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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 16, 1869
Page
3
The chairman and the Rev. Mr. Disney, a clergyman from the south of Ireland, were seen together in discussion prior to the upcoming town assembly.
A Devonport letter to the Nonconformist discusses a Baptist Missionary Society resolution to allocate fields by church contributions over five years and place fields under church control. The proposer argues for closer church contact and direct funding, noting opposition calls it utopian but urging practical spiritual reform.
A Victorian proposal urges nationwide adult literacy drives for those over fifteen. It recommends church and charity groups run reading writing arithmetic and geography classes with regular popular instruction meetings, house-to-house visits, and involvement of distinguished volunteers to reduce widespread ignorance in a single winter.
Samuel Tomkins of Newcastle on Tyne endorses a new educational programme after a council meeting that included arithmetic exercises, reading hints, and geography sketches. Songs and glees accompanied the session ending with God Save the Queen, promoting the scheme as practical and worthy of support.
In the Lords on Cup Day at Ascot the Irish Church Bill dominates discussion as Lord Granville defends the measure and Lord Bateman suspends questions amid calls for government restraint. The Beerhouses Bill, Parochial Schools in Scotland, and Customs duties are also debated. attendance at Liverpool and Manchester gatherings is cited as evidence of public sentiment.
The House of Commons and cross benches fill with peers and spectators as the Irish Church Bill debate begins. The Prince of Wales and Earl Spencer attend and petitions against the bill are presented, including Blackburn with 81,000 signatures.
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