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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 16, 1870
Page
7
The article argues navy savings and army cuts could finance education expansion. It estimates army costs near thirteen million and suggests four to five million more could be saved without harming defense. It advocates expanding army reform and Cardwell’s reserve plan to fund emergencies, even with 20 000 to 30 000 fewer regulars.
The article argues state aid to emigration is waning as public sentiment shifts to practical emigration schemes. It notes shortages of suitable workers, colonies needing skilled labor, and calls for reliable information and selective, commercially driven emigration funded by capital and land grants rather than government handouts.
In a 7 March 1870 note to J G Douglas of Hartlepool, Tomas Carlyle declares he is not a Pantheist nor a Pan theist and dismisses the critics as ill-intentioned, saying any damage is theirs.
A National Education League delegation of nearly 400, including MPs and branch delegates, meets at Downing Street with Premier Gladstone to urge changes. The group backs compulsory education and questions the Conscience Clause while seeking how existing schools would be funded and standardized under the bill.
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