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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 31, 1877
Page
1
The article notes an unobtrusive Caledonian push for Scottish disestablishment drawing support from leaders like Lord Hartington and Earl of Minto. It suggests the Scottish Council’s policy may gain momentum, possibly reaching Parliament in the next session.
Clerical dominance over parish churchyards and dissenters gaining limited burial grounds dominated recent Diocesan Conferences in Chester Leicester Chichester and Truro with Exeter noted for avoiding the issue. Ministers debated Lord Harrowby’s clause and Osborne Morgan’s bill while resistance lingered among bishops and MPs including Heygate Knightley Manners and Lord John Manners.
The text discusses a cabinet rift over clerical influence and a demand for surrender. It notes widespread perplexity among ministers as the government stalls on a burials issue. It compares possible paths for Marshal MacMahon and Lord Beaconsfield’s cabinet to resolve tensions while balancing Nonconformist and clergy claims.
The newly created See of Truro hosts its first diocesan conference in the city. The bishop’s address advocates aggressive Church expansion against Dissent, provoking critique of Establishment supremacy, while debates over the Burials Bill reveal divisions among clergy and laity.
The Leeds Nonconformist Union of Young Men's Societies opened its winter session with a public meeting at the Albert Hall Institute. Chairman John Barran MP and guests including Henry Richard MP and Thomas Blake MP spoke as around 2,000 members in about 21 associations were noted.
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