Regiments at Calcutta and Bengal unrest amid reforms
The piece notes 5 000 sepoys at Barrackpore near Calcutta facing possible disobedience. two European regiments and three batteries would enforce order. It reports improved sentiment in Bengal and Madras regiments, attributing disaffection to a poorly worded order. It mentions the murder of Mr Boileau in Oude during dacoit suppression. It outlines Madras tenure reforms replacing Ayotwaree with Khetwar, tying land value to taxation and enlarging capitalist landholding. It also covers Lt Governor Colvin urging villagers to fund education, with 5,000 villages to raise 1 percent tax.
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Calcutta
Barrackpore
Bengal
Madras
India
C. E. Baleau
Goudah
Oude
Frusyl Ali
Nepaul
Colvin
North- West Provinces
Persian Gulf rumors and Kooshab battle report
Reports from Bushire dated March 6 give no fresh Persian Gulf actions. The Teheran Gazette claims a dramatic Kooshab battle with Persian forces driving toward the English, who retreat under rain and rocks. English losses are stated at 800 to 1,000, Persian losses 300 to 600.
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Bushire
Persian Gulf
James Outram
Rajpootana
George Lawrance
Teheran Gazette
Kooshab
Barazjoon
Soojah-ool-Moolk
Burazjoon
Foreign Miscellany Highlights From European News
Prices rise as Paris butchers push beef to 21 sous a pound. European royalty including the Prince and Princess of Prussia near visits to the English Court in June. A railway concession granted via Bulgarian merchants from Rustchuk to Varna. Madrid reports Queen’s money woes and a pope pilgrimage plan from Rome. Austrian envoy Esterhazy faces cold reception at St. Petersburg, while Oneida search continues with no new updates. Canadian Parliament approves 50,000 pounds yearly subsidy for summer St Lawrence to England and Portland winter screw steamers.
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Paris
Prussia
Friedrich Wilhelm
Rustchuk
Varna
Madrid
Indépendance Belge
Rome
Our Lady of Lore
Wittenberg
Luther
England
St. Lawrence
Portland
Maine
Dred Scott Decision Sparks Ohio and New York Actions
Ohio lawmakers draft a bill to prevent slaveholding and kidnapping and call for strong penalties while denouncing the Supreme Court. New York enacts an act guaranteeing freedom for all in the state and outlawing slavery by law with penalties for violations.
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Ohio
Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Kansas
Senate
Legislative Assembly
New York
Albany
Supreme Court of the United States
Tate
State of
Assembly
Reports on currency reform and sapphire discovery
A winter monthly notes a decimal currency plan starting January. It mentions bread poisoning suspicions in Hong Kong and a German analysis by Baron Liebig. Parisian M Gandin claims a method creating sapphires from alum and potash sulfate in a forged crucible, producing corundum crystals up to about a millimeter in size suitable for watchmaking.
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Hong Kong
Baron Liebig
Munich
M. Gandin
Paris
Atlantic Submarine Cable Plans Stir Wide Interest
The Atlantic cable project and its aims draw cross Atlantic attention as debates rise over its design. Critics note a lack of return wire and an extremely thin conducting core, arguing the cable rests on a flawed principle despite manufacturing skill and low per mile cost.
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the Times
Patent cable critique favors new core design over spiral outside wires
The author argues lightness and cheapness miss the mark as spiral outside wires strain the conductor. He cites Atlantic cable elongation risks, warns current flow would drop across long spans, and endorses a patent using a large conductor core. The piece notes plans to power the cable with Smee's batteries and Morse's telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Smee
Morse
Handel festival at Crystal Palace draws large crowds
The Crystal Palace prepares for a grand Handel festival with over two thousand five hundred performers. Tickets sold fast, stalls set across 13,600 seats plus 3,000 galleries. La Traviata at Her Majesty’s Theatre receives enthusiastic reviews as critics debate morality and audience taste.
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Crystal Palace
Israel
Judas Maccabeus
Exeter Hall
Crystal Palace Company
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Mddle
Piccolomini
la Traviata
Mr. Snake
School For Scandal
National Institution
Portland Gallery
R. S. Lander
T. 8. Robins
E. C. Williams
Wingfield
Marks
Royal Academy
Millais
Pate
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