Contention Over Burials Bill and Liberal Program Debated
The passage notes disappointment at the Burials Bill failure despite a large private member’s bill vote. Sir John Pakington predicts a party split or major upheaval, warning about Liberal reforms to Free Church, Free schools, Free labour, and potential risks to property. He pledges Old England and Protestant Church as rallying cries amid election talk.
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Disraeli
John Pakington
Gloucestershire
Church of England
Gladstone
England
Old England
Abolition of purchase in the Church debate erupts
A leading critique argues disestablishment and disendowment of the Church of England hinge on removing the sale of livings. It notes compensation for advowsons, public funding objections, and the political clash over patronage, taxes, and potential popular elections within the church structure.
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Ireland
Debate on Clergy Appointments and Church Patronage
The piece argues that changing parish electors to nominate clergy would drag in public bodies and shift church doctrine and ritual. It warns such reform could upend ecclesiastical politics and suggests the balance of worldly and spiritual virtues matters in assessing livings sales. It notes the squarson as a mixed but acceptable form.
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High Church
Lord Westbury
Friends
Church
Ingland
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Church of England
Committee of Management
Squires
Parsons
Winchester
Squarson
Church and State in Germany Faces Imperial Pushback
Archbishop Ledochowski is fined 300 thalers for pressuring a Catholic school teacher to withdraw his signature from a royal address to Emperor William. Canon Dulinski accuses church superiors of letter intercepts and Polish national incitement. Bishops urge Catholic electors to back Diet candidates loyal to the Crown, while Dresden townsfolk thank the Emperor for defending state unity against priestly influence. European Catholic blocs split between loyalty and reform amid papal letters and public assemblies.
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Ledochowski
Prussia
Herr Schroeter
William
Canon Dulinski
Common Council
Dresden
Pius IX
Rhineland Westhalia
Essen
Duisburg
Crefeld
Wesel
Hilde
Munich
Augsburg
Protests and church affairs swirl around Disraeli policy
An address to Mr Disraeli urges adherence to a Protestant policy while Ely Cathedral marks its 1200th anniversary. The Brazilian Government orders prosecution of the Catholic Bishop of Pernambuco for defying state laws amid ongoing Ritualistic correspondence.
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Disraeli
Ely
Pernambuco
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Pall Mall Gazette
Germany
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