Bayonne tensions deepen as German consul exposes French support
The German Consul reports French aid to Carlists from Bayonne to Tarbes and along the Bidassoa frontier, including arms, mounts, and Carlist stamps, prompting a Bismarckian reaction. Garibaldi’s new book praised by Rome sources stirs debate about clergy, politics, and Ten years later.
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Bayonne
France
Bismarck
Germany
Bagnéres de Luchon
Bidassoa
Spain
Tarbes
Prince Bismarck
Marquis de Nadeaillac
Basses Pyrenées
GuArtampt
Rome
Falignani
Garibaldi
Cresar
Reme
Caribaldi
Palermo
Count de Cavour
Two Sicilies
The Missing Balloon Flight From Calais to Grimsby
M Duruof and his wife ascended in a balloon from Calais on Monday evening and landed at Grimsby Friday morning after a perilous voyage. They faced jeers, lacked food and proper clothing, and contended with unfavourable winds as they drifted across the Channel and attempted to economize ballast by watching a seventy metre rope reach the water.
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M. Duruof
Calais
Grimsby
England
France
Balloon voyage ends in rescue near Grimsby
French balloonists M. Duruof and his wife endured a perilous drift over the North Sea. The balloon descended to the sea near Dogger Bank as a fishing smack gave chase in strong winds. The crew rescued the couple, who, after landing at Grimsby, received cheers and offers for further appearances while Paris police investigated a related fatality.
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William Oxley
Norway
Grimsby
Dogger Bank
M. Duruof
Madame Duruof
M. Hewitt
Hull
London
M. Dules Durvof
Crystal Palace Company
Krimsby
M. Duruot
Paris
Far Sailer’s Wakeful Regret Shrouds Calais Escapade
A man identified as Justin Fournier from Impasse Saint-Sulpice confesses complicity in an incident on the Bridge of Saints near Calais. He states jeers forced M Duruof to ascend with his wife and vows to drown himself due to remorse. He claims the act was precipitated before an expected aeronautic escape.
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Calais
M. Duruof
Justin Fournier
Educational compulsion at Clerkenwell and Marlborough Street courts
At Clerkenwell and Marlborough Street magistrates in London the School Board prosecutions for parental failure to send children to school dominated the docket. Judges fined many defendants 2s 6d and costs, with one mother sent to the House of Correction for five days. In Southwark similar cases saw fines or brief imprisonments as officials pressed strict enforcement.
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Clerkenwell
School Board For London
Barstow
House of Correction
Metropolitan Police
Marlborough Street
Newton
Southwark
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Saints
Peres
Impasse Saint
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