Scott Centennial Banquet and Caledonian Celebrations Across New York
The Scott centennial in Troy marked a major celebration with Americans honoring Sir Walter Scott’s works and Scottish culture. The Cohoes Caledonian Club held events on Mohawk Island featuring Highlanders, bagpipes, and sports where James Fleming emerged as a standout victor amid praise for "pure Scotch blood" from a Glasgow visitor.
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America
Treland
Troy
Waverley
Jess
New York Independent
Cohoes Caledonian Club
Mohawk River
Scotland
Sir Walter
Caledonia
James Fleming
States
Glasgow
Proposal for clerical lay conferences risks mockery and harm
The Times critiques a plan for archdeaconry conferences alternating with visitations every four years. It argues such mixed assemblies lack debate safeguards, urging that only orderly deliberation can heal church divisions. The piece questions feasibility and risks to the Church of England’s safety and reputation.
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House of Commons
Bright
Disraeli
Ely
Church of England
Mr Gladstone and His Critics Debate Alarmism Speech
The Telegraph warns against loud opposition to Mr Chadstone while praising his useful speech against Alarmism. The Premier urges measured consideration without neglecting the contrary arguments.
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MR. Gladstone
The
Telegraph
Mrr. Chadstone
England must stay steadfast against fear and foreign threats
The Premier urges a calm, confident English posture, praising justice and goodwill toward neighbours while reserving hard measures when needed. He argues the home front demands a war on passions and ignorance, valuing patriotism and progress over sensational alarms and Irish unrest.
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Truro
Dorking
Ireland
England
Death of Rev Dr Mortimer longtime head of City of London School
The Pall Mall Gazette reports the death of the Rev Dr Mortimer Prebendary of St Pauls and former Head Master of the City of London School for over twenty years He modernized the school improving English modern languages and science while maintaining Church of England teaching He led the school to high scholarship including senior wranglerships and a Jewish university scholarship first at a public school His retirement brought pensions and esteem from pupils and colleagues including notable figures in law and commerce.
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Mortimer
St. Paul’s
City of London School
Denison
Wilberforce
Church of England
City of London
Public Schools Commission
Aldis
Purkess
Abbott
Sharpe
Law In the Temple
Ernest Hart
Numa Hartog
Nelson
Pall Mall Gazette
The Bonapartes and French Imperial Hope
The Tinnacs critique recent Prince Napoleon comments and warn that Bonapartist revival hinges on chance not policy. They note peasant support tied to security and peace, while clerical opposition grows as the Pope backs Thiers’s presidency and attacks the Imperial regime. The piece hints at the lingering appeal of the First Empire.
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Tinnacs
Napoleon
France
M. Paul de Cassagnac
M. Thiers
Republic
First Empire
Napoleonism in the French Army and Bonaparte Lineage
The piece argues that Napoleonism remains strongest in the army but notes the First Empire’s prestige was shattered by the Second. It questions the current dynasty’s military leadership, saying no Bonaparte heir has produced a capable general and suggesting the Duc d Aumale, the Duc de Chartres, and the Comte d Eu hold greater popular appeal than the marshals of Napoleon I.
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Duc d’Aumale
Duc de Chartres
Comte d’Eu
Napoleon
National Council of Congregationalists at Oberlin
The piece notes a National Council of the Congregationalists to meet in Oberlin Ohio on November 15. It also covers California water plans and a Sierra Nevada tunnel projected to begin September 1. It includes census figures for 1860 and 1870 with whites, colored, Indians, and Chinese counts, and remarks on native and foreign-born populations.
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United States
Oberlin
Ohio
California
San Francisco
Lake Tahoe
Sierra Nevada
Far West
Indian Bureau
Rigake
Round Lake
Salt Lake City
Ogdensburg
New York
Baron de Carmin
Micury
Healing Springs
Alleghany Mountains
Morrison
Jennie Rucker
New Hampshire
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