22 Sep 1841
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 22, 1841
Page
1
The text argues that state-pensioned clergy hinder rational education and push the people toward low tastes, using this as a pretext to deny franchise rights. It condemns class legislation as a product of a state church, claiming widespread evils from monopolies to unequal taxation.
The Whig Registration Commission reports a dispute over the registrar general’s order restricting access to non parochial birth, death, and marriage extracts. It claims the action breaches parliamentary intent, favors officers’ gains, and urges inquiry by Sir James Graham and the Home Office. Dissenting ministers of Stockport have memorialised the registrar general.
A historic church tract outlines Sunday and Holy Day observances under the Church of England, urging reading of scripture, prayer, confession, charity, and communion. It prescribes the common prayer service on holy days, with ministers to follow the Book of Common Prayer and to avoid altering its form. The Litany is to be read on Wednesdays and Fridays, with bells signaling the start of service and attendance encouraged for nearby householders.
The text orders colleges to use the prescript form of divine service and follow the Book of Common Prayer in all services and the administration of communion across colleges and halls in both universities, with ceremonies observed without omission or alteration.
The charge argues church rates are a core establishment issue. Parishioners must fund church repairs under common law, with churchwardens to examine fabric, obtain cost estimates, and obtain a rate via vestry vote. Adjourning meetings is discouraged, and refusals to rate can lead to legal proceedings and contumacy sanctions.
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