Wreck of an Emigrant Ship on Long Sands Off Harwich
Harwich reports a catastrophic voyage disaster with nearly 200 lives lost when an emigrant ship struck the Long Sands in a Wednesday gale. Survivors describe frantic scenes as lifeboats failed and the vessel broke up, with four men rescued by the Petrel cutter and nurses tending the injured ashore as authorities await recovered bodies.
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Long Sands
Petal
Whitmore
Her Majesty
Petrel
Billingsley
Lloyd’s
Henry Ill
William Harry
Harwich
Railway Intelligence and Controversies Across UK Lines
Reported meetings of Waterford to Dublin railways open with strange intruder claims and obstructive protests. York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway probes Mr Hudson’s share dealings amid calls for transparency and possible resignations. Scottish Central votes to end Sunday closures as British and Irish lines see large capital calls and fluctuating gains.
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Sincuran
Waterford
Wexford, Wicklow
Dublin
West Strand
Tam
Whitehall
Warrington
Nash
Times of
York, Newcastle, and Berwick
York
George Hdson
Hudson
Prance
Eastern Counties
the Midland
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick
Eastern Counties Company
London
Newby Pak
Scottish Central
Ron
Government Jewish Bill and religious tests debated
A London Scotsman correspondent says the Government planned a broader reform beyond Jewish emancipation to abolish religious tests for Parliament. Disraeli and Liberal factions favored a wider reform, but chance of success was uncertain. Meanwhile a grand jury at the Central Criminal Court returned four true bills for manslaughter against Bartholomew Peter Drouet.
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Liberal Party
John Russell
Disraeli
London
The
Scotsman
Grand Jury
Central Criminal Court
Bartholomew Peter Drouet
Court and Royal News From St James Palace to Osborne
The Queen held the second levee at St James's Palace with the Duke of Cambridge and the hereditary prince among attendees. Privy Council meeting at Buckingham, Handel performances attended by Prince Augert and Wellington. Sir William Gomm ordered to India as commander in chief, amid government shifts. Queen of the Belgians arrived in Dover en route to Claremont. Anticipated India reinforcements prompt suspension of discharge orders for soldiers.
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St. James’s Palace
Duke of Cambridge
Prince of Parma
Prince Petrulla
Palermo
M. de Treachow
Denmark
Henry Light
British Guiana
Caldwell
Archibald Galloway
Order of Bath
Augustus Hotham
G.C.B
William Hotham
Buckingham Palace
John Russell
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Palmerston
Prince Augert
Prince
Duke of Wellington
Handel
Israel
Egypt
Sacred Harmonic Society
Prince Albert
Osborne
South-western Railway
Charles Napier
Wakley
Harefield Park
Dover
Ostend
Claremont
India
Horse Guards
Bengal
Huppersherp Linz
Holmfirth
Liverpool
Labouchere
Prince of Orange
Ayr
Greenfield
A. Hunter
Doonholm
Lectures stir Castle-hall audience on liberty and reform
Fr Ra Minicua M praises Henry Vincent for three powerful lectures on the age, governance, and civil liberty in Castle-hall, drawing wide admiration and anticipation for a second course on Cromwell and the Commonwealth.
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Ra Minicua M
Henry Vincent
Goxto
California
Bank of England
Pandora
Wood
Pacific
Greenwich Hospital
Gibbe
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