The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-19
FROM EUROPE.
The English Educational Bill.
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The English Educational Bill.
By the Ango-Americdn Cable
LONDON March 19.-In the House of Com
mons, last evening, after some unimportant
business, the Educational bill was again taken
mp, and Mr.. Vernon Harcourt supported an
amendment suggested by John Bright, namely,
that the basis of the bill shall be religious
equality. Without this its provisions were un-
just. He objected to relegating the sectarian
controversy to vestries.
The schools in the rural districts were sure to
be nonopolized by the Church. and Parliament, to
prevent this, should settle the question on a
basis of religious equality.
Mr.. Mundella, member for Sheffield, spoke in
favor of the bill, taking the ground that the
merely permissive clauses should be made COM
pulsory.
Mr.. Hoare, member for Southampton, de-
manded the withdrawal of the religious clause of
the bill.
Jacob Bright member for Manchester, spoke
in favor of the bill, claiming that 1t provided q
school for every child, and made attendance
compulsory.
The debate was continued until the adjourn
ment at an early hour in the morning.
Mr.. Temple favored the project for religious
teaching and Mr. Beresford Hope, member for
Cambridge University, thought the plan hea-
thenisb.
Mr.. Richard, member for Merthyr Tydvil,
charged the Government with undertaking the
religious sense of the people, and Messrs. Bal
ley, of Herefordshire, and Fawcett, of Brighton,
opposed the bill on general principles.
Mr.. Dixie, of Chelsea, favored the Bright
amendment and Mr.. Gladstone deprecated it, as
having tendency to sunder the Liberal party
He vindicated the bill in long speech, and elo-
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measure. He reviewed and analyzed the argu-
ments made against it, and showed that it was
not an Imperial measure, and that it was non
partisan in its character
After speeches by Hardy and others in sup
port of the bill, Brights amendment was with
drawn and the bill was read q second time, after
which the House adjourned.
The Honduras Railway Contract.
LONDON, March 19.-The contract for the
construction of the Honduras Railway was
signed here on Thursday, and the work is to be
begun within year.
1he Roman Council.
ROME, March 19.-There will be a meeting of
| the Gcumenical Council to-day, in order that
| the Pope may pronounce Mass for the late
| Count MontalembeIt.
The Coming Boat Race.
| LONDON, March 19.-Among sporting men
the odds are against the Cambridge crew in the
| coming race with the Oxfords.
| MIR. Burlingame.
| BERLIN, March 19-King William yesterday
received the eldest son of the late Mr.. Burlin-
game.
Ship News.
| QUEENsTowN, March 19.-Steamship Russia
from New York, arrived this morning.
| Distressed Vessel spoken ut Sea- ~
| LIVERPOOL, March ia vessel arrived here
to-day which reports having spoken the barqut
Neptune, on March IS, with her cargo shifted
and it had been found necessary to throw
large part of it overheard. This was probably
the barque Neptune, Captain Gittens from New
York, January 26, for Queenstown, although
the Neptune, Captain Edwards, from Savannah
| February 12, for Cork, is still at sea.