This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 19, 1871
Page
5
A European tour is planned with stops including Berlin where a journalist will stay several days. The article notes editors in Germany now face severe penalties with the former editor of the Frankfort Gazette jailed for a year over a satirical piece on Prussian marriage law and a Darmstadt editor imprisoned for attacking church dogma.
The High Commission signs a convention to settle the Alabama claims. A neutral port rule holds a neutral liable for depredations by vessels fitted out there. A five‑member commission including Grant, the British Queen, Brazil's emperor, Switzerland's president, and Italy's king will decide damages, with appeals to a three‑member board if needed.
Melbourne and Sydney papers report a general election favorable to the McCulloch Ministry with key defeats for A Michie and Speaker Sir Francis Murphy. Denominational debates on education split clergy, while breadstuffs duties fail in New South Wales. New Zealand dispatches warn of renewed Maori unrest, frontier policing, and threats to shoot Maories crossing a frontier.
Reports from foreign press note the Dominion Parliament prorogued by the Governor General. Father Hyacinthe aims to deliver discourses in Rome while Garibaldi seeks 100000 acres for Sardinian colonies. Cholera cases rise in St Petersburg. Persecution of Jews erupts in Odessa and Lemberg amid arrests. Rosa Mapiai dies in Florence as debates about papal authority linger.
A large Birmingham Town hall gathering backed Mr Miall’s plan to disestablish and disendow established churches in England Wales and Scotland. Deputation from Auberon Herbert Ilingworth and E White urged ending state church endowment and supporting religious equality. Unanimous resolutions praised disestablishment and a petition was adopted.
Deputation of Nonconformist groups in Liverpool met MP W E Forster to argue against School Board rates funding denominational education. Speakers cited local and national opposition, charity withdrawal, and possible dissolution of Education Aid Society amid concerns over denominational aid. Forster pledged careful review and potential remedies to ease tensions. London Education League backs London School Board stance against rate-funded denominational schools.
The Young Men’s Christian Association observed its twenty-sixth annual meeting at Exeter Hall despite heavy rain. Earl of Shaftesbury presided as Secretary W. E. Shipton outlined the year’s work including 150 sermons, the Sunday Bible class, and Aldersgate programs aiding moral culture for London’s commercial youths with over 4,000 volunteers and nearly twenty new branches established last year.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.