Pekin Evacuation and Diplomats Open New Phase
Despatches in a London Gazette extraordinary edition detail Baron Gros and Lord Exeix installing permanent residents in Pekin and the arrival of Mr Bruce from Shanghai. They narrate the British plenipotentiaries’ conduct toward Prince Kane, criticizing their ambition and hinting at flags of peace sacrificed for power.
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Pekin
France
England
Baron of Gros
Lord Exeix
M. Oz Bourseton
Mr. Bauce
London Gazette
Lord Exor
Mr. Bruck
Tien-tain
Prince Kane
Bruce
Joan Bownine
Burtrop
Canton
Pelho
Anomalous diplomacy in Shanghai and imperial critique
A Britain press critique rails at Mr Bruce and Prince Keane over Shanghai clashes and the term anomalous. It questions Chinese policy, warns of misused diplomacy, and jokes about an envoy from China visiting London to mock Western governance.
Birmingham MPs to meet constituents at Town Hall
Notices report Birmingham representatives Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Bright invited to address constituents in the Town Hall Birmingham on Tuesday evening the 29th inst. Also Cambridge University Commissioners met at Adelphi Terrace on the 9th and 10th inst with a list of high officials present.
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Birmingham
Scholefield
Bright
Town Hall
Cambridge University
Adelphi Terrace
Chester
Justice Turner
W. Page Wood
Vaughan
Horatio Waddington
Banover
Mawnssox House
Canada
Mansion House
United States
Anderson
Great Britain
Htenoerford
Hungerford
Windsor Castle to Cambridge Royal Progress Delayed
Royal visitors depart Osborne for Windsor in the forenoon and attend service at Windsor. The Queen and Prince Consort visit Frogmore and attend funeral duties in Potsdam. The Prince of Wales to enter Cambridge University as an undergraduate on Friday with a guard of honour.
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Windsor Castle
Queet
Prince Consort
Prince of Wales
Prince Alfred
Alice
Prince Arthur
Prince Leopold
Helena
Princess Louise
Beatrice
Osborne
Countess of
King of
Prussia
Potsdam
Staxony
Princess Alice
H. J. Ellison
Windsor
du Plat
Ponsonby
Royal
the Prince of Wales
University of Cambridges
Prince
Cambridge
Town and University Rifle Corps
Naval and Military Intelligence Roundup at Chatham
The ice in the Medway has broken allowing detained vessels to depart. The Serpent, a four inch screw gun vessel, was moved to Woolwich for steam reserve fitting. Admiralty expands superannuation to established naval and victualling yard laborers dating from 1859. Sick and wounded troops from China arrive at Fort Pitt hospital via Epsom from Hong Kong. Units include Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Medical Staff Corps and several regiments under Captain Sweet. Six insane soldiers are admitted to the lunatic hospital. Trials of Armstrong gun recoil carriages fail with a serious accident injuring Lieutenant Thomas Ward, who is taken to Haslar Hospital.
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Chatham
Medway
Woolwich
Admiralty
China
Fort Pitt Hospital
Hong Kong
Plymouth
Epsom
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
Medical Staff Corps
Sweet
Army and Navy
Thomas Ward
Spithead
Ward
Haslar Hospital
Cobden and the Manchester Chamber of Commerce
A 1861 letter from AweHane Couven to Edmund Potter, president of the Manchester Chamber, thanks the chamber for its vote of thanks to Mr Cobden MP for his role in the France trade treaty, praising the chamber members and the Glasgow deputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Cobden
M.P
Alatera
Paris
France
Glasgow
Pasay
AweHane Couven
Edmund Potter
Armistice at Gaeta and arrivals in Naples
Telegrams report Francis II accepting the armistice at Gaeta. Prince Carignan is enthusiastically welcomed in Narues and later in Naples. Lieutenancy council resigns to Farini, king’s proclamation boosts morale, and the French fleet plans to depart Gaeta on the 19th. New lieutenancy councillors are welcomed in Sicily as calm returns. Carignan is saluted by the English fleet on arrival. Paris notes a decree convoking the Senate for January 22.
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Narues
Francis II
Prince Carignan
Council of Lieutenancy
Farini
Gaeta
Naples
Sicily
Chamber of Commerce
Council of Prud’hommes
Paris
England
Mackinnon
Monteigneur de Saint Marc
Rennes
Rome
Monseigneur
Cardinal Merlot
M. Lenormand
Athens
Eleusis
Temple
Louvre
United Academies
Council of the Imperial Household
Moniteur
M. Gautier
Ministry of the Household
M. Bure
Austria and Bavaria Refuse Cooperation on Bodensee Railway
The dated dispatch notes Austria and Bavaria informing the Federal Council they will no longer cooperate with Switzerland on the Bodenseeroute. Austria cites Lombardy’s loss and the Tyrol as reasons for routing German traffic away from Switzerland.
