The Potteries Examiner : — 1878-03-02 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

DISESTABLISHMENT AGAIN.  THE CHURCH DEFENDERS TO THE RESCUE.  MORE LIVELY SCENES. On IV( dneeday evening another public meeting was  bela in the Town Hall, nt Stoke, fore further discussion of the question of Church disestablishment, being a sequel to the mceting held in the some hall last week, convened mules the auspices of the Stoke Liberal  Council. In the announcement of the meeting of Wed. under, it was stated that the Rev. Dr. Potter, of Sheffield, would be present to expose the fallacies of the statements made by the speakers at the late Liberation meeting, and at this meeting they had been challenged to attend to tlebud their speeches, with even time. The ball was again crowded with a company in which there was evidently much of conflicting opinion. The audience was very orderly so long as only rows of vacant chairs faced them, and luridly applauded the reporters, who filed up to their places on the platform some time before anything was seen or hm.rd of the speakers. At length the Mayor of Stoke (Mr. Alderman T. W. Mi. ton) appeared, and was greetel with general cheering. Next was seen Mr. Woodall, who was cheered with remarkable warmth. The Rev. Dr. Potter, of Sheffield, next fell in 14 r very hearty cheering. The Rev. N.  Norman (orguniAng secretory of the Church Defence  Assodatio-n- for the AliMand Digtriet), Mr. George  Lemon, Mr. T. Moore, Mr. Welch, and a few other  gentlemen followed. be the better part of valour." (Confasion.) Were In opening the meeting, the Msvolt, who presided, Messrs. Illingworth and Williams local gentleman? The Bishop of St. Albans opened, on Tuesely, said he earneetly hoped that on this occasion there would (Voices: We knew that they were coming.) Those two at All Saints' Church, King's Langley, a chapel he no imitation, either of the at) le of the oratory or of their best men would not put in an appearance that i which has been erected foe. the reception of the the form of the opposition of the meeting which this night. He (Dr. Potter) was prepared to accept tie in.:innucemeEtimunid°mdbt e I'l, zirg t..,ehe"Yrki" of was called ns a sequel to. After a few Wore remarks, challenge throan out by Mr. Woodall at any moment son of Edward 111., and his first wife. Blanche of the 'fun" began with cries of "gammon," etc. and at any hour if the local authority were agreed Castile, and their infant daughter Constance of The chairman remarked upon speeches being "sun thereon. With reference to the quotation from the Castile. out" too great length to gain time,—(disorier)—which Bishop ot Carlisle, Mr. Illiogworth asked him (the About midnight on Monday another attempt was mast objectionable. Very few towns had the ad. doctor) to read it, and further said he would make him was made to conanit suicide by jumping off Clifton. vantages which stoke had, with a clergyman respected de so, and so was told by the doctor that he dm not suspension Bridge, this time by a young man and beloved alike by Churchmen sod Nonconformists,— know 'nit manners. (Disorder, and contradictory cries.) named Price, who was out of work. This makes week by one of (hear, hear)—nucl the Churchmen looked upon the Din- He then precee‘led from newspaper reports to deal with the third attempt during February. A woman. seaters as valtiableausiliaries to cad: other. There was the statements made by the chairman of the Liberation nand Marie piaetares fv:laksw?llfirtstwof the batch, no reason why they should not each pull well together, meeting, and said they were not going to give their ' her coemrpeaTotPam u.named Selina 'Vli-i1 1 It WAS DOS the differences tint caused the mischief, but privileges no witlmat a struggle, for no man amongst A the mismanagement of those differences. (Hear, hear.) them would give up his bread and butter withont a ( T q meetingsdin favour of Sunday closing was held night h F T He then uote•l from the Dean of Westminster, and .0 afterwards slat that if tire e'NationalChinch w ~,,,'4ere at. -''oi ' a. Vce • " That's true.") He paid God on ate ay in t e rise rade Hall, Mane ehester ; the Bishop of Manchester presiding. tacked it WAS quite natural that she should defend her. gave them their endowments. (Loud laughter, and a Resolutions were adopted to the effect that the self, and this dety she had deli gated to the Church voice : "You have rot other men's Proaerty•"/ Is the meeting was of opinion that the sale of liquors on D. fence Association. At this meeting be should codes:. history of Charles XI. of Sweden it was related that once Sundays was productive of a large amount of your to hold the scales equally, and should be very glad he went into a beautiful library, and on one wall he saw drunkenness, irreligion, pauperism, and crime, and that, as Sunday elusio had benefited Scotland if they could have a very different meeting to the one a picture of a town lost by his father, and on another n. the principle should be"estended to England and of last week. (Applause.) He would not detain them all a picture of a town won by himself. Under the any further, but would call upon Mr. Woodall, who de- former was written: Dieu me remit donnJ ; Dieu me aired at the outset to n it'At a statement with rasped to La CU; gas lb nom its Dieu snit bent. Whea Charles I Ireland.