Debated Game Laws and Pressures on the State Church
The commentary rails at the proposed game law compromise allowing tenants to kill rabbits and hares while covering tenants from accessing game covers, calls the arrangement weak, and argues landowners would recoup losses at lease end. It cites Attorney General on state church bonds and criticizes parliamentary figures especially Mr. Lowe and Mr. Cavendish Bentinck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Exeter
Sir John Coleridge
Lowe
Thames Embankment
Treasury
Correspondence on Curates' Fund and Clergy Incomes
A letter to the Nonconformist editor questions Ecclesiastical Notes on laity subscriptions to the Curates' Fund. The writer cites a near parish where the rector earns about 1300 pounds yearly, pays the curate 126 pounds plus 251 as union chaplain, and relies on aid from the Curates' Aid Society. They condemn perceived fund misdistribution benefiting rich rectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Parsonages and the Strain on Congregational Ministers
A letter to the Nonconformist editor argues for securing affordable housing for Congregational ministers amid rising living costs and rents. The writer cites strikes, increasing rates, and dwindling subscriptions as pressures on salaries, proposing building societies or layperson action to create minister housing.
Feasibility of Long Term Parish Fund Raising
A letter from J H dated Sept 30 1872 argues for spreading a large church fund target over ten to twelve years to ease collection. He notes the minister's house could help retain a valued pastor when affluent members relocate and urges reception of opinion from a capable brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H
Enemies Tactics and Irish Church Bill Rumors
A Lambeth Liberal letter from Sept 27 1872 discusses rumors spread during the Irish Church Bill debate. The writer notes Liberal figures Dr Allen and Mr Parry at Llanberris near Bethesda Slate Quarries and dismisses claims of Catholic collections funding Gladstone. He calls such charges calumny spread by Torys rabble and their leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llanberris
Allen
Parry
Bethesda
Lord Penrhyn
Carnarvon
Ireland
Gladstone
Conway
Lowe and Forster on Public Affairs in Glasgow and Bradford
In Glasgow the Chancellor of the Exchequer received the freedom of the city and spoke on strikes and government limits. He warned against permanent price rises from strikes and urged private enterprise, while noting government caution. The next day W E Forster spoke in Bradford to a crowded St George's Hall, addressed by Henry Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowe
Cavendish Bentinck
Whitehaven
Massey Lopes
Bentinck
Mr. Bentinck
Mr. Hodgson
Glasgow
M.P
Glasgow University
America
W. E. Forster
St. George’s Hall
Bradford
Henry Brown
J.P
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!