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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 13, 1871
Page
5
A London observer lauds American unity after Chicago’s great fire, praising national compassion and selfless giving across classes and regions. He recalls clergy debates on divine wrath, defends pure benevolence, and notes widespread relief efforts while European reactions and casualty estimates unfold.
The Swiss National Council moves to amend the Federal Constitution to legalize civil marriage. Cholera appears in Egypt with two Alexandria cases and fears of coastal spread. Alpine railways provoke talks on a Splugen crossing using bogie engines and a near mile tunnel plan, Saint Gothard line to include an eight mile tunnel. Canada’s Governor-General opens the second Legislative Assembly session in Ontario with notes on provincial prosperity and emigrant influx as a telegram reports the Prince's precarious condition.
The Oxford University Boat Club has accepted Cambridge's challenge and the annual boat race is expected to be rowed on Saturday March 23. The event follows a public meeting in Glasgow supporting convention inspection and involves prominent figures like Mr Childers and Lord Auckland.
The Royal Commission on the Megzra loss met in the House of Commons with Lord Lawrence presiding, hearing many witnesses but finding little material. The Tichborne case dominates the week as Baigent is cross examined then re examined. Severe frost recedes as 23500 skaters use metropolitan parks and 68 people are rescued. In Paris the Seine is frozen with heavy snowfall in France. An inquest on William Schofield, who died at Sir Charles Dilke's Bolton lecture, returns a verdict of manslaughter by an unknown actor. Sir Charles plans no more public lectures until after addressing his constituents.
Lewisham Congregational School pupil James Robert Vernam Marchant earns Wadham College Oxford classical scholarship worth 80 pounds yearly for five years. Hastings tradesmen push winter seven oclock, summer eight oclock closing. Victoria Park land plea to Parliament denied. Cambridge Local Examinations report 2,840 candidates, 41 centres for boys, 28 for girls. Overcrowding in St Giles detailed with multiple one-room housing cases. Persia famine described with vivid distress reports from Bushire and Teheran.
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