Local Act Amendment Fails by Narrow Margin
Debate on the pauper children funding, arguing the burden should be citywide. The amendment was defeated 24 to 5, while the main motion passed 16 to 9.
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 12, 1872
Page
5
Birmingham School Board votes on daily Bible reading in schools
Debated motion to read and teach the Bible daily while observing the Elementary Education Act provisions. Majority approved 8 to 2. minority included R. W. Dale and J. Chamberlain absent. Canon O S Sullivan and J S Wright did not vote. Coventry School Board to avoid denominational fees for religious schools. Forster to consult boards on filling vacancies to cut costs and political agitation. Dixon to question Forster about Holy Thursday church attendance by schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmincham
Birmingham School Board
Canon Sullivan
Gough
Burges
J. S. Wright
Canon Wilkinson
Hopkins
R. W. Dale
J. Chamberlain
Sinority
George Dawson
Vitice
Canon O’sullivan
J.S. Wright
Coventry
Jacob Bright
Forster
Privy Council
Dixon
M.P
Ludlow
Nonconformists Protest Fees for Denominational Schools in Sheffield
A large Sheffield meeting led by the Nonconformist Committee protested rates funding denominational school fees. Speakers urged religious freedom and opposed state pay for sectarian education, calling for separation of secular and religious instruction and sending a petition to Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Temperance Hall
J. Wycliffe Wilson
Giles Hester
J. Calvert
J. Jenkyn Brown
Birmingham
Notts Derbyshire and Lincolnshire Baptist Association Resolutions
The Newark meeting of the Notts Derbyshire and Lincolnshire Baptist Association records unified regret over the governments stance on the 25th Clause of the Elementary Education Act and urges churches to train children in religious truth. It condemns sectarian schooling and backs MPs Dixon Candlish and Miall while supporting a royal commission on church revenues, marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and nonconformist burial grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnshire Congregational Union
Sleaford
Congregational Churches of
Lincolnshire
Manchester
Surrey Congregational Union
Hunts Association of Independent and Baptist Churches
Northampton
Oxfordshire Association of Baptist Churches
W. Allen
Oxford
H. Gillmore
Faringdon
Her Majesty
House of Commons
Notts, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire Baptist Association
Newark
Dixon
M.P
Candlish
Miall
Church of England
Association
Morgan
Bible in Schools Debate Divides Nonconformists
A Regent's Park College conference of four Nonconformist colleges debated Bible reading in public elementary schools. Speakers argued over whether excluding the Bible harms society, with a final 68 to 19 vote opposing national evil from exclusion and opposing state religious instruction as a principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New College
Regent’s Park
Cheshunt
Hackney
Regent’s Park College
Adeney
M.A
T. B. Hart
Hackney College
Pope rebukes Roman ladies for private faults at home
The Pope answered an address with a call to Roman women to reform personal faults in their households. He urged charitable correction, daily prayer, diligent work, and setting a good example at all times.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wright
IT. D. Crothers
Isaac Holden
North-West Riding
G. Hadfield
W. E. Gladstone
W. E. Forster
Holden
Friends of Religious Education
Europe
Churches of England
England
Hoyland
8. Wright
R. T. Eadon
Leader
Q. Knight
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