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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 30, 1870
Page
14
Debates over rights to speak ignite anger as Dr Cranswick defends England’s free speech while locals accuse Ashton promoters of pulling wires. Councillor Bites commends the rowdies for asserting justice and chairmanship, amid claims of obstruction and unequal access to the lecture by Carvell Williams.
Last night Mr. Carvell Williams attended a Nottingham conference with a Derby meeting planned this afternoon and evening. Wakefield hosts a Wakefield Liberation Society meeting with Alderman Lee absent, Mr John Andrew chairs, and a vote of thanks to lecturer Rev J S Eastmead after a talk on Christianity. Leicester held the second Establishment conference at Temperance Hall with Rev Alex Mackennal addressing Are Establishments of religion beneficial to religion itself, with full report promised next week.
The Privy Council finds Incumbent Alexander Mackonochie of St. Albans guilty of defying a church monition by elevating the wafer and cup during the consecration and by kneeling in adoration. He is suspended for three months and to pay costs. A St Albans service the next Sunday mocks the ruling with stern notices and a bitter sermon by Mr. Stanton denouncing the judges and urging continued resistance.
The Rev. Henry Allen with Dr. Mullens and Henry Wright returned from the United States after a gale. A Union Chapel, Islington gathering displayed Allen’s portrait by J. K. Thomson. He praised American courtesy patience and gentleness and noted religious life with Bible reading in schools despite a nonconformist view amid denominational shifts.
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