Wolseley Lands at Cape Coast Castle Amid Ashantee War News
News from West Africa reports Sir Garnet Wolseley and staff landing at Cape Coast Castle. The public awaits fuller Ashantee expedition details. The general seeks peace terms based on withdrawal of the invading army. Ashantees retreat toward Coomassie. If terms falter the expedition’s work remains serious with wary native cooperation.
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Africa
Garnet Wolseley
Cape Coast Castle
Ashantee
Fantee
Coomassie
Sir Garnet
Monarchist uncertainties grip French politics and British debates
A wide survey notes monarchist hopes in France wobbling ahead of the National Assembly reunification. It contrasts Liberal Royalist lukewarmness with Republican confidence, while Bismarck strengthens in Prussia and Austrian and British elections unfold, shaping policy and future leadership.
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Paris
Comte de Chambord
M. Chesnelong
Henry V
Frohsdorf
M. Baze
Chanzy
McMahon
M. Thiers
Bismarck
Prussia
Germany
Vatican
William
Reichsrath
Rural schools and denominational grants debate
The text argues parish data are missing and that grants to denominational schools funded from the National Exchequer rose from about thirty to fifty percent under the pretense of matching board schools. It contends rural schools impose little burden on managers who control them while receiving most funding from public grants and fees.
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Hull
Colonel Pease
Reed
Bright
Gentleman
Liverpool
Gladstone
Mr. Bright
Birmingham
House of Commons
John Bright
Ealing
Duchy of Lancaster
United Kingdom
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SHARP
Messrs
Sharp and Co
Poultry
London
Westminster
Lothbury
E.C
Congregational Union
London Congregational Union
Weigh House
J. C. Harrison
J. P. Gledstone
Hornsey
London Congregational Churches
United Mission
John Nunn
W. BR. Willcox
Tuz
Mr.bright
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