08 Nov 1876
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 08, 1876
Page
1
The piece argues education funding should serve the nation, not favored classes. It supports endowing school boards and limited scholarships, urges sunset on old endowments, and warns against preserving academy privilege for a narrow class. It favors board schools and national oversight with transparent audits.
Mr. Fisher of the Liberation Society spoke at CueElmstorD in the Mechanics Institute and in towns including Colchester and Southend. He argued for disestablishment and criticized ritualism, with opponents invited to debate and a unanimous vote favoring the cause.
Darlington friends issue a public notice urging self defense against recent disorders at Libera tion Society meetings. The Local Committee accepts defeat to avoid further disgrace and calls fakeminded groups to repudiate the disturbances while hoping for a future corrective outcome. Mr Gordon spoke at Odd Fellows Hall in Egremont near Whitehaven on Wednesday evening.
A large party of Orangemen from Moor Row disrupted a lecture causing the lecturer to pause. Police intervened and the crowd slunk away. Mr. Gordon continued, receiving thanks from the audience. He lectured again in St Bees with another rowdy group, while leaflets attacking him circulated locally. This week he moves to the West Riding.
The Rev J P Balmer of Manchester lectured this week at Kirkoswald Renwick Gamblesby and Hunsonby with strong attendance and mixed reactions. Opposing voices from local clergy sparked questions but Balmer’s defense won broad audience support and boosted disestablishment sentiment across the district.
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