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Clerical opposition to education plans and Conscience Clause debate
The piece reviews objections by Anglican and Catholic factions to education policy, noting Mr Gibson's arguments against clerical control and in favor of national systems. It highlights census inconsistencies in Dissenting worship and warns Parliament against overreliance on registrar figures, while recounting archival testimony about the Conscience Clause and fears of Liberation Society influence on Church schools.
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Gibson
Ireland
England
Wales
Guardian
Stestets
Conference Methodist
Primitive Methodist Conference
London
Horace Mann
Bickersteth
Birmingham
Church of England
John Pakington
Committee On Education
Liberation Society
J. G. Lonsdale
National Society
Archdeacon Denison
Marquis
Saulisbury
Robert Cecil
Fagan
Rodney
Forater
House of Commons