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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 18, 1878
Page
2
Edison announces a lamp producing light by incandescence of a platinum iridium alloy. The design uses a special conductor arrangement to yield brighter light from a single cell. An adjustable regulator controls lamp current independent of circuit changes.
Mr. McLaren M P moved for detailed returns on the Established Church of Scotland for 1878. The motion sought columns on male and female communicants, adherents, and parish populations per the 1871 census, with roll purgation and dates of Kirk minutes, under 1874 and 1878 regulations. The motion was not opposed.
London Guardian correspondent reports that the Order of Corporate Reunion consecrates bishops by bishops from Roman Greek and Armenian churches. They rebaptize all recruits arguing English orders are invalid, raising fears of subverting the English Church. Dr F G Lee of Lambeth is named in connection with the movement and may face inquiry.
A review of a two volume memoir of Francis Hodgson 1781 1852 Provost of Eton and friend of Byron Moore notes the literary value of Hodgson s correspondence and its use to reveal his character and influence. It covers his early life at Eton Cambridge and King s and his counsel to Byron along with letters from Lady Byron and Byron s sister indicating a possible reconciliation and Hodgson s role in shaping Byron s religious outlook.
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