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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 12, 1871
Page
7
The text foresees Dr. Dollinger as a potential victim in an upcoming contest. It argues he must push further to deny not just one but all papal claims, suggesting a broader, conquering resolve among adherents on the Continent.
The piece argues that sudden republican sentiment among England's working classes is plausible and not to be ridiculed. It links this mood to historical English republicanism, the French Revolution, and Chartism, noting social distress, land and rail policies, and calls for a truly representative House of Commons and a free church in a free state to address inequities.
A New York banquet tale quotes Lord Walter Campbell claiming Princess Beatrice joked about Louise marrying an American after her engagement. The anecdote, framed as light gossip, stirs both flattery and embarrassment across press and public while linking Campbell to German royalty through marriage.
The extracts reveal millions of American youth not attending secular schools and Maine showing 35 percent between ages five and eighteen out of school. The Boston Congregationalist figures are urged to prompt school boards to consider compulsory education.
Northern States, but circumstances, even in that country of national education, are stronger than laws. Our school boards would be wise to proceed tentatively. They might, for instance, by way of a beginning, follow the example of the Manchester board, which has decided to appoint a beadle or persuader to look after the young street Arabs, and place them in boys' refuges and industrial schools.
On Maundy Thursday evening Westminster Abbey hosted a remarkable performance of Bach's Passion music by professional singers and a full choir with a sermon by the Dean between parts. Dr. Stanley called the celebration a true Protestant commemoration of Good Friday, while Mr. Purchas critiqued unequal treatment for similar liturgical actions in Brighton.
Leeds Mercury reports fourteen temperance public houses replacing old beer shops. They offer recreation, pipe smoking allowed, no tanks, Saturday free and easy, and separate religious services. The movement is praised as a solution to local vice and a new beacon for working men.
The Descent of Man remains a season's book though costly and popular. The Times launches a six column review challenging Darwin's evidence and the possibility of species transformation. It claims no absolute proof exists for species boundaries and notes Huxley’s concession that evolution’s core points lack full experiential support.
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