Egypt and the Isthmus of Suez in Imperial Debate
The piece reviews opinions on expanding empire to include Egypt and adjacent lands. Gladstone protests aggression in Egypt while Dicey defends imperial acquisitions as essential to national growth. Goldwin Smith warns of temptations and crimes tied to ruling dependent peoples. The discussion weighs risks, responsibilites, and the future of a global federation. Lord Derby cautions against expansion and hints at potential future pressures.
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Tion
Egypt
Suez
Gladstone
Dicey
Goldwin Smith
Russia
Sia
France
India
George von Bunsen
Germany
Turkey
Greece
Constantinople
Austria
Vienna
Lord Derby
Liverpool
Gladstone pursues Irish Home Rule topic and Hunt's Jerusalem work
The Atheneum reports Mr. Gladstone is engaged on a new work about Irish aspirations and Home Rule. It notes Holman Hunt’s Jerusalem models suffer from the evil eye delaying sittings, and that Mr. Hunt has had fever delaying his return to England.
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Gladstone
Atheneum
England
Eton
Juutes
Moyawilee
Royal visitors and diverse events across Britain and Ireland
Sunday sermons at Balmoral and royal tours in Scotland highlight a busy royal programme. Queen visits Loch Maree. Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge travel. General Grant receives Inverness freedom. Empress Eugénie attends mass at Cowes. Flood inquiry report suggests district control and rate-based funding. political turbulence with Kenealy and Dilke protests. Messiah ends Three Choirs Festival with strong Cathedral audience and charitable proceeds.
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Donald M‘leod
Balmoral Castle
Gathorne Hardy
Loch Maree
Ross-shire
Prince of Wales
Cowes
Trouville
Sir George Wombwell, Bart
Newburgh Park
Yorkshire
Duke of Cambridge
Homburg
General Grant
Thurso
Barrowgill Castle
John o’Graat
Earl and Countess of
Caithness
Thurso Castle
Duke of Connaught
Ireland
Kullarney
Knight of
Kerry
Eugénie
Prince Louis Napoleon
Prince and Princess of Wales
Osborne
Mansion House
N. de Rothschild
M.P
Madras
John Lubbock
E. D. Gray
Freeman's Journal of
Dublin
Inchicore
Social Science Congress
Aberdeen
Milligan
Earl of Aberdeen
Congress
Music Hall
Cornwall
Plaistow
Thomas Bacon
Prescot
Meldreth
Cambridgeshire
Burr
Birmingham School Board
Birmingham Post
Owen’s College
Langton
Derby Opens Liverpool Art Gallery With Banquet Address
Lord Derby formally opened Liverpool’s Art Gallery funded by Mayor Mr. Walker at about 40000 pounds. A trade societies procession preceded a banquet where Derby discussed the Russo Turkish War and warned against overreach, urging timely but cautious interposition. He warned India faces a graver issue than the Eastern Question and urged practical study of population versus subsistence, noting England’s outlets but India’s lack of similar resources.
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Lord Derby
Liverpool
Walker
India
England
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House of Commons
House of Lords
Saltaire Works
Bradford
Professor Barrett
Lord Houghton
Edward Crossley
Titus Salt
Kenealy
Burslem
Stoke
Charles Dilke
Bart
Chelsea Vestry Hall
Gloucester
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