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Newspaper
Empire
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 02, 1854
Page
9
The Empire announces the Town Edition with foreign and domestic intelligence and local news from the Metropolis area. Readers are asked to send their names and addresses plus their newsman’s name to ensure regular delivery without further trouble.
The Weekly notes delayed optimism over Sebastopol and possible moves in the Crimea or Asia, with details on Varna, Aland, and Swedish abstentions. It reports French mutinies, St Arnaud's command, fears of fever and cholera, and political dissatisfaction in Britain, Newcastle protests, and wartime finances totaling fifteen million pounds.
Markets show steadiness in London and Paris with optimism on harvest gains. Reports flag cholera and railway hazards, legal cases over a Croydon crash, and rising unrest from Spain to Italy. Crown reformers threaten Copenhagen, while Belgium faces a ministerial crisis. A pope calls a jubilee to curb danger and aid redemption.
The Registrar General reports London’s cholera remains deadly with seven weeks of rising deaths. He links severe outbreaks to low-lying, crowded areas with poor air and notes 2,783 total deaths, 1,706 within ten feet of the Thames, and rising mortality as heat intensifies. The disease appears to reside in polluted, air-starved environments.
A London essay argues that cholera stems from polluted air and unclean habits, not divine punishment. It criticizes zealots who blame sins or advocate national fasting, citing Registrar-General data to claim the disease punishes sloth dirt and moral neglect. The piece urges cleanliness and rational public health measures.
A Newcastle town meeting reveals the public mood toward the war. Voters denounce alliance with Austria, demand a cabinet change, and question England's alliance with Louis Napoleon while lamenting promises of democratic liberty amid rising taxes and international despotism.
The passage notes how Newcastle people courted Austrian aid at the war’s start, hoping for freedom as allied with a despotic power. As future events introduced a second despotism, alarm rose and dreams faded, with blame falling on the people themselves for their prior hopes.
Perez's problem and Parliament's failure to define a traveller expose the absurdity in how laws about newspapers smoke and Sunday refreshment are drafted. The piece notes bans on serving in Sunday hours only to bond fide travellers and mocks the lack of clear definitions, urging reform or repeal. It highlights how definitions are essential for enforcement and contrasts home legislation with the needs of troops abroad.
An 1854 missive from Stockholm by Fredrika Bremer pleads for a worldwide peace effort, urging sisters to unite in Christ to end war. The Times rebukes her letter as imagined delusion and sarcasm, while praising her innocent tone and charitable aims.
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