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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 19, 1871
Page
7
A reader ponders whether France could ever desire another Napoleon as the nation wrestles with its political and military legacy and the idea of a powerful imperial figure resurfacing in modern times.
A newspaper reports its printing office was gutted by a Saturday night fire in the city, water shortages hindering effort. The relief lies in rapid reprinting at new premises while noting the Princess Louise and Marquis of Lorne’s wedding tour and a Berlin visit.
The new Under-Secretary for the Home Department visits Stroud constituents, presenting a fiscally modest, principled stance. He denies pursuing wealth through office, sits with independence from Gladstone, and supports Liberal Radical aims while joining a government caucus. He hopes to push ballots, licensing reform, trade union laws, and mine regulation measures.
A well founded distrust grows in the city over the Endowed Schools Commissioners plan to change Emanuel Hospital’s funding basis. The piece in Libera l column argues the scheme misleads. the writer endorses the view that the Court of Aldermen, with its qualified men, should manage the institution.
The article notes low support for paying members as a defendable principle. It cites Mr. P. A. Taylor and a three year experiment in Victoria offering 3001 a year. Amid a general election, candidates favor protectionist policies, with free traders in minority, signaling probable shift in the next Parliament.
The Saturday Review accuses City counting houses of fostering the drift to frequent glasses of wine and sherry outside meals. It links overwork and dissipation to paralysis among mercantile men and urges strict abstinence during work hours and reducing daily fatigue, while questioning how repose can be achieved without leisure.
Mr Cook, noted travel innovator, leads a party through the Holy Land. He reports copious rains have lifted spirits and festivity across Bible lands, contrasting with last year’s drought as the land shows green verdure and renewed life.
The article notes promising cornfields and abundant fruit trees in Damascus with hopeful Arab households. It highlights rich harvests in Sharon Esdraelon Jericho Samaria and the Lebanon, where wheat and barley are near ear. A Kedron Pool of Siloam gathering anticipates joyous scenes among Jews Christians and Muslims.
A Melbourne telegram warns of a potential filibustering expedition against the Antipodes. The piece doubts the threat, calling it likely Fenian bluff, noting governments’ precautionary steps while doubting any real danger to Australia from the United States.
A Sunday Hyde Park event by Red Republicans drew a small crowd and sharp criticism. Speakers linked to Clerkenwell Green attacked the English government and other Republicans while a new Universal Republican League was announced to unite Republicans worldwide and push broad social reforms. The conference is organized by the International Democratic Association.
A new club called The Alberta Ladies International Club is in the process of formation. A Guardian note mentions a quaint London street physiognomy item, the lion and unicorn from St George's Bloomsbury, having recently descended and been replaced by tasteless festoons, with a historic epigram recalled about Henry VIII and George III.
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