Bazaine Death Sentence Commuted To Twenty Years Seclusion
The article recounts Marshal Bazaine's death sentence by the court martial, later commuted by Marshal MacMahon to twenty years of seclusion with military degradation. It notes letters of thanks and appeals for mercy from officials and Bazaine, and the judges’ plea that his command was given under dire conditions.
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Marshal Bazaine
Legion of Honour
Trianon
Marshal IsacMahon
Marshal Mac-Mahon
M. Lachaud
M. Thiers
Republic
M. Lachand
Mercy
Marshal MacMahon
Bazaine
Ashantee War Briefing From Cape Coast Castle
Intelligence up to November 24 reports Wolseley recovered and ashore at Cape Coast Castle. Glover's expedition stalled while the Simoom carried invalids to St Helena. The Ashantees retreat north. King Coffee moves with 60,000 toward Prah. Reports say the King of Ashantee may be dead. Wolseley plans coordinated operations between Christmas and New Year.
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Cape Coast Castle
Garnet Wolseley
Simoom
Glover
Volta
St. Helena
H.M.S. Druid
Barracouta
Prah
Rourke
Dixcove
Axim
Coffee
Ashantee
Coomassie
Sir Garnet Wolseley
Sir Garnet
Election of Secretary for Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund
At Mansion House Friday meeting of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund Alderman Sir Sydney Waterlow presided Henry N Custance former Middlesex Hospital secretary elected secretary to the fund Salary 2507 a year from 328 candidates. About 700 ministers have agreed to set apart Sunday June 14 for collections and more worship places are expected to join next year.
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Mansion House
Council of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund
Sydney Waterlow
Henry N. Custance
Middlesex Hospital
Shadow of Death portrait by Holman Hunt analyzed in critique
The review praises Holman Hunt's method and local accuracy in The Shadow of Death shown in Old Bond Street. It notes the carpenter shop setting, the cross shadow motif, and Bethlehem Nazareth Jerusalem origins, while criticising excessive detail that diverts from central grandeur and imagination. The piece contrasts reactions from readers and discusses the painting’s religious implications.
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Hunt
Old Bond Street
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Christ
Church Herald
Royals Observe Prince Consort Anniversary at Frogmore
On the twelfth anniversary of the Prince Consort's death Her Majesty and royal party visit Frogmore Mausoleum. The Dean of Windsor leads the service while choirs perform hymns. The Queen donates a book on the national monument to the Guildhall Library with a grateful note to the City.
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Prince Consort
Prince
Princess of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Princess Christian
Princess Louis of Hesse
Prince Arthur
Prince Leopold
Beatrice
Royal Mausoleum
Frogmore
Windsor
Dean Stanley
Chapel-Royal
St. George’s
Guildhall
Prince and Princess of Wales
Blenheim House
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
Woodstock
Disraeli
Oxford
Christ Church
Liddell
William Grey
K,c.s.1
John P. Grant
Jamaica
Goldwin Smith
The
Daily News
England
Liverpool Assizes
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