Parliament in a Quiet Session Seeks Hidden Reforms
The article assesses a subdued Parliament session with a cautious government agenda. It notes a shift in political warfare, fading traditional ties, and tentative moves on domestic policy including licenses law, housing for the poor, and local government reform. Ecclesiastical bills loom as late, uncertain bets with potential long term church-state effects.
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House of Commons
Ward Hunt
Admiralty
Mr. Cross
Court of Final Appeal
Scotland
Ireland
England
Archbishop of Canterbury
Duke of Richmond
Church of Scotland
Whitsuntide
Disraeli
Anti Slavery Meeting Demands Immediate Emancipation Across Regions
A London anti slavery assembly denounces gradual emancipation and argues for immediate abolition of slavery and the slave trade. It cites Egypt Zanzibar Fiji and the Pacific islands, urges stronger naval patrols and consular networks, and condemns current policies as insufficient to end the traffic.
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Sir Samuel Baker
Great Britain
Cambridge
England
Egypt
Sir
Baker
Nile
Muhammedan
Livingstone
Zanzibar
Duke of Sutherland
Red Sea
Bartle Frere
Kirk
Thetis
Aborigines Protection Society
Polynesia
Queensland
Palmer
Pacific
Captain Palmer
Fowell Buxton
Australia
Fiji
Training School for Cooking Established in the South
Readers are informed that in recent months a Training School for Cooking has been created in connection with the South. The development signals organized instruction and culinary advancement within the region.
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