Debated Irish Catholic opposition to education bill in Commons
The House of Commons clash over the education measure exposed Irish Catholic resistance and English Liberal splits. Disraeli and Gladstone delivered forceful speeches as government concessions failed to win broad support, signaling a grave parliamentary setback but renewed acceptance of key constitutional principles.
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Ireland
Ball
Bentinck
Miall
Osborne
Cardwell
University of Dublin
Trinity College
Queen’s University
Galway College
Gladstone
Mr. Disraeli
House of Commons
Tasmanian Devil as emblem of implacable party spirit
A critical essay discusses Herbert Spencer and his Tasmanian Devil analogy to illustrate the unbending nonconformist stance. It critiques Dr. Hume for alleged misrepresentations in recent pamphlets on church state questions, defending statistical work on religious worship accommodation and progress of the Church of England versus Nonconformists.
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Herbert Spencer
John Bull
Hardihood
Legion
Animal Kingdom
Church of England
Hume
Liberation Society
Dr. Hume
the International
Canterbury