The London Quarterly and Holborn Review (Volume 43) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1875. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... of the Irish Church, refused to give any pledge to " stand by that Church," as Lord Coleridge, the secretary, at the time, of his election committee, has distinctly testified. In 1851 he voted against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and at the same time declared the impossibility of changing "the profound and resistless tendencies of the age towards religious liberty." In 1863, as Lord Selborne has declared, Mr. Gladstone "told him privately that he had made up his mind on the subject of the Irish Church, and should not be able to keep himself from giving public expression to his feelings," and that he was anxious, accordingly, that "his friends connected with the University" should "consider whether or not they would desire, for that reason, a change in the representation of the University." In 1865, on the motion of Mr. Dillwyn, he made a speech in which he declared that, as to the Irish Church, present action was impossible, and at any time immense difficulties would have to be encountered; but yet that this was "the question of the future." This speech brought his seat for the University in peril. Dr. Hannah wrote to him respecting it, to whom Mr. Gladstone replied in a now somewhat famous letter. He stated strongly his views as to the abstract question, but, at the same time, said that, as a practical question, the subject was remote, and had no bearing on the actual politics of the day, excusing himself on this ground from entering into details respecting it, or committing himself, even in general outline, to any sketch or statement of a plan for the disestablishment. It is obvious to remark that there is some apparent inconsistency between his saying, on Mr. Dillwyn's motion, that this was " the question of the future," and his writing to Dr. Hannah that ...