Liberal leadership crisis in the British Parliament
The article discusses a second confidence vote after a cabinet resignation, potential replacement by a more Liberal administration with M. de Freycinet as Prime Minister, and the Liberal party’s leadership future. It contrasts Spectator and Daily News stances on reinstalling Gladstone and warns that changes in the party should occur in a new House of Commons, not in the expiring Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Freycinet
Liberal Party
The
Spectator
Mr. Gladstone
Daily News
House of Commons
Gladstone
Parliament to Meet on Feb Five for Supply Votes
The Gazette notes Parliament will convene February five to dispatch business with aims for a short session and early dissolution. Ministers may push supply votes quickly, facing possible Irish obstruction and potential sudden appeal to the country. Also reports the untimely death of missionary Dodgehun near Ujiji.
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London
Emmanuel Dedicated by Parry and Royal Academy honors
Dr. Parry’s new oratorio Emmanuel is dedicated to Dr. Macfarren who accepts the honor. At the Royal Academy of Music committee, Mr J Spencer Curwen is elected an associate. The D Lit candidates include Charles Sheldon and Frederick Stock. Gustave Doré works on Shakespeare illustrations due next year. Inland Revenue reports show 1879 spirits duties and 11 month imports down from 1878 and 1877.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parry
Emmanuel
Macfarren
Royal Academy of Music
J. Spencer Curwen
Charles Sheldon
Owens College
Berlin
Gottingen
Frederick Stock
University College
Heidelburg University
Gustave Doré
Academy
Inland Revenue
United Kingdom
Custom House
Letter seeks data on rent-charge rise from market gardening shift
In a correspondence to the editor, Herbert S. Skeats asks farmers to share facts about rent-charge increases when ordinary farming land is converted for market gardening. He notes names will be kept confidential unless permission is given, and the information may be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Serjeanta’Inn
Fleet-street
E.C
Responsibility of Wealth Letter to the Nonconformist
A contributor rebukes a critic over wealth and charity, citing two testimonies. He recalls a wealthy deacon who left 100000 in property yet funded a chapel debt from the building fund. He also notes a church member losing 60000 through mortgage repayments while the church suffers from meager stipends. He ends with a moral warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Ouston
Appeal for extension of Peabody housing for the poor
A letter urges wealthy and influential readers to support expanded Peabody housing to improve health and morality among the poor. The writer calls on leading men to organize extensive cooperation and references a prior article on overcrowding and crime from November 5.
Mammon Worship Abroad in Colonial Lands
A reader laments universal worship of wealth among colonists in New Zealand and other colonies. The letter argues materialism fuels colonial squabbles, corrupts politics and church life, and urges a Pauline ministry to sow genuine Christianity abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazzini
Kossuth
Garibaldi
John Bright
Gladstone
Beaconsfield
Times
New
New Zealand
Mammon
Christ
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Dodgehun
Ujiji
Tanganyika
Central Africa
Zanzibar
Nonconformist
John Joseph Gurney
Antipodes
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