11 APRIL 1903, Page 2

The London Education Bill was introduced by Sir William Anson

on Tuesday. We have given an account of the measure elsewhere, and shown how in many respects the violence of the opposition with which the measure has been received cannot be justified. We must admit, however, that the measure is clumsily constructed and gives plenty of opportunity for attack. The agitation, that is, against it will be severe, and it is not made to resist fire half as well as the measure of last autumn. So strong, indeed, was the feeling that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman actually divided against the first read ing, which was only carried by a majority of 82 (l59 Total to 77).