RELIGIOUS DISABILITIES BILL.
REJECTION OF THE MEASURE.
(P-& PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) •Received February sth, 10.10 a.m.
. London, February 4. The Government oppose Mr Gladstone's Religious Disability Removal BiU. Received February sth, 8 p_u London, February 4. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr Gladstone's Religious Disabilities Removal Bill was rejected on a division by 256 to 223. In moving the measure Mr Gladstone contended that the present disabilities uuder whioh Catholics suffered were unfair, since their loyalty had been proved to be untainted. Mr Smith, Bpeaking on behalf of the who opposed the Bill, said there was no necessity for the Bill, and the present time was inopportune, as the mass of subjects regarded the proposed change with alarm.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7780, 6 February 1891, Page 5
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