Kingsley Lectures on State Church Emancipation at Rugeley
A packed meeting in Rugeley heard John Kingsley argue that state churchism is unscriptural and harmful. Despite room refusals and legal threats, the assembly held at Bell Inn, with support from Rev. Kemp and Millson, and many attendees expressing interest in membership cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Shayl Bourhood
Briston
Kingeley
R. Davis
Kemp
Millson
Kingsley
Talbot Arma
Bell Inn
Hughes
Rugeley
Ecclesiastical Commission Report Recommends Reform of Body
A House of Commons select committee says the Ecclesiastical Commission in England and Wales suffers from overlarge, inattentive membership and proposes a smaller paid trio of commissioners. It criticizes Episcopal Fund mismanagement, noting vast repairs and palace building costs drawn from funds, and urges tighter control and reallocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Select Committee
House of Commons
Ecclesiastical Commission
England and Wales
Canterbury
Episcopal Fund
Stapleton
Episcopal
Sketch of Evangelical Rise in Launton Parish Oxon
Writ to the editor seeking funds to clear chapel debt at Launton while recounting the 1807 opening of the Congregational chapel built after the rector’s tax dispute and the parish’s religious evolution. It notes a new chapel planned with a burial ground, school progress, and gifts from local farmers amid broad support for voluntary Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Launton
Oxon
Oxfordshire
R. Fletcher
Bicester
Fletcher
Lunton
Mos
Taunton
Tunton
Buckingham
Laynton
Sucoeag
Launtan
Lazarus
House of Prayer
Batts
An Tam
Pai W. Ferguson
Redhouse, Bicester
Committee Report on Lessee Transactions and Rules
A government committee report dated August concerns the handling of petitions and remonstrances from lessees and the conduct of commissioners. It cites opinions of commissioners, aims for orderly settlement of transactions, and lists the 18 members including Denison Grey Graham and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Denison
George Grey
J. R. G. Graham
Exchequer
Goulburn
Gladatone
Aglionby
Horsman
Lord Ashley
Endowment Debate Sparks Irish Church Question
The Irish endowment issue provokes pamphlet discussions in the House of Lords during the Irish Public Works Bill debate. Proposals to divert funds to Catholic clergy are criticized as public money aiding private ends and risking state pensions, with calls for evangelical voluntary work and education to counter Protestant influence. The piece notes figures like Dr Carlile and Sir T. Buxton, and mentions reforms in Irish missions and church funding debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Green
House of Lords
Somnaath
Ireland
Carlile
Treach
England
Robert K. Sconce
Brasengsa College
Oxford
Rome
Pervert
Syonee
Gagette
Society of Friends
Church O Gland
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the Ecclesiastical Commission
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