Arrival of the English Mail at Melbourne
The Malta sighted off Otway at 7am bringing South Australian mails to Melbourne. London and Melbourne dated August 4 report wool sales starting the 12th, with stock over 200,000 bales and the market firm. Copper at £77 108. New Zealand affairs debated in Parliament. Emigration Fund gift of £100,000 to Colonial Fund. knighthood for James Rock of Queensland. Early Dawn wrecked on Brazilian coast. Australian dinner planned August 3. London reports Irish Church Bill debates. various imperial and European affairs follow.
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London
Adelaide
New Zealand
Edwyn
Monsell
Adderley
Marquis of Westminster
Colonial Emigration Fund
James Rock
Queensland
Brisbane
Agricultural Hall
House of Commons
Gladstone
Lords
Lord Granville
Lord Cairns
Earl Granville
Hay
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Salisbury
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Constantinople
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Ireland
Warburton
Queen's County
Lambert
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Black Sea
Gibraltar
Malin
Tw Dike
Argyle
Commons
Grant Dull
Stafford Northcote
India
Inia
East India Loan
Indian Council
England
Great Bass Rock
Cox
United States reports on postwar issues and foreign affairs
The United States faces agitation over England and the Alabama claims with Congress due in December. Motley's instructions avoid action until then. Johnson says he followed orders in England. Peabody may visit the US and meet the President. Cuban insurgents gain belligerent recognition debate. public debt falls, new paper currency planned. Indian war unresolved. troops guard Pacific Railway. Boston hosts a National Peace Jubilee with Grant and the English minister attending. A Cuban expedition flotilla is captured. Wheat harvest reaches a new peak. Chinese labor proposed for the South.
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England
Alabama
Motley
Congress
Keverdy Johnson
Peabody
United States
Washington
General Banke
Boston
Grant
Earl of Westmorland
Vincount Parker
George Townsend
South Sea Island
House of Commons
Queensland
Hank
Heartont
Sulanory
Auckland
Bathurst
Westminster Abbey
Earl Granville
New Zealand
George Grey
Whalley
Windsor
Duke of Edinburgh
Meares Verdon
Mair
Fitzgerald
Trinity Corporation
Prince of Wales
Charles Mordant
Charles
Carharvot
Queen's Messenger
Lord Carrington
Grenville Murray
Iran
Murray
Partiaang
Tattersall’s
Sir Joseph Hawley
Kent
Prince Alamayoo
King Theodore
India
Speedy
Princess Christian
Colonel Peak
Commons
Lords
Scotland
Aml Terland
Angus Cameron
Tedborns
Great Britain
Chapman
Paxaenvers
Lim
Stanly
Paliland Islands
Lindon Pape
Overend Gurney
Ba Auormey
Cholera Flares in Central Province and Calcutta Camp Plans
Cholera remains prevalent in the Central Province and fever rages in Hooghly District. Cholera camps will be set at least 60 miles from stations, with Calcutta camp at Raneegunge. Sanitary measures begin for the Durbar at Aura. The first remarriage of a Hindu widow occurs in Calcutta. A Nepaul Prince is sentenced to a year’s jail and heavy fine for document falsification. Carbonic acid is tested as a snake bite remedy.
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DIA
Calcutta
Central
Hooghly
Raneegunge
Aura
Oee
Edinurgh
London Report On Irish Church Bill And Royal Affairs
London July 16 report outlines Irish Church Bill progress in the Lords with many amendments and opposition. It notes the Queen at Windsor preparing for Osborne and Balmoral, plus various political moves, colonial matters, legal cases and social scandals dominating the month.
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Lord Jerby
Commons
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Lord Hartington
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Mc Lowe
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China
Royal Colonial Society
Lord Bury
the Spectator
Manning
House of Lords
Surz Canal
Persian Gulf
Channel
Bright
Duke of Newcastle
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Con=tantingpla
Mustapha Frazil
Beret
Napoleon
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Senate
Madrid
Don Carlos
Navarre
Prim, Serrano
Riverez
Duke de Montpensier
Spain
Prince Imperial
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Left Centre
Corps Legislati Ja
Bypt Bag
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Prussia
North Sea
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Count Bismarck
Italy
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Saxony
Ratazzi
Vatican
Southern Education Fund
Andrew Johnson
Cuba
de Rodas
Foochow
Pekin College
Hankow
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