The Great Annexationist and His Pension Critique
The Platform decries Dalhousie’s pension of 45 000 a year as yet another instance of imperial conquest. It condemns Bengal governance under Lord Dalhousie for annexing Punjab, Nagpore, Pegu, and Oude, painting a despotic policy that drains native funds and threatens India’s independence. It brands British hypocrisy for a war fought to curb aggression abroad while pursuing aggressive expansion at home.
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Peter the Great
United States
England
East India Company
Marquis of Dalhousie
India
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dalhougie
Vernon Smith
Dalhousie
France
Spain
Indias
Punjaab
Nagpore
Trirst
Pegu
Oude
Friend of India
Great Britain
Lord Metcalfe
Royal Family Attend Church and Palace Events in Weymouth and London
The Court details royal appearances including Whippingham Parish Church service by Rev. G. Prothero and a Friday Crystal Palace Féte visit with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. They later travelled to Osborne Isle of Wight then to Portsmouth Dockyard to inspect the 8th Hussars under Brigadier-General Shewell, with a lengthy dockyard inspection.
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Hex Magestr
Prince Consort
Prince of Wales
Prince Alfred
Princess Royal
Princess Alice
Whippingham
G. Prothero
Prince Albert
Crystal Palace
Sydenham
Osborne
Isle of Wight
Royal
Alfred
Arthur
Leopold
Alice
Helena
Louisa
Majesty
Prince of
Horrors Endured by French Proscripts in Cayenne
A prisoner letters recount brutal conditions in Cayenne detailing fever, scurvy, and starvation. Doctors dismissals, forced labor, and confiscation of recovery houses fuel dire health crises and death among the workers. The writer notes mistreatment by Chevassy and grim daily life under the penal system.
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Cayenne
Belgium Deputy Says Walewski Speech Not Yet Ratified
In the Chamber of Representatives on the 7th the Foreign Minister told interpellations that Walewski’s speech from the Congress sitting on the 8th ul had not been officially ratified to the Belgian Government. He added that when notification occurs Belgium will receive a prepared reply to defend Belgians as an independent nation. No power has ever claimed any modification of the...
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Imperial Court of
Lyons
Chuzeville
Propleax
Rhone
Tribunal of
Villefranche
Hega
Chamber of Representatives
The Africa Arrives with Passengers and Specie. Kansas Disturbances
The Africa arrived from New York with 149 passengers and 1,044,558 dollars in specie. In Congress, Quitman urged repealing Neutrality Laws as unconstitutional. Disturbances in Kansas reported. rival presidential hopefuls push campaigning. Costa Rican battles with Walker unfold near Rivas. Panama massacre described with twenty dead and many wounded after a melon dispute escalated into a native assault on passengers.
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Royal Mail
Africa
Shannon
New York
House of Representatives
Quitman
Mississippi
Lawa
Mexico
Central America
Cuba
Spain
Atlantic
Pacific
England
Dominica
Washington
Kansas
Nicaragua
Walker
Fillibuster
Nicaraguense
Rivas
Virgin Bay
San Juan del Sur
Panama
Aspiriwal Courier
California
Mer
Law on the press in Belgium sparks nationwide reaction
A dramatic Belgian parliament scene saw a fiery declaration against press pretension met with immense enthusiasm. Applause erupted from every bench and from the tribunes, crowded with spectators, as the Chamber rose in response.
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Belgium
Emperor Alexander II to be Crowned in Moscow in August
The manifesto states Alexander II will assume the Crown in Moscow in August with Empress Maria Alexandrovna, praying for divine blessing and peaceful governance. The Czas of Warsaw reports Russia plans a summer campaign against the Caucasus, led by General Chruleff under General Mouravieff, extending to Dagestan near the Black Sea coast.
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Alexander II
Russias
Poland
Russia
Eponse
Maria Alexandrovna
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Alexander
Czas
Warsaw
Caucasus
Chruleff
Mouravieff
Daghestan
Black Sea
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Fuisyp
Delin
Bron
Foubert
Nidore
Hospital du Salut
Lower
Alps
M. Reynaud
Isle de Salut
Sisters of Charity
Ora
M.chevassy
Cayenna
M. Raynaud
M.chévazin
M. Chevassa
M. Reynard
M. Chevassy
Beda
Aalle Des Politiques
Féteau
Isle Saint Joseph
Brun
St. Joseph
M. Chevasan
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