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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 13, 1872
Page
9
The passage notes the rapid pace of modern life with trains and telegraphs expanding distraction. It argues the pressure weighs on nerves, increasing personal crises, and evokes Macbeth’s line to suggest many may meet self destruction and rest after life’s fever.
The article notes William Morris will publish Love is Enough or the Freeing of Pharamond on the 25th instant from Ellis and White. It describes it as a Morality written in alliterative verse, reviving older rhythmic styles and drawing on Arthurian themes with Pharamond as a Round Table knight and early French king.
The retired Times critic and biographer Tom Taylor receives a yearly pension of 6501 after his 1854 appointment as Secretary to the Board of Health. The piece argues for pension reform and greater self reliance, challenging broad expansion of civil service pensions across government and military lines.
The deceased was a Dublin born author educated at Trinity College and known for histories of Rome India and England. He edited Stratespears and Milton and specialized in Ireland myth lore authoring The Mythology of Greece and Italy in 1854. A sister, now seventy five, aided his work and may receive his Literary Fund pension.
The piece rails at calls for a national horse breeding stud under the guise of protecting foreigners buying top horses. It notes oxen, sheep, and pigs would be more useful, but no contests exist to fund them. ItJSONArrayions that racing and hunting drive the plan and criticizes Queen's Plates as taxpayer burden, calling further spending a folly.
Mr G Clemens known as Mark Twain may write a work on the eccentricities and oddities of the English people. The proposed title echoes a familiar question about self perception through others eyes and could prove profitable.
The article contrasts English reception of Trollope and Dickens with Mark Twain's planned critique of American society. It notes possible sharp crosswinds as English writers poke at U.S. life while Twain may turn the tables on England and its manners, comparing views from different shores.
The Sacred Harmonic Society begins its forty-first season at Exeter Hall on the 22nd with Judas Maccabeus and Costa's additions. Major vocalists include Mdme Sinico Miss Banks Miss Julia Elton and Messrs Rigby Montem Smith and Thomas. Debuts include Bach's Passion and possibly another new oratorio. Other stars listed: Lemmens-Sherrington Wynne Lancia Patey Enriquez Sims Reeves Santley Foli Maybrick. Royal Albert Hall Chorus to resume under Joseph Barnby with orchestral programs. New British Orchestral Society formed for affordable access. First concert at St James's Hall December 5th with five more December–February dates conducted by Mount.
Contemporary telegrams report a massive Boston fire burning eighty acres and 700 to 800 buildings. Pearl street, Trinity Church, and several banks were destroyed while most dwellings survived. total losses estimated at 250 million dollars, with many insurers strained and 25 people believed buried.
Reported losses total hundreds of millions in Boston with nine hundred thirty firms burnt and many banks insurance companies and newspapers destroyed. English and American insurers tally large payouts with names of companies and sums cited as relief arrives from Chicago and elsewhere.
The Queen’s Balmoral departure is slated for the 19th with loyalty displays for the Prince of Wales’s birthday. Illumination crowds fill London West End as Sandringham rejoicings resume. The Prince may visit Chatsworth next month. Tutor J N Dalton named for the young princes. Colonial governors shift: Bowen to Victoria, Fergusson to New Zealand. Cabinet council to meet, Hannen to Probate and Divorce Court. Earl Granville buys Carlton House terrace mansion. Bank of England raises discount rate to seven percent amid gold drain. Snow, winter winds. Stanley sails to America. Bishop Ellicott criticizes Attorney General. Irish potatoes scarce. gaol diet adjusted to bread three times weekly. Mansion House Memorial Fund closed. Queen thanks subscribers. Tichborne trial unlikely this term. Liberal gain in southern West Riding voters. Browne estate worth £250k to Crown. Three hundred agricultural emigrants to Queensland. Half Million Exodus contacts with colonial governments. City Flour Mill on Upper Thames Street destroyed.
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