Parliament debate on compulsory education and conscience clause
The conference room and press report cover MPs urging compulsory education, criticising permissive clauses, and warning against sectarian control. Clergy and laity meetings in Salisbury and Birmingham push for direct compulsion, while nonconformists press for amendments to protect religious liberties and end denominational rates.
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THE
National Union
National Education Union
Gladstone
Salisbury
John Percival
Clifton College
Osborne
Kingswood School
Archdeacon Stanton
Newstreet
Spring Gardens
Birmingham
W. Minutemore
H. W. Crosskey
House of Commons
W. E. Forster
Nonconformist Petition Drives Signatures on Government Bill
The Nonconformist Committee has issued 7,600 petition and protest forms for ministers to sign. By four days in circulation, 4,700 signatures have returned from Congregationalists Wesleyan Methodists Baptists Unitarians Primitive Methodists and others. A minority refuse to sign, mainly Wesleyan ministers. Rural ministers contribute many signatures with letters showing support for amendments to the bill.
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House of Commons
Gladstone
Congregationalists
Religious schooling row interests San Remo letter writer
Karl Russell from San Remo Italy March 21st worries over a government bill facing second reading and notes Dissenters objecting. He argues country districts favor Churchmen in schools and that rate-supported national schools must admit Dissenter children on equal terms. He hints two possible solutions including a plan by Mr Auberon.
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Farl Russell
Karl Russell
Jorster
San Remo
Italy
Auberon
Reading the Bible in National Schools Debate Grows
A letter argues for school mornings to include Bible reading and a hymn with no catechism, while excluding formulary use. It notes Catholic and Jewish objections, praises a national, nonsectarian aim, and cites views by Earl Russert and Vernon Harcourt on dangers of sectarian schooling.
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Herbert
Parliament
Miall
Winterbotham
Earl Russert
House of Commons
Vernon Harcourt
the Times
Mr. Winterbotham
Irish Religious Difficulty and the Conscience Clause
A Dublin correspondent outlines the evolution of the Conscience Clause in Irish National Schools. It traces 19th century changes from parental veto to notice systems and creed registers, noting how shifts in policy affected proselytism and minority religious rights in schooling.
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Dublin
Lord Stanley
House of Commons
National Board
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Her Majesty
Merson
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G. B. Johnson
R. Hargreaves
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C. Vince
W. F. Cattaway
G. Incanu
R. W. Datz
J. V. Whent
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