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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 26, 1871
Page
7
A parliamentary clash over the budget splits the House as 230 vote for amendment and 257 for Ways and Means. Critics say the budget is the worst in years, urging Ministers to stand by principles or resign to avoid further erosion of support.
A London-Wide critique warns that funding denominational schools from ratepayers will turn school boards into paymasters, eroding local control and risking Liberal cohesion. It cites Liverpool and Birmingham cases, cites cumulative voting as shifting power, and urges government action to halt what it calls an injustice and threat to religious liberty.
The writer blasts Liberal government policy linking church schools to Education Department and School Board financing. He argues ratepayers would pay twice via taxes and rates to support Church of England Wesleyan and Catholic schools, questioning independence and taxpayer rights.
Early returns list 1871 population for Sheffield Bradford Barnsley Leeds Normanton Bursley Hanley Carlisle Paisley Bolton Leicester Preston Hull Greenock Dundee Aberdeen and more. Females outnumber males by about ten percent. Normanton's surge tied to railways. East Riding towns mostly shrink as rural labor migrates toward cities or to Canada.
Bradford follows Leeds by opening two disestablished British Workman beerhouses Nos 1 and 2 in the town’s low quarters. About a thousand Leeds workmen crossed by special train to attend. Sir Titus Salt and son co‑tented the Alpaca Inn and funded every eleventh British Workman. Leaders praise the homelike, welcoming clubs and expect broad benefits for workers.
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