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Newspaper
Empire
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 24, 1856
Page
8
The notice directs correspondents to address communications to THE Excrrer Ogrics at 83 Fleet-street, correcting a previous 145 number. The brief public instruction updates the mailing detail for future inquiries.
The Budget promises a 17 5 million saving after the war while costs were 77 5 million over two years, with 36 million borrowed. A Ballot motion was renewed in the Commons with votes 111 to 141 as critics urge public lists of betrayers. A Belgian letter on electoral secrecy is cited and concerns rise over Italy’s turmoil and Palmer trial. The Peace Society advocated strict antiwar principles amid calls for broader Christian moral guidance.
Forty years after its origin in an upper chamber the London Peace Society has grown into a formidable foe of military power. It acknowledges partial failures yet celebrates the Paris Congress’s acceptance of arbitration as a principle in international disputes, urged to advance peace and curb aggression across Europe.
In a Monday discussion on England relations with Italy and Austria, Disraeli condemned past “disgraceful transactions” with Sicily. Lord Palmerston defended them, detailing mediation in Sicily and Naples, Henry Minto’s role, and the French Revolution’s impact, while critics accuse suppression of truth and cite Earl Minto’s influence in Sicily’s royal election. Washington Wilks discusses the episode in Palmerston in Three Epochs, Freeman Fleet Street.
The Conservative Press acknowledges the case as invulnerable and persuasive, aided by Urquhart’s Fly-sheets. The argument relies on Parliamentary debates and State papers on Italy. In Commons there is a lack of knowledgeable reformers to challenge Lord Palmerston, though outsiders remember these matters well and hold enduring resentment.
A London correspondent asserts no responsibility for readers letters while publishing intelligent views on public matters. He criticizes pensioning, East Indian policy, and government corruption, questioning wealth built on oppression and a 5000 pound Dalhousie bribe insinuation as India issues loom.
A Scots anecdote contrasts schoolyard fighting with European wars, arguing arbitration and prewar treaties prevent bloodshed. It cites Hindu and Pacific Island examples of peace through faith, and condemns war while praising peaceable conduct. The letter then shifts to critique Lord Dalhousie’s pension as a symbol of misrule and wealth, urging moral accountability.
The writer cites Josephus Book 2 Chapter 14 detailing soldiers who looted, whipped nobles, hanged captives, and slew six hundred thirty including women and children. He argues the cited passage does not enhance military dignity and instead supports a critic from George Dornbusch.
A letter writer opposes Sunday military bands in London parks arguing they promote militarism, lure crowds for amusement, encourage indecency, and distract from truth and instruction. The correspondent questions public policy, cites Lord Palmerston, and notes risks of drunkenness and crime, urging concerts elsewhere.
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