Thanksgiving Day pageant and political wrap in one dawn issue
The Times leads with Thanksgiving Day crowds in London and the Queen’s reception, praising the vast turnout with few mishaps. It reports on a Liberal seat loss to Conservative Monckton in North Nottingham, notes Dukeries landowner influence, and surveys French Royalist setbacks, Thiers’ policy shifts, and ongoing Alabama treaty diplomacy between Washington and London.
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Times of
England
North
Nottingham
Monckton
Laycock
Portland
Newcastle
Sheffield
National Assembly
Antwerp
Henry V
Gaulois
M. Thiers
Napoleon III
Durst
Rome
Count de Chambord
Pius IX
Austria
Germany
Tyrol
Vatican
Malta
Alabama
New York
New York World
Grant
Tts
Union
Fish
Lord Granville
Washington
Morse
Ocean
Atlantic
Colfax
United States
Diplomacy Hopes To Save Treaty Between Nations
A Brooklyn speech asserts neither government will revoke a peace treaty and Washington hopes explanation will clear misunderstandings. Americans remain confident a satisfactory outcome may come, diplomacy failing so far to avert the dispute yet seeking to preserve friendly ties and national honor.
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Brooklyn
Washington
Lower House business and the need for reform
The piece complains that House of Commons procedures waste time and invite needless talk. It argues for fixed day hours, a noon start, and limits on late sittings to improve efficiency. It criticizes current Labour division and the government’s timid handling of reform.
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House of Commons
Committee of Supply