English Eclipse Times and Expedition Disaster
Observers in England receive calculated contact times for the solar eclipse, noting the greatest phase around noon with 0.8 magnitude. Journal reports the English Eclipse Expedition’s disaster as the Payohe struck a sunken rock near Catania. crew saved and instruments intact. Norman Lockyer praises the captain who sought rescue assistance from Malta, while astronomers proceed to Sicily with the instruments for eclipse observation.
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England
Wales
Metropolis
Greenwich
Catania
Norman Lockyer
Malta
Naples
Sicily
Lord Derby Denounces Prussian Military System
The Earl of Derby, speaking after prize ceremonies for the Jat Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, warns against adopting Prussian armament methods. He defends the English Volunteer system as free and spontaneous and argues that a nation should not mobilize the whole population for war. He adds that military change should serve public duty even if it conflicts with personal preferences.
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Earl of Derby
Jat Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
Lord Derby
Manchester
Royal Albert Asylum
Northern Counties
House of Lords
Earl
Rise of Democratic Power and Lords Reform Debate
The speaker argues that wealth growth and many in top society dilute the Lords’ authority, likening it to a randomly drawn jury from the upper classes. He adds that despite changes, those in the Lords who seek to perform public duties still have ample opportunity to act.
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House of Lords
Opium Traffic in China Factories Moral Deterioration and Loss
The article outlines how opium smoking degrades Chinese society by causing sterility and eroding moral sense. It describes the time and expense of daily consumption, the personal ruin of smokers, and the broader economic harm to laborers and the nation, with 1833 and 1867 trade figures illustrating the broad wealth transfer to Britain through opium.
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China
Dr. Medhurst
Coleridge
Dols
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Guirrira Joan
Hanxon
India
Davis
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