House Debates and Education Bill Fallout in Parliament
The Commons debate exposes divisions over Disraeli and laxity accusations. Hartington impresses with concise remarks while Montagu’s clause drives a coalition between Irish Catholics and Tories to shape the 1870 Education Act’s fate, with Sandon steering but overridden by the Chancellor’s pragmatic support.
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Bourke
House of Commons
Disraeli
Lowe
Daily News
Gladstone
Anderson
Marquis of Hartington
Mr. Pell
Lord Robert Montagu
Lord Sandon
Pell
London School Board Debates Attendance and School Sites
At a London School Board meeting Sir Charles presided over discussions on attendances at board ragged and voluntary schools. A report on children sent to industrial schools since 1872 was presented. The board authorized using Society powers to buy sites for new schools as it adjourned to September 27.
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London School Board
School Board For London
Charles
MacGregor
John MacGregor
Greenwich
London
Henry Danby Seymour
Westminster
Atrocities in Bulgaria Amid Turkish Burnings and Massacres
Correspondent reports from Phillipopolis and Tatár Bazárdjik describe widespread devastation as Bashi Bazouks and Circassians allegedly burn sixty villages and kill about twelve thousand people. Witness accounts detail mass graves, charred remains, and the exodus of survivors, while interlocutors question witness reliability and urge cautious inquiry.
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Times
Ragusa
Crete
Rayah
America
Gross
Massulman
Bulgaria
Catholic vote mobilised in London for School Board seats
Organisers plan a thorough mobilisation of the Roman Catholic vote in London to secure proper representation of Catholic interests on the School Boards. The effort targets influencing school governance and policy through targeted voting alignment.
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Roper
London
Gloucester School Board Election Yields Mixed Returns
Gloucester held its first School Board election with fourteen candidates for nine seats. Five aligned to Church teaching, five to undenominational teaching, and four independents. Results: four of five Church, three of five undenominational, two independents elected. The City of London gave 500 guineas to the National Society for Education of the Poor in Anglican principles.
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Corporation of the City of London
Court of Common Council
Bulgarian Atrocities Debated Amid Relief Pleas
The text argues Bulgarians did atrocities is unfounded and cites Mr Schuyler and Mr Baring claiming Turkish deaths under two hundred, mostly in combat. It notes lack of proof of Turkish women or children harmed and urges relief for starving families while a Stamboul paper faces suppression over criticism of the British Ambassador regarding Bulgaria events.
Pass List First Division Names From University of London
The document lists numerous students and their schools or study status as part of the University of London pass list for First Division. Names include Francis Ince Anderton Owens College Samuel Thomas Bosward St Marks Chelsea and many others with private study noted for several entrants.
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Francis Ince Anderton
Oratory School
Birmingham
Robert William Archer
Singleton House
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Glyn Barlow
John George Black
Owens College
Samuel Thomas Bosward
Henry James Brown
Birmingham and Edgbaston Proprietary School
Thomas Brownson
William Bryant
John Burnett
Reginald Clouting
East Devon County School
William Cobham
George Francis Colborne
Felstead Grammar School
John Deburgh Coulter
John Biggs Howard Crook
John George Curry
George Henry Dayson
Andrew Newland Deakin
Robert Woodhouse’ Dimock
Edmund Ashley Durham
James Easterbrook
St. Mark's College
Chelsea
William Eocles
William James Foxell
Charles William Garrard
Michael Graves
William Hamlyn
Frederick James Roberts Hendy
University College
Charles Gaskell Higginson
Owens
Benjamin Hoddinott
Wesleyan College
Taunton
Hyman Isaacs
Jews’ Free School
John Jenkins
Atherton Knowles
Wesley College
Sheffield
Donald Laurie
Harrison’s College
Barbadoes
Thomas Ledward
Alfred William Lockyer
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Daily News of
Baring
H. Elliot
Pesth - Philippopolis
Batok
Schuyler
Haira
Achmed Aga
Sir Henry Elliot
University OF London
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