Diamonds and Ophir Hope at Capetown Diggings
The writer warns readers about diamond field expeditions, outlining risks and required funds and advising to wait six months for success. He notes distant ruins guarded by natives and suggests seeking more route info in Capetown, with G Greig of Lombard Street offering a pamphlet. He also mentions cotton farming as a lasting opportunity at the Cape.
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Central America
Ophir
Diamond Fields
England
Capetown
Hogland
G. Greig
George-yard
Lombard-street
Cape
Evangelical Magazine Widows Fund Dispute Raises Question
A letter to the Nonconformist defends the Evangelical Magazine Widows Fund, stating Sir Francis Croasley may not have known of its near 20 000 pound total when he proposed a gift to support widows. The writer asserts there were no objections to increasing a fund aligned with his benevolent aim.
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Ferguson
Sir Francis Croasley
Francis
Tennyson and the Window of Wrens and a Christmas Holiday Note
A reminiscence by Alfred Lord Tennyson on composing a song fragment for Sullivan and a commentary on Christmas Day as a Sunday that shifts banking openness. It cites a 1868 Commons bill to create bank holidays by proclamation, its committee review, and its eventual lapse amid parliamentary pressure and apathy toward commercial questions.
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Tennyson
Mr. Tennyson
House of Commons
Colman O'Loghlen
Stacpoole
Stephen Cave
Goschen
Rothschild
Alderman Salomons
Hubbard
French Forces Retake Amiens as Loire Army Mobilizes
The battle near Amiens ends with French retreat from Boves and Villers-Bretonneux while German General Manteuffel claims French losses in the thousands and 700 unwounded prisoners. Paris reports the Prussian pursuit toward Rouen as the Army of the Loire concentrates near Artenay Orleans with 200,000 men and 150 light guns. Allied strategists anticipate three lines of trenches and a possible Orleans defense, with Gambetta expanding mobilization camps across France.
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Amiens
Dury
Boves
Villers Bretonneux
Tours
Villers-Bretonneux
Manteuffel
Celle
Somme
Gardes Mobiles
Picardy
France
Rouen
Beauvais
Seine
Monteuffel
Versailles
Loire
Breton
Bourbaki
M. Gambetta
Gien
Department of
Loiret
Château-du-Loire
Sarthe
Vendéme
Orleans
d’Aurelles
Army of
Imperial Guard
Dreux
Chateauneuf
le Mans
Artenay
Daily News
Prince Frederick Charles
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
von der Tann
Aurelies de Paladine
Metz
Sedan
Frederick Charles
St. Aubin
Vierzon
Ouzier
Blois
de Kératry
Paria
the Loire
Reily
Gazette de France
Montargis
The
Standard
Autun
Paris
St. Omer
Cherbourg
Conlie
Nevers
la Rochelle
Bordeaux
Clermont-Ferrand
Toulouse
Pas Des Lanciers
Bouches du Rhone
Lyons
M. de Kératry
Jaures
Defeat and Prisoners in Garibaldi Engagements
Ricciotti Garibaldi surprised German forces at dawn taking 167 prisoners including eleven officers after initial success. Germans were about 800 strong with over 100 casualties. Garibaldians suffered three killed and twelve wounded. The later report from Dijon notes a defeat as Werder’s forces attacked and forced a retreat near Lausques.
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Ricciotti Garibaldi
Dijon
Garibaldi
Pasquea
Unger
Werder
Plombiéres
Lausques
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