Fawcett bill chaos in House as Gladstone meddles
A chaotic Commons scene unfolds as Mr. Fawcett withdraws his University Tests Bill amid clashes over notice and first reading. Gladstone's intervention is blamed for emboldening priests and shifting support, while insiders discuss railway money shaping the debate.
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McCarthy Downing
House
Fawcett
Mr. Fielden
House of Representatives
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House of Commons
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A April 3 reception for the Duc d Aumale at the Academy is fixed. Felix Pyat faces a death sentence in absentia. US Methodist Sunday schools enroll over a million and a quarter students. Nova Scotia debates Ballot Act abolition. Baron von Werthern tipped as German ambassador successor. Pope recovers from rheumatism. A Swiss canton tribunal sentences an Anabaptist over military service. Lombard bishop urges oath abstention from the Constitution. Marquise de Boissy dies in Florence after illness. Paris Assembly to recess April 5 to May 19. African treaty ratification and Ja Ja hostage rumor. Kodama ordained by Baltimore Methodist Conference. Japan-bound. Berlin hosts 40 Japanese students at the university. Liberation of 10,000 Cuban slaves reported by Sickles. Livingstone expedition pace toward Africa. Congo party to depart Feb 20. Rajah of Jodhpur suttee fears. new Rajah Jeswant Singh blocks. Peshawar to Cabul envoy on Seistan and Russia boundaries. Wrangel marks 50 years as general. aging veteran vows to live. Rome committee reshapes religious corporations. land held as rente. Napoleon expulsions debated in French Assembly. New English newspaper Times of Germany planned for April 4 in Frankfurt. India reports surpluses 1871–74. no income tax continuation planned.
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Academy
Paris
Felix Pyat
Methodist Sunday Schools
United States
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Count Bernstorff
London
Baron von Werthern
Munich
Canton of
Berne
Berlin
Limburg
Marquise de Boissy
Countess Guiccioli
Lord Byron
Florence
Oko Jumbo
Ja Ja
Benny
New York Times
Kodama
Washington
Baltimore Methodist Conference
Japan
Berlin University
Donitz
Cuba
General Sickles
United St Tes
Madrid
Fish
Livingstone Staten
Africa
Young
Congo
Jodhpur
Jeswant Singh
Suttee
Rome
Committee On Religious Corporations
Prince Naproleon
Napoleon
M. Dufaure
France
Germany
the Times of
Europe
Frankfort-on-the-Main
England
America
M. Remusat
M. Ledru-Rollin
Tu Ixpian Bupner
Government of India
Calcutta
Richard Temple
India
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