Ireland Land Tenure Reform Urges Tenant Security and Prosperity
A political commentary argues that Ireland faces peril without tenant protections and landlord reform. It cites estates like Pollock and Derby for contrast, noting productive farming but social cost when tenants lack security. It calls for legislation to secure tenancies and align incentives with long-term land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Pollock
Lord Stanley
Times
Lord Derby
What has been done in Austria regarding marriage and education
The Reichsrath debates show the push to end clerical domination of marriage and schooling. Clergy control bred ignorance and stagnation. reform favored by opponents would place schooling and civil marriage under state oversight. Proposals touched on incamération of ecclesiastical property to fund secular needs and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Reichsrath
Europe
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Spain
M. Gallisth
M. Leibesdorf
M. Lavalette
France
Belgium
Sweden
Maria Theresa
Joseph II
Roumanie
Gladstone
Ireland
Austria’s Education Reform Redraws Clergy Powers
The Reichsrath ends exclusive clerical control of education in Austria. Clergy resist but Rome signals tacit consent by directing clergy to join lay clerical school councils. Prague Cardinal Archbishop plans to send fixed clerical members to upper school councils, aligning with Rome. Education advances with lay and clerical councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Reichsrath
Rome
Times
Prague
Our Gutter Children and the Social Dilemma
A critical examination of urban child poverty and juvenile crime in England and Wales. The piece argues for deeper investigation into root causes, cites Greenwood on separating gutter children from home life, and critiques reforms that treat effects rather than causes. It notes hundreds of thousands of dependent youth and persistent vagrancy amid reform efforts.
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England
Wales
Bands of Hope
Dickens
Jerrold
Leech
Cruikshank
Greenwood
London
Ragged School
Juvenile Temperance Association
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