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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 04, 1871
Page
22
A collection of quotations from bishops clergy and politicians on disestablishment. Notable figures comme nt in favor include Goldwin Smith Pusey and Gladstone, arguing for church independence from the state. opponents warn against disruption and loss of influence.
A Welsh letter rebuts Sir Thomas Lloyd’s Commons remarks on landlords in Cardiganshire. It cites repeated refusals by Earl Cawdor and Mr. Scourfield to grant ground for chapels and a British school in towns such as Newcastle Emlyn, Cardigan, Aberayron, Graig, and Burton. It notes Baptist and Calvinistic Methodist congregations driven to worship in inadequate spaces, prompting protests by local ministers and deacons in 1871.
At a Wednesday meeting chaired by Mr Reed M.P. the board discussed the industrial school report. The committee urged applying section 27 of the Education Act to aid existing institutions and expand voluntary management, plus licensing to place children out to work. An amended motion to act immediately was adopted. A £2000 provision was approved for the Educational Census of London.
The Liverpool School Board clerk reports Mr Forster MP on whether boards must pay fees at public elementary schools for children of poverty. He argues boards should pay if poverty is proven and parent choice is preserved, opposing restricting aid to board schools.
Fragmentary notices discuss chapels and burial grounds in the principality amid editorials and political debate. Items reference land disputes, a comet sighting by M Winnecke, a London fishmonger offering cheap dinners, a Western State lecture damages claim, and a Chicago theatre scene.
A fragment from a Morning Post column mocks theatrical casting and wordplay with phrases about Lucifer Lowe and Zellum-Vight profit. It also notes the Royal Horticultural Society offering a 10L prize for the best collection of British insects harmful to crops, with plant choice left to competitors.
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