Lords Sesssion Brief Adjourns to Monday Next
The Imperial Parliament House of Lords sat a few minutes on Friday May 21 transacted little business and adjourned until Monday next.
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Newspaper
British Standard
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 28, 1858
Page
1
The Imperial Parliament House of Lords sat a few minutes on Friday May 21 transacted little business and adjourned until Monday next.
An extensive and irregular session in the House of Commons centers on Mr Cardwell’s motion. Members clash over Lord Canning’s policy in Oude and government consent to the motion’s interpretation. The debate ends with the motion withdrawn and the house adjourned amid ministerial cheers.
The interment of the late Duchess of Orleans took place at the Catholic chapel in Weybridge Surrey with many eminent French statesmen and military figures attending. The ex Royal Family and other dignitaries gathered at the Duchesss residence before a chapelle ardente, then proceeded by mournful cortege across Richmond Twickenham and Walton bridges to Weybridge. The Prince Consort and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar joined the procession, with Lt Col Ponsonby and other attendants present.
The Free Church Assembly at Edinburgh, led by Dr. Wood, discussed the American revival as a divine movement spreading across the United States. Dr. M Leary of Lafayette College spoke on the Presbyterian Churchs role, noting extensive prayer meetings and strong college influence, with hopes the revival will reach Britain. A prayer session was scheduled for Tuesday to reflect on Gods work in America. The Brooklyn Plymouth Congregational Church under Henry Ward Beecher reports remarkable growth and repeated awakenings, with 190 admitted to communion since March and 165 making public profession.
In the India column dated Spril 16 the rebels were driven out of the city by Brigadier Doug’s pursuing force. The insurgents fled 16 miles toward Goruckpore after losing three guns while our side reported very light losses. Brigadier Walpole attacked Baxour fort and 100 were killed. Kh bad with 000 adherents was noted. Colonel Jones dispersed a 2000-strong rebel band near Kukal with heavy losses and captures. China news notes Allied fleets near Shanghai and a pending move toward Pen.
Reports confirm Prince Napoleon’s influence remains limited amid new Paris talks with Austria Britain Prussia and Russia. Chalons conspirators face sentences four years and fines while two others get two years. An Italian refugee Dal Ongaro is expelled. passport rules bar Italian refugees from England. A forger Geraud is jailed. Granier de Cassagnac receives Legion of Honour.
Achmed Pasha eldest son of Ibrahim Pasha and heir apparent to Egypt was killed on the 18th in a railway steam ferry accident. His carriage rolled off the platform into the river.
Telegraphic dispatches from the Bay of Gravosa near Raguss describe 3500 Ottoman guards arriving in Trebinge, bringing total forces to 6000 under Hussein Pacha. Irregulars dismissed, entrenched camp near Trebinge, Turkish stance to hold ground and shield Herzegovina. France England and Russia urge frontier status quo 1856. Pope returns to Rome as despatch notes conclude.
A clipped journal note discusses fortifications in Ancona and mentions public works around city walls. The text references an official statement and the fortification plan, but many words are garbled, leaving only fragments about the wall surrounding certain areas and the crowd that gathered.
The record notes the Senate’s unimportance, a House rejection on engrossing the Clayton-Bulwer preamble, Minnesota’s admission bill passing, and a London style massacre in Calcutta with Samuel Scott and family victims. It mentions a bank and railroad fraud case in New York and a boy preacher Kennedy’s sermon.
A Wednesday meeting of the Court of Gammon Cease reviewed the Committee report on Corporation Injury. The court unanimously approved the report and sent it back to the Committee to implement, including printing grounds of objection and informing freemen and others about perceived injustices if the bill passes.
At Halifax Borough Court Charles Hines, a 6th Regiment deserter, was brought by detective Tempest after sightings with his parents in Caddy Field. The search uncovered Hines in a box under a bed. he was dressed and jailed in the House of Correction. The report also notes a Hull case where a ten-year-old boy was released from gaol after clergy intercession for a hoop incident.
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