Critique of Northfleet Disaster Signals and Heroism
The article condemns the Northfleet’s poor distress signaling and panic aboard the ship. It contrasts Captain Knowles’s selfless act with passengers’ selfish crowding for boats and the brutal treatment of women and children. It warns that education alone won’t ensure self discipline and notes distress over the navvies’ actions and 후.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfleet
Knowles
London
Bank Cuts Discount Rate to Four Percent
The Bank directors reduced the official rate of discount to 4 percent on Thursday. Other items include a note on a Japanese Bible translation and large swindled estates of late figures, plus several brief notices and a mosquito fertiliser invention from Stratford Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bruce-Pryce
Duffryn
Glamorganshire
Home Secretary
Charles Meeking
Houston
Caledonian Railway
Zoological Society
Scientific American
Stratford
Connecticut
Strains of Irish Education and Dickens Under Scrutiny
The writer examines Irish Catholic influence on Gladstone politics and the popish secession threat, arguing duty over expediency. It also critiques Dickens portrayal of Mr Binney, defending Binney’s integrity and urging honest reporting over sensationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Gladstone
Venus
Ireland
Evangelical
Mr. Binney
E Evangelical
Dickens
Howe
George Cruikshank
Joshua Harrison
T. Binney
Forster
Mr. C
Hone
Cruikshank
Mr. Cruikshank
Binney
London
Weigh-House
Evangelical Magazine
Miall