Strange funeral rites on the street beg a wary eye
An elaborate street ceremony featured a priestly man with an ox horn, mourners in white with cowls, a coffin on the sidewalk, and lavish sacrificial offerings including hogs, sheep, and birds. The scene ended with fires and a procession outside a house. An interview with the Khedive Ismail Pasha followed, noting his dignified bearing, early restraint, and later strong will shaping Egypt’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella
Pall Mall Gazette
BayrTian Vierney
Daily Telegraph
Egypt
Turkey
Ismail Pasha
Mehemet Ali
Ismail
Irish Land Question Draft Bill Drafted by Campbell
The Liverpool Courier reports a strong authority that a new Irish Land Bill is being prepared by Mr Campbell a former mediator in the Oude Talookdar and ryot dispute. The draft’s most remarkable feature is not stated in the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool Courier
Campbell
Oude
India
Ireland Land Reform Apostrophe Reveals Tenant Right Debate
A Times special outlines a proposed land board with power to resolve landlord tenant disputes without appeal. It argues tenant-right will be legalised where present and compensation for improvements included, detailing one quarters of occupiers as capitalist farmers and the rest as peasant tenants.
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Board of Land Commissioners
Uleter
Ireland
Dublin
Meath
Westmeath
Limerick
Ulster
Wexford
Equitable Rights of Tenants in Irish Land Law
The passage critiques landlord power over tenant rights in Ireland, arguing the law denies tenants a real lien or estate in the soil. It notes landlords evict or raise rents to profit, undermining peasant farmers. A strong regional custom in one province protects tenants, while in other areas law and restraint mitigate abuses though protections remain weaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
North
Nomination clashes in Longford amid riot and mob
Report of Longford candidate nominations with Captain Greville Nugent and John Martin amid riots. Police, Hussars, and militia dispersed mobs after Riot Act read. Amnesty Committee members attacked while being escorted, priests denounced mob violence, and public accusations and countercharges fly between supporters.
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Longford
Greville-Nugent
Lord Greville
John Martin
America
14Th Hussars
16Th Regiment
Dublin
Reynolds
Greville- Nugent
Cavan
Westmeath
Roscommon
A. M. Sullivan
the Nation
Father Reynolds
St. Mell’s College
Luke Barton
Meath
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