01 Dec 1855
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Newspaper
Empire
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 01, 1855
Page
1
A harsh critique of Sir Robert Peel and Palmerston condemns constant calls for vengeance in war. The author argues vengeance would broaden wars globally andWarns against extending retribution to France, Russia, and others while comparing past and present British actions.
On Wednesday Queen Victoria with Prince Albert and a royal suite travelled from Windsor by special train to Waterloo and Strood. At Fort Pitt Hospital Rochester she inspected military hospitals and depots as guards from Royal Marines and 91st Regiment stood by. Princess Royal gains entree into Court life while Maharajah Duleep Singh visits with noting attendees at a Windsor dinner.
The Provincian Press reprints a letter from Justitia in the Scar borough Mercury, noting a chorus across England in reaction to a state dispenser's speech on foreign barbarism. It criticizes ticket-of-leave men, adulterators of bread and beer, contractors who cheat, and lawyers who fleece clients as part of a broad critique of the government and society.
A compact critique of press puffery and social hypocrisy, arguing English virtue signals mask vice and poverty. The piece cites Dr Croly and Lord John, mocks ceremonial patriotism, and laments superficial Westminster rhetoric amid imperial pomp and political maneuvering across Britain and Europe.
Royal gifts to Pope Pius IX include a diamond tiara and Murillo paintings, now housed in the Vatican museum. Paris reports General Canrobert’s mission to Stockholm strengthens France Britain and Sardinia’s alliance, with Sweden and Denmark aligned and Prussia proposing peace talks to Russia through Count Munster. Catholic bishops take oaths in the Emperor's presence at the Tuileries chapel as part of a formal ceremony.
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