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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 19, 1879
Page
7
The Berlin Congress influenced peace moves now halted as Sultan ministers refuse to cede Epirus and offer Thessaly only. Bulgaria drafts a Constitution declaring the Orthodox Greek Church as the state church while promising financial reform and staff reductions to balance the budget.
From Lahore we learn that Wali Mahomed has reached Jellalabad to aid Major Cavagnari in Cabul negotiations. Yakoob Khan and his father seek material from General Kaufmann while the Russian commander heads to St Petersburg. Shere Ali and son resist terms and muster troops for a spring struggle. A forecast of copious rains or crop failure raises famine fears across the Punjaub and beyond.
The Church Missionary Society mourns Penrose and the London Mission's Thomson killed and sunstruck respectively in Central Africa. Rev Dr Mullens calls for new volunteers and donations to sustain the mission amid the serious loss and exhausted funds.
Miss M. A. Paull of Plymouth won a 100 prize from the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union for a temperance tale adapted for children. Hundreds competed. The item also notes Bishop Colenso’s seventh part of his Pentateuch and Joshua work, and mentions forthcoming volumes by Sir John Lubbock.
A reflecting piece notes a subdued opening to the 1879 session in the House of Commons and Lords. It contrasts Beaconsfield’s calm empire portrait with public hopes for dramatic action over Zululand, Ireland, and Afghan peace while detailing speeches by Northcote and Harcourt and the ongoing Irish franchise debate.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has placed a memoir of his late wife with Macmillan and Co for publication. The volume will include notices of his son the Rev Craufurd Tait and Mrs Tait’s diary of the Carlisle loss of their children.
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