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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 23, 1879
Page
7
The House faces a crisis over whether the Lords should be consulted as the Bankruptcy Bill is debated. Attorney General and Chancellor propose using a select committee while Biggar and Parnell derail the measure, prompting strong cross‑party response and anger at stalling tactics.
In Friday morning division on Marquis of Hartington motion several Liberal peers and MPs aligned with government including Brassey Campbell Fitzwilliam Kingscote Talbot Tavistock and Hanbury-Tracy. Home Rule backers Lewis and O Gorman supported the majority while Conservative Powell sided with opposition. Sixteen peers abstained or failed to vote amid walkouts reflecting discontent with Hartington concessions.
The note explains John Ruskin cannot lecture publicly because ill health prevents him from taking on such work. It mentions Dr. W H Russell slated to receive a three thousand guinea fee and the Coffee Public House Association offering 2000 for a prize essay. Judges led by Sir Charles Trevelyan awarded the prize to Rev. William Cunningham of Trinity College Cambridge after reviewing 122 essays.
A correspondent surveys Germany’s 1878 Reichstag shift. Liberal, Conservative and Ultramontane blocs fracture into six groups including Democrats, Progressists, and Volk. Centre gains influence, while Social Democrats grow despite the 1878 anti‑social laws. Elections in Prussia in October will redefine alignments.
New York papers report a petrified mastodon skeleton found July 7 by ditch diggers in Newburgh New York State. Measurements suggest a size rivaling the largest ever found from 1845 in the same district. The site was once a marsh. In Britain the Victoria Patent Fur Company Limited plans to buy Briton Ferry business, vendor to invest 12500 pounds in consols for a five year five percent guaranteed return.
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