BRITISH POLITICS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12824, 7 June 1907, Page 7

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE GOVERNMENTS PROGRAMME. TWO PROTESTS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 5. The quarterly conference of the Carnarvonshire Congregationalists, representing COOO communicants, protested against Sir H. Campoell-Bannerman's omission of a Welsh Disestablishment Bill from tho list of forthcoming measures. Lord Ronalds-hay (Unionist) was elected unopposed for the Hornsey division of Middlesex, in place of Captain Balfour (Unionist), who resigned. The Council of tho lorkshire Miners' Association adopted a resolution censuring the Government's attitude on the Miners' Eight Hours Bill as directly opposed to its promises at the general election. Last year Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-nermau assured a prominent Welsh member of the Houso of Commons that "Welsh Disestablishment remains an integral part of tho legislative proposals of the Liberal party, and will bo dealt with on" the first available opportunity." Two yeans ago returns showed that tho Nonconformist Churches in Wales had 516,000 members, against 153,000 Anglicans, and that thero wero 530,000 children in the Nonconformist Sunday schools, and 156,000 Anglicans in the Anglican schools. Tho Miners' Eight Hours Bill is a hardy annual, lt has been brought in yoar after yoar by Labour members. Last year they thought that tho Liberal majority would bo sympathetic, but there was no time for the Bill, and this year the Home Secretary said the Government simply could not afford to give facilities lor tho quick passage of tho Bill. "Every one is struggling," ho said, "to keep his head above the mass of work that is closing in upon us on all sides." Mr Gladstone promised that when the Committee set up to report on the question had presented their report, the Government would deal with the question. Since then the Committee have reported.