Paris Conference and European Power Moves Report
A Brussels newspaper outlines the Paris conference focus on Belgrad and Bolgrad with Russia seeking alignment with France. It notes imperial decrees appointing 1857 senate and legislative leaders, and mentions Ysmail Pasha and Emery linked to defense of Kars. A Paris dispatch describes the China naval expedition as a show of force to protect native Catholics.
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Paris
Brussels
Principalities
Black Sea
M. Troplong
Senate
M. Mesnard
Marshal d’Hiliers
Count R.de St. Jean @Angely
Marshal Pelissier
Duke de Malakoff
Count de Morny
Selmeider
Reveil
Wast Vimeaux
M. Fferbert
Ysmail Pasha
Marseilles
Emery
Kars
China
Rigault de Genouilly
Rumor Denied Of Russia Persia Pact. Emperor Moves To St Petersburg
Reports from St Petersburg deny a convention binding Russia to aid Persia and say officers of Russia do not serve Persia. Military moves are limited to frontier observation as the Emperor plans residence changes to St Petersburg.
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St. Petersburgh
Russia
Persia
Russian
Prussia threatens actions over Neufchatel insurrection
Berlin signals warned of serious measures against Prussian subjects amid Neufchatel unrest with arms in hand. Reports of army mobilisation denied. The King received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour from the French Ambassador. Prince Frederick William is visiting Napoleon III at Fontainebleau.
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Berlin
Prussia
Neufchatel
Switzerland
Frederick William of
Napoleon III
Fontainebleau
Insurrectionists of Neufchatel Face Grand Inquest
A Swiss report from Berne dated the fifth instant says the grand inquest into Neufchatel insurrection evidence began the same day. It lists 129 defendants, with only thirty to forty likely discharged after the preliminary tribunal. Prisoners have outdoor exercise and limited visits.
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Berne
Switzerland
Neufchatel
Anticharep Cauraten
Bund
M. Stampfli
Prussia
Grand Duchy of
Baden
Gazelle
Yrar
Voeifers
Piagues
Naples and the Sicilies Insurrection Rumors
Rumours of an insurrection in Sicily have circulated but no details reached. Milano, the soldier who tried to kill the King, was executed by hanging and denied any army accomplices, appearing as a religious fanatic.
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Naples and the Sicilies
Sicily
Milano
Fear and unrest as slave uprisings feared in Tennessee
Reports from Tennessee recount heightened tension over slavery with rumors of insurrection in Franklin and Cumberland region. In Columbia a gang of enslaved people was found with muskets and powder. in Perry fifteen enslaved people were killed by owners. several ringleaders arrested and eleven hanged near Dover. a disguised white man died after receiving lashes.
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America
Franklin
Tennessee
Columbia
Perry
Dover
Cumberland River
Turkish Cemetery at Paris Reflects Franco Turkish Ties
A Turkish section at Paris Pere Lachaise Cemetery includes a Mahometan purification chamber and depository built from Vosges sandstone. Finished after plans by M. J Loviet, the structure, begun May 1855, sits within a larger walled plot, contrasting with the cemetery’s other tombs.
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Paris
Russia
Turkey
Order of the Garter
Jerusalem
Pére-la-Chaise
Mahomet
Vosges
M. Jolivet
Persian War Proclaimed as News Reaches Continent
The Journal de Constantinople reports Persia has declared war on England, while Russia strengthens near the Araxes and Ormuz. plans for a rapid three-pronged advance into Persia are outlined, with preparations and seasonal movements noted in Asiatic campaigns.
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Marsrriuxs
Journal de Constantinople
Philipson
Soudjak Kaleh
T’rebizonde
Shah
Savas
Russia
Persia
England
St. Petersburgh
Asia
Chryloff
Tiflis
Prince Banatinski
Asiatic
Caucasian
Caspian Sea
Nicholas
Khiva
Caspian
Persia and Russia Face Strain Over Herat and Caspian Ambitions
A London letter outlines Russian troop movements and Persian prospects, noting potential campaigns from Astrabad to Herat and Khiva, while denying a Persia Russia alliance. It warns England may press the Persian Gulf action, with broader risk of a Russia England rupture.
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Nachitschevan
Choi
Tauris
Bakou
Caspian Sea
Astrabad
Herat
Khorassan
Khiva
St. Petersburgh
England
Persia
Bersenhalle
Hamburg
Russia
WM. Duhamel
Herdt
Teheran
Persian Gulf
Caspian
Asia
Alexander
The Times on the War with Persia
The Times questions the rationale for war over Herat and the Persian affair. It argues the Proclamation of War leaves Herat’s status undefined and doubts Britain knows what it fights for, criticizing reliance on Indian policy and fearing aims to advance Indian army power.
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Herat
Persia
Affghanistan
Yar Mahomet
Yar Mahomed
England
India
Crimea
Duel Fatality and Bloodshed at Vienna Lanterns to Moldavia
A Vienna letter reports Lieutenant Baron Von W was shot dead in Moldavia after a duel sparked by a staff appointment dispute with Lieutenant Count S. The Baron's death follows his prior battlefield injuries at Novara. Meanwhile in Bradford an inquest into William Webster's death at Bowling Iron Works found him fatally crushed by machinery in an accidental death verdict.
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Farat
Vienna
Baron von W
Moldavia
Count S
Novara
Robert Binns
Webster
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Shiel
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