Despatches of Sir Garner Wobeley on Ashantee Peace Terms
Sir Garner Wobseley publishes despatches detailing recent Gold Coast events. They include the peace terms sent to the King of Ashantee from Fommanah, which had not yet been ratified by latest accounts. The British general warns of danger if Ashantee breaks up its kingdom while Britain remains unengaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower Hamlets
Captain Morse
Thomas Scrutton
R. Gladding
Sista B
Garner Wobseley
Gold Coast
Ashantee
Fommanah
Dannger
Treaty aims and royal greetings amid political shifts
The article outlines Sir Garnet's treaty stipulations with Ashanti chiefs including limiting human sacrifice and opening roads and trade between Coomassie and the Prah. It notes white troops sailing home, Victoria's reception with her French-Russian visitor, and polls showing Liberal dynamics in Eye and Oxford. It also covers education agitation and European political shifts, with Bengal famine relief concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlansi
Garnet
Coomassie
Prah
England
Portsmouth
Queen Victoria
Paddington
Buckingham Palace
Duchess of Edinburgh
Buckinghamshire
Eye
Easton
Lord Barrington
Kerrison
Oxford
Hall
Cardwell
J. D. Lewis
Disraeli
Gladstone
Liberal Party
Earl Granville
House of Commons
Lord Hartington
Forster
Goschen
Cardiganshire
E. M. Richards
National Society
Universal School Boards
Prince Louis Napoleon Comes of Age at Chislehurst Fete
The Chislehurst demonstration marks Prince Louis Napoleon’s majority with a ceremonial, address, and reply signaling readiness to seek a plebiscite for the French throne. Observers question whether the event reflects true national sentiment, while noting the prince’s belief in hereditary right and future influence on France’s politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Napoleon
France
Prince Imperial
Appui
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Cannon Street
London
Wennesday
Henry Richard
Europe
A. J. Mundella
Henry Catford
New Broad Street
F.C
Ociety
J. Carvell Williams
Berjeans’ Inn
Fleet-street
Gafe Investments
SHARP
Messrs. Stiarp and Co
London and
Westminster
Lothbury
B.C
Committee of Council
French National Assembly
Spain
Serrano
Reichsrath
Bengal
Calcutta
Tirhoot
Chislehurst
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