Opposition Eyes Amendments On Compulsory Education Debates
The article argues Liberal opposition must unite to block or modify a bill on compulsory religious instruction and school attendance. It warns against extensions of authority to enforce by local bodies, urges safeguards for conscience and nonconformists, and calls for specific amendments to protect equal rights while maintaining universal education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Forster
Germany
France
Gace
Hodge
Specia
Department
H.M
Dissenters' Places of Worship and Registration Figures
A letter explains a parliamentary return listing Protestant Dissenter meeting houses registered from 1852 to 1876. It notes 18 723 total sites on record, contrasts with earlier 1867 data, and emphasizes the list is not a complete kingdomwide roll. Examples show undercounting for Independents Baptists and Methodists in the new register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Church of England
Thomas Mann
The
Baptista
Methodist New Connexion
United Methodists