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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 24, 1869
Page
10
A review notes the book combines history and biography to inspire boys toward commerce and public life. It highlights readings on Edmund Burke the Napiers and Wordsworth and suggests it suits guardians seeking early familiarity with successful trades and leadership.
The article reviews the origin and history of all New Testament writings. It notes the author’s ambition to expand Mr. Martins pamphlet into a full volume like Tischendorf. The piece suggests future metamorphosis into a comprehensive study may occur.
A general scheme of compromise and reorganization for the London Chatham and Dover Railway is under consideration by major debenture and stock holders and may be submitted to the general proprietary for sanction. Wrecks off the southwest coast follow a severe gale with several ships lost and crews missing. Oxford defeats Cambridge in the annual boat race by two lengths after a hard-fought contest. The Habitual Criminals Bill pawnbrokers clauses are struck out and reforms to harbourers of thieves and receivers of stolen goods are tightened. The South London Working Classes Industrial Exhibition reports 42,000 paid admissions and calls for local museums and after-hours access to major galleries. East London emigrants bound for Canada receive a send-off. Mr Roebuck is honored in Sheffield with a 3,000 pound gift for his daughter and a banquet follows. Admiralty contracts will be centralized under a new department at Whitehall with tender opening and supplier screening. An inquest on Harriet Gray notes extreme wealth paired with severe frugality, leading to a verdict of death by self-inflicted action in temporary insanity. Reports from the Trape Union Commissioners review unions, strikes, and suggested reforms including voluntary boards and possible removal of special legislation governing labour.
Short items across arts and society. A twelve year old daughter of Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt shows her mother’s talent. London terminus shifts nearer Snowhill. A sea-bird plume remark. An Irish traveller’s tropical shower report. Molle Nilsson declines Covent Garden engagement. Gymnast Trevannion injured at Hull. Carlyle quips to Queen Victoria on wealth and poverty. Sima Reeves and Blondin earn a hundred pounds for Crystal Palace performances. Dickens reportedly also receives the same for readings. A Warren County Illinois breach of promise case hinges on alleged African descent.
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