Left Centre splits as deputies pledge loyalty to ministry
In the Corps Législatif a Left Centre meeting backed the original party programme but exposed rifts. Fifteen dissidents pledged to support the Government while opposing departures, signaling continued factional divides amid ministerial defeats by Extreme Right and Left coalitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corps Législatif
M. d’Andelarre
Count Dary
M. Buffettod
Left Centre
France
M. Oltivier
M. Clément Duvernois
M. Ollivier
M. Paul Bethmont
Conseils. Généraux
Emile Olliver
Baron Jerome David
M. Quivier
Baron David
M. Reille
M. Bethmont
Paris
Indépendance Belge
Chamber of Indictments
High Court of Justice
Napoleon
M. Emile Girardin
Liberté
M. Jerome David
Spain Debates Monarch Election Amid Slavery Reform
The Cortes votes 106 to 96 to back Senor Rosa Arias amendment requiring an absolute majority of elected deputies for a monarch. Espartero urged restraint, while slavery emancipation faces a sixty year timeline. 5000 Madrid demonstrators back Espartero as Septembristas form. Lisbon reports Saldanha seeks Constituent Cortes and 30,000-strong army. overall calm reported.
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Cortes
Senor Rosa Arias
Marshal Espartero
Madrid
Alphonsistas
Septembristas
Lisbon
Marshal Saldanha
Portugal
Italian Bands Invade from Switzerland and Turmoil in Italy
Italy faced a tentative incursion as a Lugano crossing band confronted Custom House guards before dispersing into the mountains. The Como unit seized ammunition at a guardhouse, with a sentinel captured then released. Troops pursued, bands dispersed at Colico, and a larger revolt is quelled as general tranquillity returns. Nathan fled to Switzerland, seven captured, populace indifference dampening support. Garibaldi rumors persist as deputies approve military reductions and Swiss protests rise over refugee bands crossing into Italy.
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Italy
Switzerland
Lugano
Como
Casino
Gira
Colico
Pavia
Nathan
Milan
Ricciotti Garibaldi
Ionian Islands
Chamber of Deputies
Ltalian
Corriere di Milano
Garibaldi
Caprera
Caprera Letter Reports Italian Constitutional Anniversary
The Oficial Gazette notes the constitution anniversary was quietly celebrated across the kingdom. About sixty armed rioters near Lucca and a smaller group at Sarzana damaged telegraphs but were dispersed by troops and authorities tightened preventive measures. Menotti Garibaldi denies offering support to the troubles, while Ricciotti Garibaldi fought with insurgents in Calabria.
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Caprera
Oficial
Lucca
Sarzana
Menotti Garibaldi
Italy
Ricciotti
Calabria
Greece Brings King and Queen to Corfu amid Greek crisis
King George and Queen Alexandra depart for Corfu where the Queen plans to spend the summer while the King returns to Athens. The Greek Prime Minister mails letters to Sir Roundell Palmer and Sir Henry Bulwer alleging inaccuracies in a Commons speech about the Greek massacre. A Chalcis dispatch notes brigands near the area, with Takos and others wounded or condemned. peasants fear denouncing them as troops are accused of inaction. Her Majesty's ship Jaseur remains, slated to sail to the Pirsons tonight or tomorrow.
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Greece
George
Corfu
Athens
Roundell Palmer
House of Commons
Henry Bulwer
Chalcis
Takos
Spanos
House Rejects Tax Bill Amendment After Debate
The House voted 92 to 72 against a 6 percent tax on interest income from Government Bonds. The Tariff Bill debate included Schenk's amendment setting pig iron at 7 dollars a ton and steel bars at 14 cents per pound. The Inland Tax Bill progressed with a previous question vote 99 to 83 amid opposition from free traders.
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House of Representatives
San Domingo
Senate
Ohio Democratic State Convention
Spain
Great Britain
House
Schenk
Park Steel
Bessemer
Fenian raid repelled by Canadian forces at crossing
A Fenian party of about 100 men landed on Upton by the Chicago steamboat and distributed ammunition before retreating toward Duluth as troops mobilized. Governor General and General Lindsay praised Volunteer Militia for prompt defense, noting effective shooting and home guard action at Pigeon Hill and Trout River amid reports of Red River resistance by Riel and limited US troop involvement.
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Toronto Globe
Sault Ste. Marie
Upton
Chicago
Duluth
Lindsay
Riel
Red River
Pigeon Hill
Trout River
United States
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America
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