Ireland Seabanks and Roads Hampered by Deep Snow
Snowdrifts five to six feet blocked suburbs while roads remained impassable in parts. Northern trains ran slowly, Great Southern and Western traffic suspended, and Cork and Limerick mails overdue. Warnings spread of more wrecks on Dublin coast after the Will o the Wisp steamer ran aground near Lambay Island with all hands lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Railway
Great Southern
Cork
Limerick
Dublin
Midland Railway
Lambay
Wicklow
Maryport
Lambay Island
Religious and social notes from Bedford-square meeting and beyond
The annual meeting of the Churches Coronial Catron and School Society at Music Hall Bedford-square urged stronger support for sending Anglican clergy and teachers to British colonies and abroad. Reports detail operations and a £10 balance. The piece also covers the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control with recent meetings and fundraising, a Synagogue sermon, Cardinal Wiseman, and the Oxford Bishop’s wartime fast call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Great Britain
Music Hall
Store-street
Bedford-square
R. C. L. Bevan
Society For the Liberation of Religion
Hackney
Oxford
Banbury
Reading
Rochdale
Ossett
Morley
Heckmondwike
Brighton
Hastings
Lewes
Cuckfield
Miall
M.P
Foster
Carvell Williams
E. 8. Pryce
W. Hickmen Smith
B. Abraham
London
Cardinal Wiseman
Paris
Rome
Beverley
Nottingham
Monsignore Searle
France
Northampton
England
Tuer Bissorp
Oxforp
Jonny Rocers
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Thomas Dale
Earth
Father
Rogers
Christ
Church of Rome
Dale
Jesus Christ
St. George’s
Bloomsbury
The Duchess of Beaufort's new son born on Friday
News in brief mentions the Duchess of Beaufort has given birth to a son on Friday. Other items note arrivals, arrivals of dignitaries, sequestered estates, and political happenings in London and abroad. The record lists many court and society movements including births, deaths, appointments, and parliamentary items.
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Catherine Hayes
Calcutta
Duchess of Beaufort
M. Soulé
Paris
Hotel de Londres
Viscount Palmerston
Lady Henley
Hatford Court
Viscountess
Windsor Castle
Lady Cowley
House of Commons
Monsell
M.P
Ordnance Office
John Russell
Vienna
Lord Dundonald
Trinity House
Charles Manners
Belvoir Castle
Cathedral
New Street
Spring Gardens
Richard Bernard
Earl of Caledon
Havre
Kettering
Loveden
Gogerddan
Cardiganshire
George Anderson
Ceylon
Suez
Bengal
London
R. Carden
de Osberg
de Wedel
Berlin
Dr. Verona
Sacred Harmonie Society
Exeter Hall
Mendelssohn
St. Paul
M. Berryer
French Academy
Harriet Elliot
Earl of Minto
War ukase calls all Russia to arms amid invasion threats
The Emperor of Russia has issued an ukase reported by telegraph calling the entire population to arms in response to the Palmerston Cabinet formation and the threat of an Orthodox invasion. It notes the difficulty of arming versus feeding the people and ponders Prussia's likely reaction and policy impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Palmerston
Prussia
Turmoil Across Crimea and Constantinople in Feb 1855
Telegrams report 30 000 Ottoman troops at Eupatoria with more en route. Two thirds of the Turkish army disembarked. Russians toil near Alma Belbeck Simpheropol. Ulrich and guards head to Crimea. Egyptian reinforcements arrive. News from Vienna notes plans for the Vienna Congress and various troop movements and fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Fes
Eupatoria
Sebastopol
Varne
Omar Pasha
Bourges
Constantinople
Osten- Sacken
Canrobert
Divan
Mars EiLtes
Sunpar
10Th Hussars
Suez
India
Moniteur
Egypt
Vienna
Gortschakoff
Kischeneff
Odessa
Perekop
St. Peterssure
Journal de St. Petersbourg
Don Cossacks
Cracow
Fez
Schlick
Fourth Army
Gallicia
Dukls
Karpathian
Paris
Vely Pasha
Bruat
Montebello
Ramrescu
Duperre
Kamiesch
Panama
Berwin
Turspax
St. Betsburg
Warsaw
Paskiewitch
Austria
Gazzetta di Verona
Tuscany
Indépendance Belge
Bucharest
Wanduni
Maximeni
Braila
Crimea
Brunet
Balaklava
Rosren Pasha
Turkey
Kurdistan
John Russell
Brunt
Tourspay
France
Despatches From Lord Raglan February 12 1855
War Department reports a despatch to the Duke of Newcastle from Field Marshal Lord Raglan. It notes Sebastopol operations, fine weather, severe frosts at night, and efforts to construct huts as troops endure harsh marching and limited wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Kant Hapmire
Duke of Newcastle
Field Marathe
Raglan
G.c.bel Arsogs
Sebastopol
Lord Duke
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H. M. Villiers
St. Paul’s
St. Bartholomew’s
Gray’s-inn-lane
E. Garbett
St. John’s Chapel
Bedford-row
J. B. Owen
St. Dunstan’s-in-the- West
E. Auriol
Islington
J. Hambleton
Hecord
Dhuleep Singh
Church Missionary Society
R. Lippert
St. Paul’s Church
Knightsbridge
The
G. Fletcher
Carlbrouf
Nottinghamshire
Banker's Hill
Abercrombie
Turner
West India Dock Company
Routh
John Ralph Fenwick
North Baily
Durham
Fletcher
Hotel Meurice
Robert Clough
Liverpool
Saxony
Robert Peel
Drayton
Napoleon
Wurtemberg
Montrose
Poland
Kiev
William Henry Snell
Artillery Company
Dantzic
Arthur Gascoyne Douglas
St. Olave’s
Southwark
Messrs. Scott Russell and Co
Eastern Steam Navigation Company
King of
Wurtemburg
Duke of Genoa
William Cornwallis Eustace
K.C.H
Essex
Czartorski
Maria Christina
Duke de Rianzares
Neustadt
Hanover Square
Cardigan
East India House
Henry Somerset
K.C.B
East India Company
Bombay
James Graham
Ferguson
Carlisle
Bavaria
Univers
Sisters of the Holy Redeemer of
Mauritius
Portsmouth
Strand
Charles Proctor
J. H. Vivian
Singleton
Swansea
John Vivian
Truro
Lord Vivian
Hussey Vivian
Commissioners of Police
M. Varnavas Pangolas
Greece
Athens
Foreign Office
Downing-street
Marquis of Lansdowne
Earl Granville
Duke of Argyll
George Grey
Earl of Clarendon
Sidney Hiebert
Lord Panmure
Exchequer
Charles Wood
William Molesworth
Viscount Canning
Admiralty
Lord Raglan
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