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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 16, 1876
Page
4
The writer laments the disappearance of eighteenth century ministers and notes most surviving ministers began after 1848. He argues the change shows progress of opinion and consoles those who were ostracized forty years earlier for advocating the now conceded stance. The letter is signed LXXI.
Robert Holt of Hillesden notes a Buckingham Express report claiming William Smart called himself a freethinker. He cites Smart’s Tingewick speech at opening a chapel and a Congregational minister H F Holmes reply about accountability to God. Holt signs from Hillesden Vicarage, August 13.
A reader condemns sensational divorce case coverage in newspapers as corrupting morals. He argues that public fascination with lurid details, fed by divorce court revelations, turns the press into a national evil and calls for stronger journalistic restraint.
Our Parliamentary Correspondent notes a brief session marked by the Queen's personal opening and Disraeli's Royal Titles Bill. The bill dominated time, delaying Education and Merchant Shipping bills, with two defeats for Disraeli on MacLagan's Game Laws and Ireland Sunday Closing. The session produced Education and Merchant Shipping acts but wasted time due to party factionalism.
Royal Commission prorogues Parliament. Message notes friendly foreign relations, mediation offers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disputes over extradition with the United States. Emperor title for India proclaimed. Talks on South African affairs continue in London as taxes rise to fund military needs.
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