Crime and Punishment in Italy Aims for Prisons and Education
General of Italian Prisons and the Howard Association examine crime data to argue that high murder rates in Sicily Naples Sardinia Rome and Umbria drive capital punishment. The piece urges education improved literacy urban reform and industrial development as alternatives to executions and calls for freeing Italy from religious conflict and armaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Association of
Great Britain
Bishopsgate-street Without
London
B.C
Sicily
Naples
Sardinia
Rome
Umbria
Tuscany
Italy
Europe
Eardley Wilmot, Bart
Clement XI
St. Michael
John Howard
Howard
Clement
Sketches From the Gallery in the Commons Budget Night
The article describes a crowded Strangers' Gallery as Budget night unfolds in the House of Commons. Sir Stafford Northcote presents a plain Budget while Dr Kenealy is challenged by Mr Sullivan, and the debate lingers into the early hours with talks on the Eastern Question and potential taxation changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commons
Stafford Northcote
House of Commons
Dr. Kenealy
Sullivan
Waddy
Eastern Question Debate Yields Little Interest in Lords
In the House of Lords Earl Granville called attention to papers on the Eastern Question but did not move a motion. Debate faded after brief speeches by Granville Derby Lansdowne and Dudley. Meanwhile the Commons spent the night on the Mutiny Bill with Mr Biggar and Mr Parnell opposing many points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Granville
House of Commons
Ministry
Lord Derby
Lord Lansdowne
Earl Dudley
Commons
Biggar
Parnell
Contemporaries Review Teases Change in Tone Amid Spinoza and Science
The Contemporary Review shows no clear shift under new ownership with two inconsistent articles. Renan’s Hague address on Spinoza’s statue frames moral grandeur over intellect, praising memory as religion. A second piece on Germ Theory versus spontaneous generation treats dogmatism cautiously while noting current bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renan
Hague
Spinoza
Goldwin Smith
Matthew Arnold
Robert Buchanan
Balder the Beautiful
Taylor Innes
Carpenter
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Stoke
Dr. Kenaly
Home Secretary
Louth
Lowe
Marquis of Hartington
Gladstone
Bright
Lord Hartington
Disraeli
Turkey
Gathorne Hardy
Goschen
Whalley
Callan
Peterborough
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