Sketches From The Gallery On The Budget Debates
The article reviews Sir Stafford Northcote’s Budget speech, contrasts it with Gladstone and Lowe, notes the debt stance, Zululand and Afghanistan provisions, and Gladstone’s tactical mood. It highlights Briggs’s quota on cotton imports, colonial tensions, and the Army Discipline Bill’s passage before holidays.
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Commons
Stafford Northcote
Gladstone
Disraeli
Lowe
Sir Stafford Northcote
Ix Stafford
Zululand
Afghanistan
Mr. Gladstone
Pompeii
Wellington College
Briggs
India
Tennyson
Mr. Fawcett
England
Canada
House of Commons
Winn
Osborne Morgan and Kitson clash over church ownership
A letter exchange critiques the Liberal Liberation Society and disestablishment. George Osborne Morgan defends his bill’s aims while accusing misrepresentation in The Times and Kitson. The correspondence analyzes church property as national property and outlines proposed dispositions for churches and churchyards.
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Times
Osborne Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Liberation Society
Kitson
Church of England
Rejection of the Burials Bill and State Pretext Questions
W. H. Kitson of the Society for the Rejection of the Burials Bill in Torquay argues that the State cannot justify sharing vast property while urging honest adherence to engagements. He questions Parliament’s motive and the legitimacy of such actions by the government.
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W. H. Kitson
Mr. Kitson
The
Times
Kitson
Society For
Torquay
Liquor Traffic Moves From Debate to Legislation
The article notes growing evidence that the liquor traffic issue is shifting from rhetoric to concrete lawmaking. Lawmakers and observers see more actual bills and committee activity aimed at regulating or restricting alcohol sales, signaling momentum toward action.