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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 13, 1850
Page
5
Despatches report escalating action in the region with Admiral Parker refusing to suspend operations. The Pireus despatch notes a stricter blockade, several ships fired upon, and more than 160 Greek vessels seized.
A Kiel letter says General Hahn, head of Prussian forces in Southern Schleswig, has orders from Berlin to pull support from the Schleswig Administration. Copenhagen and Berlin report difficulty in reaching a definite agreement as Prussian and English proposals clash with Danish resistance.
News notes General Luders receives orders to remove troops from the Danubian principalities but faces delays and reports that the 16th division, 9th mounted artillery brigade, and two lancer regiments will stay through May. Separate items report earthquakes in Northern Africa and various imperial dispatches from India and Mexico.
Mr. Stewart Rolland and Layard describe recent digs at Mossul Koyanjik and Nimroud. New colossal bulls and figures emerge at Koyanjik while Nimroud yields copper cauldrons ivory ornaments an iron axe head and vast metal dishes. Layard plans to move two grand lion statues to England within months. jin. Jan 6 notes unveil many embossed metal vases bowls shields and swords. fragile alloys crusted with copper complicate extraction.
Sir Roderick I Murchison argues that Californian gold discoveries will not depress prices. He cites Siberian mines yielding three million gold per year and predicts wider use of gold in arts and wealth diffusion will keep its value. The Duke of Sutherland’s deafness reportedly cured by Dr Turnbull is noted. A plan to remove iron railings around St Pauls Cathedral gains support in the City.
The Lord Lieutenant, via the High Sheriff and the Marquis of Londonderry, condemns clerical meddling in secular affairs and notes public concern over landlord tenant relations and agrarian outrages in Ireland. Lord Clarendon rebukes Presbyterian agitators while authorities promise swift action against crime in Down.
Monday afternoon a series of explosions leveled seven Curtis and Harvey powder mills in Hounslow causing total destruction of buildings and fatalities. Seven workers died and four were injured as crews found men bleeding and burned amid the wreckage.
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