Scientific congress notes on life, space, and education
The article covers a British Association meeting discussion of how life could spread via cosmic fragments, Thomson and Darwinian ideas, and a rebuke of materialists. It notes committee choices for Bradford 1873, papers on meteorology, chemistry, and ethic-economic topics, plus Lydia Becker on education for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomson
Lord Neaves
Tait
Andrews
Teikie
Allen Thompson
Yule
Jenkins
Lord Neave
John Browning
Allen
W. Turner
Beddoe
Britain
France
Lockyer
Whesler
America
Gainsbury
United Kingdom
Skye
Kendal
Sandy
Bedfordshire
Belfast
Bradford
Glasgow
Carpenter
Brighton
British Association
Lydia Becker
Edinburgh
Successful results of the abolition of slavery
Mr. Joseph Cooper of Walthamstow reports testimonies from American figures praising emancipation. Senator Boutwell notes progress in education and finances of freed people, envisions future in learned professions, and sends a Freedmen's Bank report and Howard University catalogue. Senator Pomerdéy cites $20 million moved through Freedmen's Savings in six years, mostly earned by black workers, as a testament to gradual progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cooper
Walthamstow
Anti- Slavery Society
America
Senator Boutwell
Gopper
United States
Freedman’s Bank
Howard University
C. Pomerdéy
Freedmen’s Savings’ and Trust Company
Open vistas of liberty promised a better life
The fragment reflects a pledge that liberty opened broad vistas toward a better life for people seeking opportunity. It evokes a historical belief in freedom as a path to improvement and self determination.
Lords Debate Weighs Ballot Bill and Royal Seclusion
In the House of Lords the second reading of Prince Arthur’s Annuity Bill is reported with Lord Oranmone lamenting the continued seclusion of Her Majesty and Lord Granville testifying to her ongoing interest in state affairs. The Commons passes the Ballot Bill after debate. opposition notes fail to halt approval. Admiralty naval votes follow and a court martial verdict reprimands Captain Beamish Knight and Lieutenant Bell for extenuating circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Prince Arthur
Lord Oranmone
Karl Granville
House of Commons
Commons
Lord Granvinan
Wialley
Gladstone
Bowring
Lords
Disnaed
W. H. Forster
Corry
Boards of Admiralty
Newpreath
Mackey
Winchester
Bruce
Plymouth
Faulkner
St. Roque
Beamish
Knight
Bell
Trial of Communist prisoners resumes at Versailles
Yesterday at Versailles the trial of Communist prisoners continued with Ferré denying orders to burn the Ministry of Finance. The court’s jurisdiction was again challenged but overruled. In Paris the Assembly adopted a bill granting indemnities for German-occupied departments, with 100000 francs to be distributed to the most newly affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Ferré
Ministry of Finance
France
California
Mihters
Zueler
Berlin
Germany
Konigsberg
Wirballen
Riga
Pope's Nuncio Reports Thiers Dialogue on Rome Exit
The Gantuia notes an interview between the Pope's Nuncio and M. Thiers on Sunday. Monsignor Chigi spoke of the Pope possibly leaving Rome for Malta or Spain, while Thiers opposed the move, citing a French proverb about quitting one’s place and the need for the Holy See to remain in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Tiwens
Gantuia
M. Thiers
Monsignor
Chigi
Rome
Malta
Spain
Holy See
Nome
Acixcorer
Cormeninder
Bell
St James's Hals Saxpay Servicers Close Season
The Rev Newman Hall preached at the season’s close after forty three Sundays of services with an average offertory over 107. Contributions for churches and charities, including South London schools and Gladstone hospital aid, totaled about 2000s, bringing receipts to nearly 700. Services featured clergymen from the Established Church and Nonconformists and will resume in October in a catholic tone. Turn Wes.eyan Conference at Manchester August 8 lists several ministerial moves and appointments across Lancashire and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. James
Stoke Newington
Alfred J. French
Vl.a
Didsbury College
Josiah Banham
Bowdon
George T. Dixon
Robert A. Bilkey
Ashton-under-Lyne
Charles Porah
Richard Stevens
Hyde
John Ward
Rochdale
Wm. GC
Kewish
Bury
Fredk. Woofenden
Bacup
Bacup Iy Buckley Yates
Leigh
Henry W. Holland
Leeds
Brunswick
Allen Rees
Bow
London
Jno. Stevenson
Cambridge
James Cooling
Richmond College
William B. Dennis
Northampton
Edward H. Tindall
Swindon
Frederick Haines
New Mills
William L. Watkinson
Grain market sluggish with mixed English and foreign prices
Trade showed little animation with prices easing at times. English wheat scarce yet sold quietly, foreign wheat abundant with limited demand, barley and malt slow, oats plentiful and prices falling, beans and peas quiet at recent values, flour dull or cheaper in spots.
Publications and prize events at University College
The Athenean notes plans for Rev. T T Lynch sermons to be issued in autumn and translations of La Politique Positive in four volumes by Dr Brydges F Harrison Prof Beesly Dr Congreve and Mr Hinton Jones. Also in preparation Popular Romances of the Middle Ages by Cox and Jones and a Jerusalem history by Besant and Palmer. Barff elected Professor of Chemistry at Royal Academy University College. prize distribution held with remarks on curriculum and losses of President Grote and notable alumni Nina Hartog and Trevelyan Goodall. The school’s growth to 520 students over ten years noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Lynch
Athenean
Comte
Walter Besant
E. H. Palmer
Jerusalem
Barff
Christ’s College, Cambridge
Royal Academy
University
University College
Vernon Harcourt
Q.C
St. Stephen's School
University College School
Grote
Nina Hartog
Cambridge
Trevelyan Goodall
Royal Avalamy
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