Belfast meeting on disestablishment sparks disorder in Music Hall
A Belfast gathering featuring John Fisher of London and John Andrew of Leeds from an English Liberation Society led to a free admission crowd and a disruptive riot. The piece notes the event was not representative, disputes its merit, and contrasts Irish, English, and Scottish establishments with reactions from Belfast papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
John Fisher
London
John Andrew
Leeds
Ireland
Church of England
England
Scotland
Belfast Morning News
Conference at Belfast Attendees Protest Against Ulster Mob Action
A Belfast Castle Restaurant meeting chaired by W. C. Mitchell condemned a Tuesday assault on free speech by an organized mob. Speakers including Rev. J. C. Street and Mr. Fisher praised the Liberation Society and religious equality, with a unanimous resolution backing the society. Saturday coverage in the Northern Whig followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
Andrew
Castle
W. C. Mitchell
Alexander Gordon
M.A
J. C. Street
Joseph Pollard
William Spackman
John Fisher
Society
D. H. Brown
William Brown
Thomas Shields
Messrs
Roberts Carswell
George Fisher
James Kinnear
D. W. Moore
Christopher J. Street
B.A
Wm. Hazelton
James Jenkins
W. B. Ramsay
Hugh Morrison
Stephen Hicklin
James M.william
John F. Mulligan
John Wingcomb
John R. Neill
John Lees
Hiram Galloway
Henry Fairfax
W. Bullock
Thos. E. Osborne
Rogers
Assembly
Liberation Society
Belfast
Friends of Freedom
J. Jenkins
Armagh Meeting Attacked by Orange Leader
At a public meeting in the Tabernacle Armagh on September 17 J Fisher and J Andrew spoke to a large attentive audience. Mr Peel a local Orange leader exceeded Order and railed against Baptists Liberals Gladstone and Fisher in violent terms before the meeting ended.
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Armagh
Messrs
J. Fisher
J. Andrew
Tabernacle
E. Storr
Peel
Orange Party
Gladstone
Fisher
Distinguished meeting on Church of England disestablishment debate
A large invited audience gathered at T C Campbell’s rooms for a deputation on the disestablishment of the Church of England. Mr Fisher spoke nearly an hour on current church condition, followed by Mr Andrew on disestablishment history, then a lively discussion with ministers and professors from Presbyterian, Covenanter, Independent and Wesleyan backgrounds.
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Campbell
Fisher
Church of England
Andrew
S. Patten
Covenanter
F. Pettigrew
M.A
A. C. Murphy
J. M. Rodgers
G. McGill
Presbyterian
R. Sewell
Independent
J. Green
Wesleyan
Witherow
Leebody
J. Gamble
J. Osborne
Disestablishment Movement Lectures Across English Villages
Reports detail lectures by J H Gordon and allies on disestablishment and disendowment across Worchester, Daveston, Sparkbrook, Bardisley, Almeley, Newton Barcolane, Burnace, and Bristol vicinity. Speakers faced mixed reception, with protests and questions about church state relations and religious equality.
Lights and Shadows of English Nonconformity Lecture Series
Under the Liberation Society, Rev. J. H. Lummis spoke at Hamsterley on Wednesday 13th and Rev. T. Durant chaired. A second lecture was held at Wolsingham Baptist Chapel on Thursday 14th with Rev. T. L. Smith presiding. In Hamsterley a resolution supporting the society’s objects passed unopposed. In Wolsingham Mr. H. B. S. Thompson spoke on State Church issues and urged disestablishment.
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Newton
J. Randall
George Duncan
Frome
Bristol
Winterbourne
Down
Fishponds
Staple Hill
Oldlands Common
Hamsterley
WolstncHay
Dourham
Liberation Society
J. H. Lummis
Wisbeach
T. Durant
Wolsingham
Baptist
T. L. Smith
A. Stephenson
W. Lishman
H. B. S. Thompson
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Scottish Liberation Society Forms Plans in Edinburgh
At Edinburgh a large gathering of the new Council of the Liberation Society elected James Tait secretary and set up an Edinburgh office. The group outlined lectures, publications, and electoral action, and urged disestablishment of the Scottish Church be debated in Parliament next season.
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Edinburgh
House of Commons
Anglican Synod of Canada
United States
The
Church Association
Scottish Reformation Society
Scotland
Cuppespon
Cuddesdon, Oxon
Canon Furse
Cuddesdon Theological College
Society of the Holy Cross
E. F. Willis
Willis
Covarrch
Croydon
Broad Church School
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Green
Gordon
Hastings
Sparkbrook
Brimmincham
Priestley
Ellaway
Bardisley
Herefordshire
Chesters
Mr. Hastings
Almeley
Taylor
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