiquing debates over Church property and calling for inquiry into Church revenues, while noting praise from the Aylesbury News for clarity and historical detail. The event featured remarks by Rev Dickinson and Revs Nicholson and Le Pla, and connected Methodist and dissenting currents within Church governance.
A series of Browne lectures across Northumberland Durham and nearby towns October to early November drew large audiences. Topics included Disestablishment and ecclesiastical property with chairs and presiding clergymen guiding discussions and thanks from attendees.
In Boston on October 30 Rev C Williams spoke on The Liberationist Scheme of Disendowment to a responsive audience. A resolution supporting the plan passed, with few dissenters, including some choir members. In West Bromwich on October 29 Rev Williams addressed Why Disestablish and Disendow the Church of England. A pro disestablishment vote followed, while Mr Gordon shows signs of improvement since prior illness.
The report covers church and political disputes in England with protestant factions at St James Hatcham and Wolverhampton, a denial by Sir Stafford Northcote of Archdeacon Denison’s claim, and a Vatican Jesuit issue. It also details Milton Mount College finances and appeal for ministers daughters education, noting donors and costs.
The Birmingham Daily Post condemns the Wolverhampton Grammar School election where most pupils are Nonconformists but governors are Churchmen. It claims Mr Bantock was rejected for being a Nonconformist and Liberal, while urging fairness in religious opinion.
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