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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 08, 1874
Page
9
The piece argues fiction must be rooted in reality and true human laws, not indulgent fantasy. It warns that misrepresenting character harms readers, equating strong fiction with parable and urging authors to study nature, facts, and genuine human life. It references The Child of the Chosen People as an example of imaginative excess.
The second season concert at St James s Hall featured Corelli organ prelude played by Ward on an American organ. Wesley’s Dixit Dominus and Walliser Gaudent in caelis were premiered, with Leslie’s Rainbow part song and Barnett Tantum Ergo encore drawing praise. Horsley anthem I was glad ranked with top works.
The review praises Bach's elaborate motett I wrestle and pray and Mr Leslie's The Lullaby of Life, both encored, along with Gounod Ave verum and Mendelssohn 43rd Psalm. Vocal solos by Miss Katherine Poyntz, Mr Bentham and Mr Ainsworth are noted. J Leslie's next concert is set for the second week in May.
A Times published telegrams from Calcutta dated April 5 reporting on Tirhoot famine relief. Half a million people are aided in the northeast, 767,492 on relief works, with 10 to 12 famine deaths cited and calls for rain to protect next harvest. Wells, tanks drying. cultivation of low lands halted. three deaths near Lehra.
The agricultural labourers lock-out widens in East Anglia with 150 new bans for Union members and 1,500 listed on the Union books. About 5,000 heard Union delegates at Newmarket urging continued funds and a further week of support amid farm stoppages. Local clergy and the Bishop of Manchester condemn the farmers' conduct and rally support, while miners in Leicestershire persist in a prolonged strike.
Cape Coast advices say 250 of King Koffee’s officers arrived to settle the treaty but refuse to surrender human sacrifices or accept indemnity figures. A king’s son seeks English education, signaling friendliness, yet the youth holds little consequence under Ashantee law. Juabin contemplates secession, threatening Ashantee dismemberment. Glover and Sartorius report the power largely quelled but urge prudence to sustain inland trade with the coast. Captain Glover backs Wolseley on the aim to curb Ashantee influence and foster coastward trade. The British Medical Journal notes relapses among Ashantee officers now in Britain. Wolseley has left England. the Queen will visit naval invalids at Haslar. a naval brigade review is planned on Southsea Common.
In South Staffordshire about 13,000 workers are on strike after notices at several collieries expired. North Staffordshire engine men over 1,000 join the walkout, risking 10,000 to 12,000 miners unemployed. Scotch delegates representing 21,000 men meeting in Glasgow agreed to accept wage cuts up to 20 percent following MP Mr Macdonald's guidance, and resolved to proceed if reductions stay within that limit.
The column notes All Hallows Broad Street baptism of John Milton and a Greenland iron mass deemed a meteorite. It highlights Scottish bequests totaling 27550 to religious and charitable causes and reports Perth magistrates debating a cake and wine banquet for the Duke of Edinburgh wedding including a 3s 4d grace-writing fee. It ends with a remark on railway reform ideas.
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