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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 16, 1876
Page
5
A sermon condemns sacrificing elementary moral obligations for political expediency. The speaker argues England cannot hide behind abstract theories of balance of power and urges the nation to acknowledge shared rights to freedom, warning against cruelty and future humiliation for those who abet it.
In Manchester Town Hall a large crowd condemned Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria. The mayor read a Bulgarian ladies' telegram and a Manchester bishop's letter. Speakers urged Britain to join Christian powers against Ottoman rule, criticizing the idea of protecting Turkey's territorial integrity.
The crowd reacted with loud cheering as a letter was read, while the Dean of Manchester Rev. A. S. Steinhal the Chancellor Christie and Mr. Henry Rawson made earnest addresses. A barrister Mr Howarth tried to calm the crowd but was hissed and countered by strongly worded resolutions.
A Turkish Empire population estimate from the Statistical Office at Igrade presents European Turkey at about 8.43 million, plus tributary states totaling 14.40 million. Mohammedans total 42 percent, with Greeks, Albanians, Romanians, Servians, Bulgarians, Armenians, and others listed by region and religion across the empire.
The passage notes a Russian Cossack colony in Dobruja dating to Catherine the Great, Skoptzi in Moldavia who abolish marriage, Armenians in Constantinople, Jews from Poland or Spain, Tsiganis Gypsies across Turkey, and Circassians as a late addition with 50 000 families settled 1864.
In a Battersea Vestry meeting, Mr Buckmaster of the Science and Art Department rebukes the majority for narrow views on education funding. He criticizes vestry representatives as out of touch with ratepayers, denounces weak English, and urges working classes to support board schools. He questions property owners who profit from compound rents and argues education benefits the poor, urging continued public funding.
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