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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 27, 1868
Page
9
In the Lords or Commons a proviso to protect England and Ireland representation was rejected 262 to 95. The bill’s clause 8 passed and progress adjourned to Thursday. The Electric Telegraphs Bill set for June 9 with other orders advanced and the House adjourned after 1 AM.
A literary notice praises Lyell's Principles of Geology new edition. It outlines the 1880 start of the work, four books later expanded to three volumes, and the Preface’s description of revised chapters, new facts from Lyell’s observations, and the evolution of his theories including development and insular flora and fauna. The article discusses glacier shelves, the Mississippi mud-lamps, and the balance between time and catastrophe in geological history, noting Darwin, Lamarck, and Bates while affirming faith alongside science.
Biography portrait of William Wilberforce as a patriotic agitator and philanthropist driven by sympathy for slaves. Describes his opposition to the slave trade and slavery and notes the book edited by Samuel Wilberforce, Lord Bishop of Oxford, revised from the original edition.
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