The second reading in the House of Lords of the
London Education Bill was moved on Tuesday by Lord Londonderry, the President of the Board of Education, and carried by 69 votes to 26. The Archbishop of Canterbury in a singularly• judicious speech said that the Government had endeavoured to meet Nonconformist complaints as to the frequent inaccessibleness of any but Church schools. Such complaints had, however, in London no basis, for every child is within reach of a Board schooL Moreover, it could not be denied that in London voluntary subscriptions were intended to support specific religious teaching, for the subscribers also pay education - rates. Denominational schools are more necessary than ever in London, for, as the Archbishop said, the new day Training Colleges will in time create a class of teachers untrained in religious teaching. The Duke of Devonshire admitted the good work of the School Board, and did not doubt that it "would have used the greater power as well" as it had used the less, yet he doubted if the work had been so perfect as to render imitation necessary. On Thurs- day the Bill passed through Committee.
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