Royal Assent Given by Commission in Lords Adjourns
Imperial Parliament adjourned in the House of Lords after Royal Assent to several bills by commission on Friday May 25. The session ends and business resumes on Monday June 4.
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Newspaper
British Standard
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 01, 1860
Page
2
Imperial Parliament adjourned in the House of Lords after Royal Assent to several bills by commission on Friday May 25. The session ends and business resumes on Monday June 4.
Fragments report House of Commons proceedings on Education department returns, Paper Duty Repeal Bill, Gloucester and Wakefield election concerns, and prosecutions debates. Includes Lord Parlemont’s adjournment request, committee makeup decisions, and discussions on Napolitan diplomacy matters.
Telegrams report Palermo under pressure as Garibaldi and royal forces clash. Insurgents bombardment and street fighting intensify while Neapolitan fleets gather offshore. Reports note evacuations, proclamations, and diplomatic moves as Sicily may be ceded in the wider Italian question.
From An TriBes May 27 reports Nice county residents are drafting a petition to oppose the dismemberment of Tendo and Briga despite unanimous votes in favor of annexation to France. Addresses to the Emperor are being signed.
A new journal emerges from the Treaty of Commerce to track commercial movements worldwide. It advocates free trade to the utmost limits and will report port activity and market needs across Europe and beyond. Bulletins note Prince Jerome’s severe congestion and his improving health. Dowager Empress of Russia due in May, with Lyons and Geneva on a brief itinerary. Six ships back from Toulon, with patrols near Hytres and Genoa. Fould praises progressive economic change and urges public calm amidst political unrest, stating France can remain quiet and prosperous and claim its rightful rank.
The document asserts division Bazaine's solemn entry is adjourned as the Emperor will be away from Paris at week’s end. It praises a leader who can inspire public respect for rights and remains a loyal ally and careful neighbour to protect others.
In Geneva on May 29 voting closed for the new constitution draft. The ultramontane faction led the rejection with 20,669 votes opposed to 18,530 in favor.
Vienna May 30 official Wiener Zeitung appoints Herr von Kraus as President of the Financial Control Office replacing pensioned Count Wilczeck. Other decrees appoint six temporary members to the enlarged Imperial Council and abolish Dalmatia regional governors. Council meeting adjourned to May 31 with Archduke Renier to preside. Ferdinand Maximilian expected to be named President thereafter.
Colonel Pimodan reports near Montefiascone that 60 gendarmes pursued Tuscan frontier raiders. Nine killed and at least 25 wounded, including Lieutenant Cacchi. Orsini among the dead, brother of the man who attempted Emperor assassination. Lamorieire rumored to resign.
Maprio May 29 reports the Cortes unanimously resolved to consider a proposal declaring the army of Marshal O'Donnell and the Marine Corps to have deserved well of their country for their conduct in the African campaign.
Letters from Constantinople report the Sultan is ill. The Sultan's brother was confined in the Seraghia amid the discovery of a reactionary plot in his favor.
The Hong Kong Mail cites March 8 at Shanghai delivering the ultimatum to admit a warship to Tien-tsin and Mr Bruce to Pekin. The answer remains secret with mixed rumours from acceptance to denial. Envoys deem the reply unsatisfactory and no collision confirmation between Russians and Pekin has been verified.
The United States telegram suggests the Baltimore Democratic Convention nominated Mr Bell for President and Mr Everett for Vice President. Everett is presumed to be the renowned scholar and statesman of that name.
The report notes legislative actions in the United States and Britain, a serious earthquake near Callao and Lima causing multitudes to flee, embezzlement charges against Osman Pasa, a drowning accident in Camden, and various transport and military disturbances. It mentions heavy lines, telegraph bonuses, and travel delays to the East, with vivid Earthquake fallout across Peru and coastal estates damaged.
A Wednesday event featured the Frost Reoatta of the Thames Yacht Club with a large stylish gathering, the Great Cricket Match between All England and the United, hosted at Lord's, favoring England by twenty-one runs. The Times notes reforms, city statistics, and social happenings around London.
Accounts from Macclesfield Coventry and Manchester mills show many closed or limited workweeks. A large requisition signed by 53 council members ministers firms and about 1500 citizens prompts a town hall meeting Wednesday evening. Also reports on a new solid tire railway brake and a Cambridge fraud involving a fiancée and wedding plans.
The Caanres B. Tacirr sailed from Cork to Liverpool with rifles, freighted by the Garibaldi Committee in New York, arriving after the war’s end and possibly influenced by Garibaldi’s actions. Devonsaire funds a public water supply in Lismore, delivering castle reservoir water to fountains and homes, praised as a vital public health measure and a model for other Irish landlords.
A violent Monday storm devastated the coast with wrecks and dozens of lives lost. Vessels from the North Sea and Dutch ports were battered, with ships missing or sinking near Yarmouth and Scroby. Crews perished, lifeboat rescues failed, and towns like Lowestoft Holkham Redcar and Hartlepool suffered extensive damage including destroyed storehouses and uprooted trees.
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