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Newspaper
Empire
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 28, 1855
Page
5
An engine incident at Cwlmeelyn mill reveals a bolt of iron found between the cog wheels under the great driving wheel. An inquiry identifies James Norman as a suspect. engineer Richard Arnold warns of potential £10,000 to £15,000 damage and possible loss of life. Norman is committed for trial.
The piece notes Dr. Dick of Broughty Ferry receives a ten pound pension from the Lords of the Treasury. It discusses Ayr’s plan to erect a Wallace monument, proposing better sites near Wellington Square, the Cattle Market, or the Doon banks. Highland objections to conscription are voiced, with Sutherlandshire volunteers opposed due to oppression and marriage bans. A bill aims to create a National Museum of Industry in Edinburgh by acquiring College near Holyrood sites and transferring University holdings to public works, with free public access on certain days.
The High Sheriff announced Cork poll totals with Deasy 3238, Ennismore 3000, MCarthy 1628, giving Deasy a 238 majority. Richard Deasy QC was proclaimed elected. Reports warn the budget could raise taxes including Irish whisky, with strong southern protests anticipated. A Dublin hospital visit by soldiers ends with Earl Carlisle’s hospitality and sympathetic questions about wounds. A Kilkenny pensioner’s violent wife-murder attempt is described with depositions and witness accounts.
A woman was forced into a draw-well by a man who then hurled stones at her as he fled thinking she was dead. She regained strength in the narrow stone-lined well, climbed out, and pursued him along the road, catching up to confront her would be killer.
In a convocation with over 150 members the new statute was debated in ten parts.Votes five and six drew strongest opposition over exemptions for tutors and students not in the Church of England from teaching and theology exams. Vote 5 passed 75 to 72. Vote 6 by about 12. Other votes varied in margin as officers pursue aligning statutes with the 17 18 Vie 18 act. Also reported are secessions to Rome involving Rev. W Palmer and Rev. Edwin B Dean, with further possible followers and concerns over Baliol College policies toward nonconformists. Mrs. Wilberforce and two children are said to have joined Rome.
Mr Layard MP addressed about public duty and national interests at a banquet aboard the Donald McKay in Liverpool. He warned against aristocratic control, criticized diplomatic leadership, and urged business leaders to press for reform to protect England’s reputation and fiscal future. The event honored Liverpool’s town and trade.
A Balaklava correspondent reports heavy bombardment of Sebastopol on April 9 and updates from Vienna Paris and other cities describe persistent gunfire, damaged forts, and minor allied losses. Despatches praise allied artillery and note Russian repairs and assertions of strategic gains. The night weather improved, aiding operations.
Russians propose new terms for the Vienna Conference but Allies reject them. Baron Hess takes the general staff to Galicia on May 2 to inspect forces. M. Drouyn De Lhuys departs on the following day as discussions continue with no clear outcome yet.
A Smyrna supplement recounts the first day of the Sebastopol bombardment. At 5 a.m. the Allied line opened fire along the city despite severe weather and freezing conditions, signaling intensified siege actions early in the morning.
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