Excerpts from Rev Henry Stern Letter on Abyssinia Campaign
The Rev Henry A Stern reports from Magdala that news of the British expedition reached them on Friday December 13, noting the King is three days away yet hindered by insurgents and bulky cannons. He describes a brutal execution method and cites General Merewether urging provisions and a swift advance once stockpiled, with Gobazye asked to restrain Theodore and protect captives.
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Henry A. Stern
Magdala
Abyssinia
Ourney
Theodoros
Merewether
Stern
Gobazye
Theodore
Miecesehne
Fenianism Trials and Cork Arrests Dominate Bow Street
At Bow Street on Tuesday eight prisoners faced remand for the Clerkenwell explosion deaths with Crown info prompting delay. Cork saw Captain Mackay amid arrests after a shootout with police, a boy killed in the mob scene, and police guarding the Bridewell. In Dublin and Cork further Fenian actions included indictments, trials, and newspaper prosecutions.
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Clerkenwell
Thomas Henry
Bow Street
Giffard
Lewis
O'Neill
Scotland
Mullaney
Mackay
Bridewell
Allport
Cork
Tuckey-street
Bullen
Hynes
Hugo
Doreen
Flanagan
Commission
Dublin
Justice Fitzgerald
Lennon
Weekly News
Irishman
Pigott
Hardy
Seymour
Government Address Handed to Her Majesty
The offer was presented to the Government and he ensured the address would be submitted to Her Majesty at the earliest opportunity.
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Her
Court Postponed and Royal News From Osborne to Marlborough House
The court session scheduled for Tuesday March 3 is postponed to Friday March 6 due to Prince Leopold’s illness. The Prince of Wales and Princess of Manchester visit ends with returns to Marlborough House. The Princess of Wales shows improved mobility. tributes include a ruby bracelet to Mrs. Martin. reports on Adams, Education Bill, Irish subsidies, and Livingstone expedition prospects. Sir David Brewster dies aged 98 at Allerley House, with notes on his family and career.
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Osborne
Prince Leopold
Prince of Wales
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
Kimbolton Castle
Marlborough House
Princess of Wales
Athenaum
Prince Consort
John Plummer
Earl of Derby
Theodore Martin
Adams
United States
London
Johnson
John Bull
Duke of Marlborough
Irish Times
Treasury
Exhibition Palace
Dublin
Royal Irish Institute of Art
Cork
Belfast Lough
Weekly Register
Gladstone
Admiralty
Young
Livingstone
Duke of Edinburgh
Australia
Royal Geographical Society
Roderick Murchison
Nile
Egypt
National Conservative and Constitutional Union
Council of the Union
Sir David Brewster
Allerley House
Melrose
Sir David
Jedburgh
Roxburghshire
Brewster of
Craig
Brewster
Scoonie
Patrick
Paisley
Duke of Roxburghe
Decrease of the Population in Ireland in 1867
The Registrar General reports June 1867 population of Ireland at 5,557,196, down from 5,798,564 on April 7, 1861, a net decrease of 241,368 over six years and more despite births.
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Ireland
Registrar- General
Fire Incinerates Oxford Music Hall Amidst Ruin
Fire at the Oxford Music Hall near Tottenham Court Road gutted much of the interior after a night of carelessness and fuse-related causes. A 27-year-old Charterhouse-square resident died from a fall during somnambulism. Notting-hill street assault on bullion merchant Mr M keown leads to police court action where liquor may have influenced events.
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Oxford
Tottenham Court Road
Charterhouse-square
St. Aubyn's Bay
Jersey
Pangdestre
Speke
Notting-hill
M’keown
Fenchurch-street
St. James's Hall
Lancaster-road
Hammersmith
M‘keown
London and County Bank declares 20 percent annual dividend
At the half yearly meeting of the London and County Banking Company a 6 per cent dividend and an 8 per cent bonus were recommended, totaling 20 per cent for 1867. Net half year profit reached 90 000 pounds with 9,000,000 pounds due from bills discounted and advances to customers.
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London and County Bank
London and County Banking Company
Sheffield
Manchester
Salford
National Institution
United Kingdom
Great Northean Hospital
Caledonian Road
Myddelton Hall
Islington
Holloway Volunteer Fire Brigade
Launcch
Hercules
Chatham
Admiralty
H. Corry
Lord H. Lennox
Corry
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