Ultramontane Victory as House Officers Chosen
Seventy-eight Ultramontanes and seventy-six Liberals voting present. von Off elected president, Kurz vice president, secretaries Joel and von Soden. Committees favored Ultramonans. third and fourth secretaries Baron Griessenbeck and Haeuser won. Beecher letter supports nolle prosequi in Moulton case. South African Confederation debate moves with Molteno ministry invite. Grant backs nonsectarian public schools and free education while condemning slave-return policies.
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Herr von Off
Herr Kurz
Joel
Herr von Soden
Liberal
Arty
Herren von Stauffenberg
von Echuler
Louis Duerschmidt
Baron Griessenbeck
Herr Haeuser
Beecher
Morntron
Henry Ward Beecher
Nolle
Francis D. Moulton
Winchester Britton
Moulton
Windsor Castle
Garnet Wolseley
Natal
Durban
Joude
Molteno
Cape
Froude
Grant
America
Society of the Army of Tennessee
Desmoines
Iowa
Mason and Dixon
Lexington
Army of Tennessee
Public Meetings Protest Admiralty Fugitive Slaves Policy
Citizens in Leeds and other towns gathered in large numbers to condemn a government order allowing fugitive slaves on British ships. Spearheaded by Edward Baines, speakers denounced the policy as a blunder that would revive the slave trade and dishonor the nation. A memorial to the Admiralty was adopted for Lord Admiralty to heed.
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Great Britain
Somerset
Granville Sharp
Leeds
Edward Baines
Thomas Harvey
Canon Jackson
J. Jowitt
Alderman Tatham
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Margate
Hydeark
Admiralty
British and Foreign Anti- Bravery Society
Loss of H.M.S. Vanguard court-martial finds blame on Captain Dawkins
A long court-martial concluded that the Vanguard founders after collision with the Iron Duke off Kish Bank in fog. The verdict blames Captain Dawkins for misjudgment and neglect, with officers Tandy and Thomas also censured. Dawkins is severely reprimanded and dismissed.
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Dawkins
Vanguard
Kish Bank
Irish Channel
Tandy
Thomas
David Tiddy
Hickley
Iron Duke
Brown
Richard Dawkins
Court Reprimands Vanguard Officers After Ship Loss
The court severely reprimands Commander Dashwood Goldie Tandy and Navi gating Lieutenant James Cambridge Thomas. Chief engineer Robert Brown and carpenter David Tiddy are also reprimanded. Other Vanguard officers and crew are acquitted and not blamed for the loss.
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Vanguard
Dashwood Goldie Tandy
James Cambridge Thomas
Robert Brown
David Tiddy
Royal visit details and recent high society notes
The Queen and Princess Beatrice returned to Balmoral after a royal tour via Inverary Balloch Glencoe and Loch Lomond amid calm, with arches and inscriptions welcoming them. Separate items cover royal engagements at Crathie Church, ongoing Indian tour plans, Gladstone and Stuart marriage, and other aristocratic movements including Wolseley, Castlereagh, and the Duke of Bute planting vines in Wales.
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Beatrice
Suite
Balmoral
Inverary
Balloch
Glencoe
Loch Lomond
Perth
Bridge of Dun
Ferryhill
Aberdeen
Duke of Connaught
Leopold
Crathie
Robertson
Edinburgh
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh
Duke of Cambridge
Prince Edward of Saxe
Prince of Wales
Calcutta
Delhi
India
W. H. Gladstone
Whitby
W. E. Gladstone
Gertrude Stuart
Lord Blantyre
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Charles G. Lyttelton
Miss Stuart
Mary Gladstone
Helen Gladstone
Glynne
Cavendish
Grenfell
Francis R. Grey
Durham
Morpeth
Stephen Gladstone
Hawarden
Flintshire
Berkeley Square
Cliveden
Berkshire
Duke of Westminster
Sir Garnet Wolseley
Cape of Good Hope
Plymouth
London
Mr. Gladstone
Oakley Park
Cirencester
Earl Bathurst
Viscount Castlereagh
Marquis of Londonderry
Alton Towers
Theresa
Earl of Shrewsbury
Marquis of
Marquis of Bute
Cardiff
Wales
Livery of
Guildhall
Alderman Cotton
Titus Salt
Reed
North Lancaster
England
Rotherham
South-Eastern Company
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Joseph Cooper
Edmund Stoney
Robert Alsop
Aaron Buzacott
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