Moral Antiquities and the decay of living politics
A polarizing newspaper leader argues that absence of news is itself news as it reveals public views. It surveys European and British trends, lampoons Bonapartism Bourbonism and Papacy as moral antiquities, and notes the decline of Whiggism and revived medieval church power with vivid historical anecdotes. A dying Sardinian minister’s burial row exemplifies authority versus faith.
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Greece
Rome
Jenny Lind
Liverpool
America
Manchester
Lancashire
Cressy
Poictiers
Europe
Louis Napoleon
Wiesbaden
Russia
Russell
Orange
Brunswick
Chatham
Junius
Charles James Fox
Fox
John Russell
Gladstone
D’israeli
Stanley
Graham
Falkland
Montrose
Edmund Burke
England
Sardinia
Exeter
London
Anselm
Poseys
Sewells
Church Union
Santa Rosa
Franzoni
Martyrdom and church law clash amid August 1850 notes
A historical reflection contrasts a papal support for an archbishop with royal resistance to local laws. The writer argues the episode belongs to August 1850, not 1150, as a moral antiquarian example. The piece highlights church state tension and papal authority in a moral framing.
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Sardinia
Peace Congress delegates depart from London for Frankfort
About 450 delegates and visitors travel by special train from London to Frankfort for the Frankfort Peace Congress. Among them are Quakers and reformers, with Rev G Copway and Dr. Dick noted. Passports and luggage exempt from customs restrictions by joint Prussian French Belgian government action. The group aims to reach Frankfort after stops via Calais Malines and Cologne. Emile de Girardin, M Visschers, and Mr. Cobden to represent France Belgium England respectively. Humboldt expected though age limits its attendance.
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London
Dover
Frankfort
England
Society of Friends
Liverpool
New England
G. Copway
Dr. Dick
Calais
Malines
Cologne
St. Paul’s Church
Emile de Girardin
M. Visschers
Cobden
France
Belgium
Germany
Humboldt
Peace Congress Delegates Arrive in Cologne En Route to Frankfort
English and American deputies and visitors to the Peace Congress arrive in Cologne by moonlit train with 500 to 600 attendees. Notables include William Jay and Amherst College president Edmund Hitchcock among American delegates. Cobden and Burritt among English speakers expected to join at Frankfort. Weather is fine and crowds cheer as the party proceeds to the conference.
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London
Peace Congress
Dover
Calais
William Jay
American Peace Society
C. Brooks
Edmund Hichcock
D.D
Amherst College
Samuel Willis
Sunderland docks see entry of vessels from United States
Reports note several ships with American cargoes docking at Sunderland new facilities. A Wallasey postman, unhappy with Sunday letter delivery being halted, still completed his rounds without mail.
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United States
Sunderland
Wallasey
Paxton
Saxe-Weimar
Institute of Goethe
Europe
Weimar
Berlin
Prussia
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