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Newspaper

Nonconformist

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 28, 1872

Page

4

Debates on Secular vs Denominational Education Power

A critical examination argues secular schooling does not corrupt youth. It cites Glossop and Manchester cases, Cobden on New England religion, and inspector reports showing religious instruction in national schools has limited lasting moral impact. Proponents urge secular systems as morally edifying without sectarian bias.

Glossop Manchester E. Potter Manchester Free School America Cobden Old England New England League Forster Buckmaster Wandsworth Potter Mderman Rumney Temple Montgomeryshire Shropshire J. R. Bryne Gloucester H. A. Pickard Yorkshire E. T. Watts Anglesea Carnarvon Denbigh Flint Merioneth Padiham Church of England Church of Rome Waterford England Thirlwall St. David

Religion in education praised at Manchester Free School

A letter from 1872 argues that morals and religion can be taught most effectively through a teacher's living example rather than doctrine. The writer cites the Manchester Free School as truly religious and unsectarian, permeated by reverence and moral tone. Newchurch-in-Rossendale, Feb. 24, 1872.

R. R. Suffield Croydon Inquirers Manchester Free School F. Williams Newchurch-in-Rossendale Manchester

Lords brief sitting over Contagious Diseases Acts and railways

The House of Lords met briefly on Thursday with Lord Granville agreeing to produce the American case, and on Friday petitions were laid for repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts and for suppressing the Polynesian slave-trade. A motion on Irish railways and a return on unconsecrated graveyards was discussed before adjourning. A Monday session set a joint committee to review railway amalgamation.

House OF Lords Lord Granville Lord Stanhope Lord Sharrespury Lord Clanrigarde Eee Lord SaLisbury

House of Commons Debates on Game Laws and Related Matters

The second reading of Mr Hardcastle's Game Laws Amendment Bill sparked an animated debate over turning game into soil property and harsher penalties for poaching. The session also covered the marriage with a deceased wife's sister measure, with speeches for and against, and a division showing 186 to 138 in favor. The day concluded with the Marriages Society of Friends Bill passing committee stage and Sir C Dukee seeking leave to introduce a land security bill.

Hardcastle Strait Clan Read Carnnease Bruce Harp- Castle Carnegie T. ChampBers J. Taylor H. Selwin-Ibbetson GitliIn Mr. Clay Hull Berestorp-Hore Gipin Serjeant Simon Richard Gattorne Harpy T. Coampers J. Manners Maguire Cork C. Dukee

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