Peace plea against war and Sumner's claims urged in London
General Grant and Chief Justice Chase are cited as opposing Sumner's damages approach. The London Peace Society hears speeches urging restraint, arbitration, and Christian ethics to prevent Anglo American conflict. Henry Richard is praised for peace advocacy as he returns to Parliament.
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General Grant
Chase
Sumner
Alabama
Court of Chance
England
America
Sunday Schools
Temperance Societies
Hell
Wma. Fowler, Esq
M.P
Europe
Peace Society
Crimea
Pruth
Coleridge
Ocean
Robert Peel
Lord Clarendon
Lord Stanley
John Jay
United States
Russia
Edwards
George-street
Hanover-square
Richard
London
Cyrus Field
William Jay
Joseph Sturge
American State Department
London Peace Society
Henry Richard
A. McLeenuan
Christ
William Creemer
International
Working Men’s Association
France
Prussia
St. James's Hall
Stoxzs
House of Commons
Henry Ricuard
Eminent Earl of Shaftesbury on Religi ous Tract Society Anniversary
The Earl of Shaftesbury chaired Exeter Hall gathering praising the Religious Tract Society. He highlighted 850 million pages published this year and 47 million distinct publications, totaling 1.26 billion works reissued to spread Christian life. He praised the moral atmosphere created and the society’s seventieth anniversary.
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Exeter Hall
Earl of Shaftesbury
Religious Tract Society
British and Foreign Bible Society