The Great Hypocrisy in Parliament and Bribery
A Sunday 1860 reflection condemns hypocrisy in Parliament and the bribery system. It contrasts election committees, waxed rhetoric, and punishments for electors with lenient handling of bribe-givers. It argues for wider constituencies and reform to deter corruption, urging decisive action to avoid "solemn mockery and imposition."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephen’s
Thease
Anow
Atlantic
Washington
United States
Bunkum
Cesar
House of Commons
Sudbury
St. Albans
Demosthenes
Philip
Abraham
Gloucester
Wakefield
Finsbury
Richard Bethell
Charlesworth
Lestham
Bright
Messrs
Charlesworth, Leatham, and Co
Rothschild
Garibaldi Defeats Palermo in Six Hour Assault
Foreign intelligence recounts Garibaldi's dawn attack on Palermo on the 27th, brief but fierce fighting, royal palace and fortifications overrun, and the city set ablaze as rebels proclaim Italy for ever. Reports from Naples cite continued bombardment and large casualties among Garibaldi's foes.
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Garibaldi
AL Es
Palermo
Strada di Toledo
Sicily
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Naples
Messrs. Rothschild
Marveilles
Piana
Tost
Corleone
Calatafimi
Lanza
Garibridi
Rosalino Pilo
Count of
Capace
Rosalino Pilo Giveni
Cession of Savoy and Nice Approved by Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies approved the treaty ceding Savoy and Nice by 220 votes to 39 with 23 abstentions. Signor Ratazzi then demanded explanations from Court Cavour, questioning whether French counsels had influenced Tuscany’s autonomy and noting his support for the French alliance while seeking clarity on the alliance’s maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
Nice
Chamber of Deputies
Cavour Defends Italian Unity Amid French Pressure
In a Sardinian assembly speech, Count Cavour rejects French guarantees for annexed Italian provinces and denies any coercion to favor Italian unification. He asserts Italy’s resolve to resist foreign control, citing alleged French manipulation and applauding Italian unity.
Swiss vote rejects new constitution at St Gaile
Geneva May 20 Voting at St Gaile on the new constitution ended with an ultramontane majority against it by 20 669 to 18 330. The Federal Council will send a note tomorrow rebutting M Thonvenel's dispatches and asserting treaties with Sardinia remain valid.
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Switlerland
Geneva
St. Gaile
Turin
Sardinia
Switzerland
Federal Council
M. Thonvenel
State of Affairs in France Depicts Court Movements
Paris Thursday night reports the Emperor leaving for Lyons incognito with a small escort and the Dowager Empress of Russia arriving Friday to be met by officials before also heading to Lyons and Geneva. Prince Jerome Bonaparte’s health drops. Grenoble to host a military division under General Bourbaki. French army colors from Italy and Moorish standards moved to the Invalides chapel.
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France
Paris
Lyons
Russia
Count Kisseleff
Napoleon
Geneva
Jerome Ias
Savoy
Nice
Grenoble
Bourbaki
Italy
Prussian Declamation and Plot Against the Sultan
The Cologne Gazette reports the Prince of Prussia spoke at the Nahe to Sarrebruck railway opening promising German soil will never be lost. The Pays questions accuracy, while Constanople notes a plot against the Sultan and Abdul Medjid ill in bed, amid Russia intrigues and fiscal strains.
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Cologne
Prussia
Nahe
Sarrebruck
Moselle
Marcy Monge
Prassia
Germany
Gazette de Cologne
August Prince
Pays
Patric
Seraglio
Abdul- Medjid
Bis
Russia
Rejection of Ultimatum and Doings in America
The piece reports that Brace’s letters to Pang-Wan-Chang indicate no hope for an honorable adjustment with the Celestials, foreshadowing orders to prepare landing parties and fire on shore. It also notes Fowler the New York postmaster as a 175,600 dollar defaulter, with spending tied to Buchanan support in 1856.
