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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 05, 1869
Page
5
The Florence Appeal Court completed its review of Italy's proposed penal code and unanimously voted in favor of abolishing the death penalty, signaling a major reform and strengthening government resolve.
A cable telegram says the Government will not interfere in Cuban affairs beyond protecting American interests. Reports from Havannah say insurgent bands surrendered and the U S debates recognition, fearing possible war. Senator Sumner attacks British losses tied to the Alabama claims, estimating multi‑million damages and shared rebel costs.
The Swiss government asks M Magzini to leave Lugano. A French journal claims the Pope urged Mgr Dupanloup toward the Ecumenical Council presidency. Reports from Zanzibar describe no new slave detentions. a large reward failed to yield captives. A donor presents a 3000‑volume library to Cornell University, valued at $6000, aiding President White’s scientific collections. A Fiji letter recounts brutal native attacks, killings, and cannibalism affecting European plantations. A Madrid correspondent details a nun confinement case in Hortaleza street with a young South American woman kept in a tiny cell.
A Wednesday night riot in Londonderry during Prince Arthur’s visit left at least two dead as clashes between Protestant Apprentice Boys and Hibernian band followers escalated. Police and military intervened after stone throwing and gunfire damaged property and injured several.
Suspect of infidelity prompts a husband to seek the almoner of a convent. They agree the wife be shut in a convent cell for five years. The husband claims continued satisfaction with the arrangement and notes the case is now before justice for further action.
A Privy Council met at Osborne with Harl de Grey Ripon the Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Kimberley in attendance. The Prince and Princess of Wales expected in Paris May 8 and to be honored with dinners and a ball by Lord Lyons. Royal party arrived Brindisi from Corfu and went to Turin by special train.
At a meeting of the Trades Unionists convened by the London Trades Council a resolution was passed praising the Hughes Mundella bill as a remedy for long standing worker grievances and for easing strife between bosses and workers. The Convent Case in the Queen's Bench saw Mrs Starr seek reduction of damages from 500 to 200 or a new trial as Lord Chief Justice hoped the matter would not recur.
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