Disraeli Attacks Government and Parliament Reform
The article reports Disraeli’s fierce parliamentary rhetoric criticizing government policy and the Ashantee war while urging caution on franchise reforms and redistribution. He warns against constant organics changes, supports respectful consideration for government proposals, and warns of Europe’s struggle between faith and free thought. An incident at Glasgow University sees Disraeli in rectorial robes at a sermon where a gas light moment briefly illuminated the chapel.
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Disraeli
House of Commons
Glasgow University Chapel
Caird
Mr. Disraeli
Glasgow
Election Intelligence in Haverfordwest and Surroundings
Reports from Haverfordwest show Lord Kensington leading Colonel Peel by 610 to 558 with 780 votes cast of about 800 eligible. Exeter hints at a Liberal uptick as Watkin gains railway workers support. Frome and Huntingdon note Liberal activity and potential candidates. Middlesex and other towns prepare for December elections.
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Exeter
Edward Watkin
Untingdon
Thomas Baring
Charles Veasey
Huntingdon
Neville Goodman
Norrinc Ham
A. Herbert
Frome
Milner Gibson
Lopes
Norwich
Huddleston
Q.C
H. Stracey
Preston
Mottershead
Labour Representation League
Allen
Amalgamated Engineers’ Society
Mipplesex
Kinnaird
M.P
Morley
Middlesex Liberal Voice on Education and Reform
A Middlesex Liberal speaker argues for secular and compulsory education, land mobilization, county administration by ratepayer representatives, and fairer class power distribution. He says these views may not command full Liberal support yet he cannot shun expressing his opinions to win the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Ashantee War latest reports from West Africa
Advices from the West Coast describe a renewed attack on Ashantee positions near Dunquah. Colonel Festing led 100 West Indians and regulars with 200 Fantees and Houssan, aided by rockets and a 7-pounder, driving the Ashantees from a camp and eventually routing them after a two to three hour fight. Forty two of two to three hundred men were wounded or killed, five of nine officers wounded.
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Africa
Dunquah
Prah
Festing
Cape Coast Castle
Fantees
Houssan
Testing
Daily News
Garnet Wolseley
Coomassie
Himalaya
Tamar
Plymouth
Queenstown
42Nd Highlanders
Portsmouth
Archibald Alison
Daily Telegraph
McNeill
Madeira
Forbes
Haynes
Godwin
Filliter
Coffee Calalli
Adjiempan
Ashantee
Waassaw
Commendee
Assin
King Coffee
Sermons and Mill Works Set for Publication and Sold Out
A new volume of sermons by the Archbishop of Westminster titled Sin and its Consequences is in the press and soon to be available. The statue of Mr. Mill will be executed by J. H. Foley, R.A. Mill's posthumous essays The Utilitarianism of Religion Nature and Therson will form one volume. Mill's autobiography, 3000 copies, sold in six days. a second 3000 copies are exhausted.
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Westminster
Mill
J. H. Foley
R.A
John Mill
Therson
Marshal MacMahon Dictator Move in French Assembly
The French Assembly debated extending Marshal MacMahon's powers for seven years amid a tense crisis. The vote passed 383 to 317 with 66 for the government, aided by defections and abstentions. The Comte de Chambord considered abdication as elections are set for December 7 in Aude Finisterre and Seine-et-Oise.
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Marshal Macmahon
Duc de Broglie
M. Grévy
M. Buffet
M. Casimir- Périer
M. Laboulaye
Comte de Chambord
France
Comte
Aude
Finisterre
Seine-et-Oise
National Assembly
M. Léon Say
M. Beulé
M. Bethmont
M. Louis Blanc
Munich Council Praises Dollinger on Jubilee Professorship
From Munich comes word that the town council presented a congratulatory address to Dr. Dollinger marking fifty years since his professorship. In New York reports a cable steamer wreck named the Robert Lowe cost eighteen lives. W. M. Tweed faces twelve years in prison and a 12750 daler fine with judgment reserved and Tweed placed at the Tombs. Cardinal Pecci is chosen as the next Pope by the cardinals in a strong Ultramontane majority, likely to seek amicable terms with the Italian government. Charles Livingstone dies of fever aboard the steamship Ethiopia off Liverpool.
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Munich
Dollinger
New York
Robert Lowe
W. M. Tweed
Tweed
Tombs
Cardinal Pecci
Perugia
Dearn
Cuarces Livingstone
Liverpool
Charles Livingstone
Ethiopia
Livingstone
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