Navy Discretion Over Slaves Sparks Policy Debate
A Times letter argues for wider naval discretion in freeing slaves at sea, criticizing Admiralty Circular limits. It cites a Mozambique case where a captain freed a slave who later faced pressure from Arab rulers, claiming the policy risks eroding England's anti slavery stance and inviting slaveholders’ retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Birmingham
Africa
Times
Mozambique
Admiralty
Arabia
England
Parliament
Proposed cession of the Gambia Territory debated
Contemplated transfer of the Gambia colony to France provokes pearly strong opposition. Critics condemn peace time cession as an outrage, citing slave circulars and colonial office remarks that challenge human rights.
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Gambia
Africa
Europe
Colonial Office
Gambia Crisis: British Trade and Rights at Stake
The Gambia colony at river mouth houses about 15,000 Protestant English-speaking natives under English law. Proposals to cede the territory and river rights to France provoke merchant protests and fear of alien rule, urging Parliament to oppose transfer and defend British trade and Christian missions.
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The
Gambia
Africa
Manchester
Tahiti
Senegal
Colonial Office
Gold
Dahomey
Ashantee
Gold Coast
Lord Kimberley
England
United States
Notable literary notes from the era foreground figures and works
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol contributes a paper on the real distinction between Rome and England for the Quiver. The late Lord Amberley’s Analysis of Religion is expected with a life sketch. Adams prepares Familiar Letters of John and Abigail Adams during the Revolution, while Mdme Nilsson leaves Paris to join her husband in Cannes amid health concerns.
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Gloucester
Bristol
Rome
England
Lord Amberley
Jonas Fisher
Robert Buchanan
Earl of Southesk
Charles Francis Adams
John Adams
Abigail Adams
The Past as Fate in George Eliot’s Major Works
A literary critique argues Eliot’s novels center on destiny shaped by the past. It contrasts her tragic depth with Thackeray’s romantic pathos and examines Gwen dolen and Gwendolen as figures bound by social fate, marriage, and inner conflict.
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George Eliot
Romola
Tom
Maggie Tulliver
Philip
Silas Marner
Dorothea
Miss Thackeray
Gwendolen Harleth
Gwendolen
Neece
Miss Merry
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Grerce Evner
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