Spain’s crisis as insurrection fights for royal option
Insurgents are repelled in parts of Catalonia and other regions while Madrid remains calm. The Government moves to suspend personal rights and allows martial law as Cortes debates monarchy or republic. Candidates for the throne falter, pushing Spain toward continued instability and potential republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catalonia
Murcia
Andalusia
Madrid
Volunteers of Liberty
Spain
Castelar
Orense
Democrat
Prim
Cortes
General Prim
Portugal
Genoa
Royal House of
Italy
Harrow
Matthew Arnold
Victor Emmanuel
Marshal Serrano
Cuba
United States
Spain Watches for Policy to Ease Colonial Strains
The article discusses doubts about inspiring reforms as Spain faces rising Spanish pride and republican unrest. Aimed at strengthening Prim's government, the piece contemplates removing the troublesome colony to spare national honor and free Spain to focus on finances and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serrano-Prim
Spain
Prim
Australian diamond fever beckons to new diggers abroad
The piece surveys Australia as a land of auriferous riches where diamonds and other gems are reportedly plentiful. It notes discoveries at Mudgee and Armidale, a seven-ounce stone tested in Sydney, and widespread gem sands along the Cudgegong River. It contrasts immediate diamond lure with broader prospects in wool, wheat, timber, and livestock, warning of an emigration rush yet praising colonial self-government and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Melbourne
Aladdin
Captain Cook
Botany Bay
California
Europe
America
Mudgee
New South Wales
London
Armidale
Townsend
Sydney
Golconda
Koh-i-noor
Cudgegong
Stone
Macquarie
South Australian
Tasmania
Western Australia
Queensland
Victoria
Colorado
Southern Cross
A Curious Pair of Epigrams and a Timber Report
A humorous quarrel over parish visiting rights ends with a rector’s firm refusal. Artemus Ward recounts a joke about lending 2007 and a returned thousand, with a playful twist. A German study notes rock salt as a timber preservative and fireproofing aid, comparing it to water glass and recommending brief salt-water treatment followed by fresh water rinse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemus Ward
Reaper Timber IncomBusiis
Neues Jahrbuch Fur Pharmacie
Herr Reinsch
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