No Popery cry and the Irish Church policy debate
The speaker rejects using Ireland to shield Protestant privilege and argues that justice for Ireland should not threaten the Church of England. He warns against turning the church into a Conservative registration arm and asserts that education and national progress require independent policy rather than linking the church to political causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Church of England
Oteers
House of Commons
John Lubbock
Liberal Party
England
Rome
Church of Rome
Justice and peace in Ireland demands for the Irish people
Gladstone argues that justice to Ireland will pacify the country, strengthen England, and keep Protestantism safe, asserting the Church of England would suffer no harm. The crowd cheers as he speaks on the political outcome.
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Gladstone
Ireland
England
Church of England
The Irish Church Agitation in Various Cities
Birmingham Auxiliary to the Liberation Society continues meetings in Nonconformist chapels with local ministers. Speakers include Callaway Lord and McKerrow. In Leicester a Brewin Grant lecture opposed Gladstone’s Irish Church policy, with a divided audience. York hosts a large pro disestablishment meeting chaired by G Leeman MP.
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HE. Norman
W. F. Callaway
Birmingham
West Bromwich
Willenhall
Tipton
Norman
Callaway
Gladstone
J. N. Bennie
St. Mary’s
Grant
J. A. Picton
Picton
E. Davys
Davys
Brewin Grant
York
Festival
G. Leeman
M.P
Canon Robinson
Wesleyan
MR MIALL AND THE WESLEYANS
A Bristol Daily Post letter rebuts Tory use of a Nonconformist extract about Mr Miall. It notes the dated quote misrepresents history, defends Wesleyan liberalization, and accuses opponents of leveraging Wesleyan electors to aid Liberal aims.
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Bristol Daily Post
Morley
Miall
A.p
United Methodist Free Churches
Conference
Bradford
Holdens
Gladstone on the Church in Wales and dissenters
Henry Richard replies to Mr. Gladstone’s Ormskirk speech arguing the Church of England in Wales is weak in communion and that education and clerical influence have been overstated. He cites Bright’s 1847 remarks noting Dissenters educated the Welsh labouring class and urges accurate representation in Parliament.
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Henry Richard
The
Star
Wales
Gladstone
Ormskirk
Ulster
Richard
Mr. Gladstone
Church of England
Bright
House of Commons
Mr. Bright
Principality
Lay Work in Congregational Churches
A Leeds Congregational Union paper argues against sacralist clerical privilege and promotes lay and universal Christian service. It challenges the idea that Lord's Supper rites require ordained ministers and urges the equal priesthood of all believers in determining where work should be done.
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Congregational Union
Leeds
Henry Spicer
Christ
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Bristol
Fatrpuay
Garibaldi
Ripley
Forster
Verbum Sap
MR. Miall
Wesleyans
Church IN Wales
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