Royal fête honors notable guests and political shifts
Reports from Melbourne on April 25 note the expulsion of a former Railways Minister from Parliament following a Bribery Committee report, and a former Melbourne mayor punished, with further upheaval likely. Other items discuss Canadian Newfoundland admission, Nova Scotia’s stance on annexation, Austrian episcopal controls, Polynesian labor petitions, and moral statistics in Vienna.
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Melbourne
Victoria
House of Commons
Newfoundland
House of Assembly
Sydney
the Times
Legislative Assembly of
Queensland
Reichsrath
Vienna
Count Auersperg
Austria
Palau
Australm
England
Antipathy to England in America Across German Immigrants
A Daily News correspondent reports a large influx of Germans to the United States, nearly four million by this time, mainly peasants and small traders seeking better conditions and avoiding conscription. Educated Germans tend toward republicanism, while still cherishing Fatherland and German unification, reducing potential clashes with any German state.
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New York
The
Daily News
English Emigration as Peaceful Influence in America
The author argues that a large English and Scottish immigrant presence would pacify American politics toward Germany by moderating public opinion, aligning with Protestant groups, and integrating into U S civic life. He warns against Irish and German political dominance and claims British emigrants would understand and uphold Anglo-Saxon political values.
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Prussia
Wurtemberg
Bavaria
Germany
England
United States
Republic
Basuto Deputation to England Aims at Natal Request
The Basutos plan a deputation to England to urge Earl Granville not to ratify the February 12 convention obtained by the Volksraad Commission from Sir Philip Wodehouse. Sekele, Moshesh’s youngest son, sails with Natal lawyer Mr. Buchanan to present Basuto claims to the British authorities. The Cape Governor ceded fertile Basuto land to the Orange Free State amid regional tensions. In a separate note a thief who swapped a dog for sausages is recounted.
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Enouano
Cape Standard
Orange Free State
Old Country
Natal
Earl Granville
Volksraad
Philip Wodehouse
Aliwal
T’sekele
Moshesh
England
Norseman
D. D. Buchanan
Natal Witness
Africa
Cape Colony
Buchanan
Court Official and Personal Heros
The Queen and royal family expected at Windsor this morning on return from Balmoral. Prince Arthur's in the Hebrides and will head to Canada in autumn to join the Rifle Brigade, possibly returning to a Woolwich battalion next spring. Lord Shaftesbury absent in Lords due to Lady Caroline Neeld’s death. Alfred Tennyson and Frederick Locker leave London for a Switzerland tour. The Brecon election petition against Lord Hyde will be withdrawn. Reuter's Telegram concession award: claimed 1,243,000 pounds, awarded 726,000 pounds plus costs. Massie life assured by General Assurance Co. Earl of Radnor sworn under 160,000. Local journal says Mr Whalley improving after accident, though with a lame knee.
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Windsor
Balmoral
Prince Arthur
Hebrides
Canada
Rifle Brigade
Woolwich
Lord Shaftesbury
Caroline Neeld
House of Lords
Alfred Tennyson
Frederick Locker
London
Switzerland
Lord Hyde
Brecon
Reuter
J. W. Massie
Waterford
Daily Press
General Assurance Company
King William-street
Earl of Radnor
Illustrated News
Whalley
Baker Pasha's force to conquer the Soudan and health reform talk
The Army and Navy Gazette notes Baker Pasha leads a 3,300 man expedition for the Soudan with diverse units and warns on disease in damp climates. Separate items report the Ladies Sanitary Association meeting chaired by Lord Shaftesbury, Princess Victoria joining patronage, extensive charitable acts, revenues and dining rooms, plus a Paris shop notice mocking rioters.
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Baxgr
Baker Pasha
The
Soudan
Army and Navy Gazette
Ladies’ Sanitary Association
Berkeley Square
Lady Burrell
Lord Shaftesbury
Butler
Crown Princess of
Prussia
London
London Dressmakers’ Company
Aberdeen
Brighton
Bristol
Cardiff
Paisley
Leeds
Reading
Romsey
Birmingham
J. B. Owen
Society For the Prevention of Disease
Richardson
Farr
Europe
Italy
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