London and Dublin Intelligence roundup with political and social notes
The item lists diverse events from Great Britain and Ireland including Disraeli’s return, rail and decimal coinage discussions, Empress of Austria’s health, Emigration ship Octavia departure, and parliamentary notices. It notes deaths in London, industrial strikes at Wigan, and a Liverpool church rate vote, with brief remarks on geological work in South Wales and a Glasgow to Australia police Exodus convoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Disraeli
Earl of Lincoln
Christ Church College
Oxford
Royal Southern Yacht Club
Earl of Cardigan
Southampton
Lord Stanley
Alderley
E. P. Bouverie
Ireland
Belfast
Austria
London
Gore House
Dublin
Abraham
House of Commons
Milner Gibson
Cobden
Headlam
England
Wales
Southampton Paving Trust
General Board of Health
Lord Monteagle
Thomas Fremantle
Alexander Spearman
Exchequer
J. Y. Scarlett
E. Elliott
Crimea
M. Wintland
King Otho
Octavia
Southampton Water
Adelaide
Sir George Stephen
Liverpool
George
Australia
Aberdeen
Crystal Palace
Sardinia
Jerusalem
E. Baines
Leeds
T. P. Austin
Maidstone
Lord Canning
Swansea Herald
Henry T. de la Beche
Somerset
Devon
South Wales
Henry de la Beche
Evansville Journal
Foreign Office
Downing-street
Viscount Palmerston
Earl Granville
Marquis of Lansdowne
Duke of Argyll
George Grey
Earl of Clarendon
Charles Wood
R. Vernon Smith
William Molesworth
Viscount Canning
Earl of Harrowby
Sebastopol
Glasgow
Hampton
John Cecil Read
Metropolitan Police
Wigan
J.B. M‘crea
Windsor
St. James’s Church
Burrage
West Plumstead
Kent
Crick Pattison
Esi P
James Pattison
Advertisers shown Empire leads metropolitan journal returns
Stamp returns for twelve months reveal Taz Eserra under Mr George Thompson managing The Empire, with the paper leading circulation among metropolitan journals. Circulation figures include The Empire 209,950 and Spectator 142,000, while Guardian 207,500 Wesleyan Times 126,000 Patriot 122,658 Atheneum 161,000 Watchman 160,000 Britannia 91,000 Weekly News Press 146,000 and Inquirer listed among prominent titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taz Eserra
George Thompson
Empire
the Empire
Spectator
Guardian
Wesleyan Times
Patriot
Atheneum Q
John Bull
Watchman
Britannia
British Banner
Weekly News Press
Inquirer
Imperial ovation and Sebastopol crisis grip London
In the week ending April 21 1855 turmoil surrounds Louis Napoleon’s imperial visit to England as Russia and Austria maneuver over peace terms. Sebastopol endures a five day bombardment with vast casualties and devastation. The piece critiques press bias and public worship of Napoleon while warning of Europe’s deep crisis and waning leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tere
England
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Vienna
Russia
France
Austria
Sebastopol
Napoleon the Third
London
Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte
Jerusalem
Russell
Europe
Napoleon
Windsor
Guildhall
Sydenham
Dover
Fleet-street
Cheapside
Mall
Crystal Palace
Louis Bonaparte
Pharaoh
Solomon
Augustus
Eugenie
Star of Destiny
Parliament in Crisis and Debt Fears Under Universal Suffrage
The writer recalls Trafalgar Square and Charing Cross reception of Louis Napoleon amid silence, then attacks Parliament for swift civil estimates and perceived loss of vitality. They condemn universal suffrage and ballot, warn England despotic under a free constitution, and critique the Chancellor's debt strategy as preparing for a desperate war and future loans to bind Europe to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Napoleon
Trafalgar Square
Charing Cross
France
House of Commons
Windsor
England
Gladstone
Europe
Imperialism in England and its echoes in London society
The piece laments imperialism touching Britain and Europe, recalling cheers for Kossuth, O’Connell, Jenny Lind, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Tom Thumb, and Napoleon III. It recalls Louis Bonaparte’s visit, press censorship by the Times, and Hugo’s plea, arguing imperialism parasitizes liberty and propagates spied oversight in the British press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Louis Kossuth
O'Connell
O'Connor
Jenny Lind
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Tom Thumb
Napoleon the Third
London
Versailles
Louis Bonaparte
Seine
Times’ Office
Times
Louis Napoleon
Paris
M. Victor Hugo
Milton
France
Empire
Alfred
Gironde
Russia
Poland
Moldavia
Rome
Siberia
Cayenne
Louis Napoleon praised amid London crowd amid eastern dispute
The piece notes Louis Napoleon amid public agitation in London. It critiques his relations with Lord Palmerston and the English liberties, and discusses expectations of a coronation, calls for imperial power over Paris and Rome, and questions the future of Constantinople and papal coronation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kossuth
Lord Palmerston
Louis Napoleon
Victor Hugo
Napoleon
England
London
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Paris
Jerusalem
France
Russia
Napoleon the
Rome
Constantinople
Palmerston
Queen Victoria
London Corporation
French War Revelations Challenge Crimea Campaign
Two long articles in the Moniteur critique the Crimea expedition and align with Belgium pamphlets, citing Emperor directives to Marshal St Arnaud and three plans for action. The pieces argue the alliance’s choices at Gallipoli and Varna were constrained by Austria's consent, and they discuss Kaffa and Sebastopol as pivotal aims, with skepticism toward the final assault strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. de Laguerroniére
Crimea
Belgium
Marshal St. Arnaud
Principalities
Odessa
Black Sea
Gallipoli
Adrianople
Constantinople
Danube
Varna
Silistria
Bessarabia
Austria
Dobrudscha
Sebastopol
St. Arnaud
England
France
Kaffa
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Simpheropol
Moniteur
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