Royal amnesty decree and Omar Pasha recall note
An extra Staats Anzeiger edition proclaims amnesty for those guilty of high treason or civil offences against state authority and allows pardons via Minister of Justice or the King for military tribunal cases. Neueste Nachtvachten reports Omar Pasha recalled from exile to command the army on the Danube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berun
Jay
Staats Anzeiger
Vienna
Neueste Nachtwvcten
Porte
Omar Pasha
Danube
Denmark’s Call for Armaments and Allied Stance
The Dayllad’s second edition urges the government to form armaments at once and to move ammunition and war materiel from Rendsburg and Holstein. It argues Denmark can secure natural allies only through a bold, courageous attitude.
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CorexnAcenr
Rendsburg
Holstein
Denmark
Paris Enacts Decentralisation of Local Powers
Paris reels under a shift toward decentralised administration with a decree freeing the city from ministerial approval for demolitions and new constructions. The budget will be scrutinised by the Emperor on ministerial report, a concession welcomed as a hopeful path to real self rule amid a stalled thawing front.
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Paris
Consel Municipal
Amie Ivumest
Para
Restoration in Hungary Aims at County Self Government
Pesth reports crowding restorations as counties regain self rule suppressed since 1849. Public honor shifts to 1848 patriots, with many dead or exiled. Vengeance avoided yet traitors are publicly marked Meghalt as a sign of death to the national cause. Kossuth and Klapka receive county honors for past resistances.
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Pestu
Comitats
Bars
Borsod
Gilmar
Zemplen
Francis Joseph
Pesth
Dhiampalven
Avatelans
Meghalt
Meghal
Kossuth
Klapka
Comora
Transylvania
Temenwar
United States Senate Panel Likely Accepts Crittenden Compromise
New York January 2 noon reports the Senate Committee of thirty three has probably accepted Mr Crittenden's compromise. Stock market prices rose about 2 to 3 percent with Erie Railroad and Illinois among notable gainers as trading opened.
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Sandy Hook
New York
Ripon Delivers Mails and Goods from Mediterranean Route
The Ripon sailing from Alexandria via Malta and Gibraltar arrived in Southampton with 48 passengers, 555 pearls valued at 56,100 rupees, 192 crates of oranges, 5 cases Indian shawls, 44 packages general cargo, and 416 bales raw silk worth 40,0002. sterling. It reports contact with the Bounding Billow off Gibraltar and the Milazzo convoy of Garibaldians leaving shore. A Gibraltar subscription funds their return passage. Exchange quotes show varying rates across major ports.
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Reuler’s Express
Southampton
Peninnular and Oriental Company
Ripon
Christian
Tne Ripon
Alexandria
Arascea
Liverpool
Gibraltar
London
Parla
Marveilles
Genoa
Madrid
Osdls
Malaga
Seville
Alicante
Valencis
Barcslona
Dollan
Ferdinand
Carolus
Alhambra Arrives with Mails and Goods at Southampton
The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Alhambra, Captain Steward, arrived with seven passengers, six packages specie worth 2,470, and 750 cheata oranges, 132 boxes eggs, plus sixteen packages sundries. It left Lisbon on the 7th, Oporto on the 8th, Vigo on the 9th, and passed Pera on the 7th at 3 30 p.m. In sight were a heavy spot and an unknown wreck. other vessels in port included Bt. Jean d Acre and Himalaya with troops. Stocks and exchange figures for Lisbon and Oporto banks and bonds are listed.
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Reuter’s
Southampton
Peninsular and Oriental Company
Alhambra
Steward
Lisbon
Oporto
Vigo
Pera
Jean d’Acre
Himalaya
Plymouth
Malta
Danube
Liverpool
Gibraltar
Samson
Zera
Frompt
London
Amsterdam
Hamburg
Genoa
Bontés
Bank of Lisbon
Milreis
Commercial Bank of Oporto
Mercantile Bank of Oporto
Milreia
Restrictions Tighten on Passenger Passages in Transports
In Maltese and Admiralty circles orders limit passenger grants to those on duty amid abuses. Notable cases involve Maltese to Corfu passages for officers and health-related travel, with many rejected despite wishes. The piece notes ships sailing to Naples and Corfu, a governor planting orange trees, and ongoing repairs to Melpomene. An advertisement touts Loysel Hydrostatic Tea and Coffee Percolator, claiming broad use and benefits.
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Malta
Corfu
Hils
Himalaya
Admiralty
Gibraltar
Red
Ionian Islands
Victor Emmnuel
Naples
Renown
Agamemnon
Foxhound
Her
Cassar
Neptune
Malte
Strada Beale
Boya
Caredoc
Melpomene
Syria
Sons
Tne Hicvest Patroyaly
Evarorg
Loysel
Europe
House Commons
Crystal Palace
London
J. Colla
Cannon-street
E.C
Enchusch-Street
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Julius Cmzar
Anthony and
Cleopatra
Cymbeline
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WVO
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J. Franklin
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Dial
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Busness
Strand
Dante Holme
Honday
Prince Keane
Bevce
Shanghai
Prince Kune
Batre
Prince Kuxc
Hxen
Thames
Joan Russell
Excix
Naval and Military Intelligence
MR. Cobden
Lord Macaulay
Bishop of
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Church of England
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Duartes Ruan
Drury Lane Theatre
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Thames Police Court
Landells
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