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America
Statea
West Indies
Pacific
Fowler
New York
Pennsylvania
Buchanan
Washington welcomes Japanese ambassadors amid festival crowds
Reports recount the arrival of Japanese ambassadors in Washington with Mayor Bennett leading the welcome aboard the vessel. A parade formed through the avenues, with the President's mounted guard, hack escorts, and marine militia presence as crowds cheered. Separate items note political debates in the Senate, military moves in Vera Cruz, and Pacific region developments including Peru’s upheavals and Jamaica’s fruit trade.
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Fowler
Caldwell
Washington
Mayor Benett
Navy Yard
Buchanan
Japan
Smithy
Hakodachi
Smith
Douglas
Senate
Overland Express
San Francisco
Sta Inst
Degollado
Tampico
Zacatecas
Uraga
Gonzales
Caravajab
Silveris Ramez
Coenla
Ogazon
Valle
Don Pedro Valdes
Guadalajara
Rosas
Zapollan
Colina
San Luis de Potosi
Denjro Gomez Fanus
Vera Cruz
Miramon
South Pacific
Peru
Jamaica
United States
Kingston
New York
Trinidad
Inquest Into Regent's Park Child Murder Verdict
An inquest at St Marylebone Workhouse on a newborn found in a Regent's Park parcel returned a verdict of wilful murder against unknown persons. The coroner urged legal reforms to compel expectant mothers to acknowledge pregnancy and seek aid to protect infant life.
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Wakley
St. Marylebone
Regent's Park
James Scaife
Park-square
Broadwalk
Henry Tyrwhitt
Mr Bright at Manchester and Birmingham Reform Meeting
In Manchester the Lancashire Reformers Union met under George Wilson with motions backing House of Commons control of taxation and urging renewed meetings and petitions after the recess. Brisk cheers greeted Mr Bright in Birmingham as he urged wider franchise expansion and rebuked Lords over policy and the Paper Duties Repeal Bill.
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Bright
Manchester
Birmingham
Lancashire Reformers’ Union
George Wilson
Alderman GoaDsBy
House of Commons
R. S. Ashton
C. E. Rawins
Lords
Commons
Town Hall
House of Lords
Extraordinary accident at King's Cross with a Great Northern excursion train
An 85-car Great Northern excursion train from the north plowed into King's Cross station, leaping the platform and smashing the engine. The driver Thomas Annis escaped unharmed, fireman Church survived, but guard James Warrenden was found drunk and jailed for two months with hard labor. Police tasked 150 officers to handle crowds as injured passengers received aid.
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London
Great Northern Railway
King's Cross
Liverpool
Manchester
Sheffield
Huddersfield
England
King’s Croas
St. Pancras Road
Metropolitan Railway Works
New-road
Church
Thomas Annis
Loxton
S Division
Metropolitan Police Force
R. Williams
Annis
Peterborough
Holloway
Maidenlane Tunnel
King’s Cross
Rmly
James Warrener
Sheffield-street
Clerkenwell
James Warrenden
Sheffield Street
Tyrwhitt
St. Pancras
Emperor Napoleon and the English Shipwrights
A Southwark court granted a passport to a young shipwright to go to Cherbourg France for work. He claimed after Portsmouth dockyard layoffs and private-yard slackness, many English shipwrights had moved to France, some already in Cherbourg, with others following for jobs. The magistrate found his security satisfactory and approved the request.
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Napoleon
Southwark
France
Cherbourg
United Kingdom
Portsmouth
England
Plicant
Seduction and murder grisly crime shock Weymouth region
A Boston merchant Mr Tirrell housed George C Hersey. His fiance Frances Tirrell died May 8 1860 after a sudden illness. An autopsy revealed four months pregnancy and strychnine poisoning. Frances’s death followed an earlier collapse of Mary Tirrell daughter of Mr Tirrell. Hersey imprisoned, suspected of poisoning both sisters and the wife who died two years earlier.
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Boston v .S
Tirrell
Boston
Weymouth
George C. Hersey
Mary
Frances Tirrell
Hersey
Wif
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Foreign Intelligence
Signor Ratazzi
Count Cavour
Eameser
Europe
Enetia
Genda
Montefiascone
Pimodan
Lamoriciére
Orsini
Cacchi
Ovangelisti
Amorosette An Coretti
Pontifical Army
Chasseurs
Viterbo
Prmodan
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