Opposition to Education Bill Tightens Dissenters Resolve
Delegates condemn a proposed education bill as steering England’s schooling into clerical hands. They argue it violates Liberal principles and endangers nonconformist rights, citing past battles with similar measures. The resolution was unanimously carried and a petition to Parliament adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ucheers
France
Austria
Portugal
Holland
Spain
Glover
Rome
Richard
James Graham
House of Commons
John Bright
Lord Sandon
Chartfeild Clarke
Morrison
Charles Shepheard
H. R. Elumeron
Resolutions attack Lord Sandon Education Bill across groups
A series of meetings from the General Purposes Committee of the Congressional Union and the Baptist and Unitarian bodies condemn Lord Sandon’s Education Bill. They argue it enables compulsion by denominational managers, weakens ratepayer oversight, and risks prolonging inefficient sectarian schools while failing to establish universal board schools. The Liverpool and Worcester associations push for national nonsectarian reform and petitions to Parliament.
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General Purposes Committee
Congreational Union
Lord Sandon
Friends of A National
Committee
The
Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Sanders
British and Foreign Unitarian Association
Essex-street Chapel
London
A. Gordon
H. W. Crosskey
Birmingham
Lord Landon
Boards of Guardians
Friends of
Liverpool
J. Patterson
Schol
Consolidated Fund
Board of Guardians
House of Commons
Birkenhead
Baptist Worcestershire Association
Henley
Arden
Ireland Bill and Ultramontane Support Across Parties
The extract discusses Lord Sandon's Bill and Irish implications for national education. It argues Ultrasontanist unity in backing the measure, notes the 1870 Act's secular education principle, and analyzes potential influence on Ireland's denominational system and Vatican responses.
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School Board Chronicle
Lori Sandon
Lord Sandon
England
Wales
Ireland
Vatican
Mr. Forster
Debate Over Ireland Education Bill Threatens Denominational Ties
Critics warn that applying the English education bill to Ireland would place schooling under Roman Catholic Church influence. They argue Parliament should not fund or promote church teaching as a national duty, fearing political injustice to Ireland. The piece links this to the 1870 act as a precedent and warns of broader implications.
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Forster
Lord Sandon
Ireland
England
Wales
Isle
Analysis of the Bill on Child Labor and School Attendance
A detailed summary from a Liberation Society circular outlines indirect and direct compulsion provisions for enforcing school attendance and child labor restrictions. It covers age thresholds, exemptions, penalties, enforcement by local authorities, delegations, and parliamentary grant context.
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The
Liberation Society
Education Department
London
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