ELECTIONS OUTLOOK AND CONTROVERSY IN BRITAIN
A parliamentary note from the London press discusses Disraeli’s Buckinghamshire return and his pledge to avoid factional opposition while supporting a constitutional government. It covers Irish and English election passions, speeches by Rev. Tresham Gregg, and reactions to Peel, with remarks on county contests, public sentiment, and a Clyde visit rumor tied to the Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Disraeli
Buckinghamshire
Ablc
Cao Ke
England
Anoher
Wade
Her
Bee
Commons
Ben
Buckingham
Dublin
Tresham Gregg
Sir Robert Peel
Death by own action of Reverend Whitworth Russell
A Westminster coroner’s inquest into the death of Reverend Whitworth Russell, 53, inspector of prisons, found he had destroyed himself while of unsound mind. Witnesses described his severe illness, head pains, and odd behavior on Monday, with evidence of a pistol and letters in his possession. The jury ruled the death a suicide while mentally unsound, noting legal concerns about the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milbank
Bedford
Westminster
Whitworth Russell
Crosby Cannon
Hia
Mr. Grey
W. R
James Collins
Goode
India
Anite
Joseph Pearce
Henry Knight
Squire
Oxford Street
William Bradshaw
Morton
Tragic Thames boating disaster near Battersea bridge
Five friends on a Thames outing near Battersea bridge fall from a small sailing boat. Mary Eyles sinks with William Day and George Cox as others are rescued. The inquest returns a verdict of accidental drowning for Day and Cox, with Cox later identified at St. Margaret's dead house. A second Sunday mishap near Mortlake sinks four aboard a wherry, leaving two survivors and three drowned, including Jane Seager and William Boulton.
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Rives Thames
Thames
Battersea Bridge
William Day
Garden Row
College Street
Chelsea
Mary Eyles
Queen Street
George Cox
College
Jane Ingram
Charles Foke
Ingram
Tasilog
Foke
Davies
John Bull
Day
Cox
Mr. Jackson
St. Margaret's
Bedford
High Bridge
Mortlake
Boulton
W. Seager
Jane Seager
William Boulton
Carter
King's Arms
Kew Greep
The French Courtesans of Regent Street Case Unfolds
Leoline De Villars and sister Esther, posing as aristocrats from the Castle of Bonor, were accused in Marlborough Street of detaining a portrait handkerchiefs and a ring after engaging with Ellam and his friend. The two parties admitted mutual deception with champagne at the Horse Guards and letters of love, leading Justice Hardwick to dismiss the case after ruling no restoration of items.
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Leoline de Villars
Samiensd
Y. Hardwick
Marlborough Street
Sora
Foley Place
Mademoiselle Leoline
Esther
Count de Villars
Isle of
Bonor
England
London
Mademoiselle
Custom House
Mademoinelle Lealing
Regent Street
Mademoisells
Leoline
Delusap
Ellam
Duke of Wellington
Queen’s Guards
Horse Guards
Leontine
Anser
Crown of England
Adue
Extan
Julius
Hardwick
Tts
Swain, Isaace, and Co
Piccadilly
Juillet
Mr. Hardwick
Abe
Partes
Horrible Murder at Manchester Ends in Tragedy
A father, Joseph Speed, murdered his two children in a Lord Street cottage in Hulme. He then attacked his wife with a hammer as she returned with water, leaving her grievously injured. Speed surrendered at a Jackson's Lane police station, and police found the children decapitated and the wife in danger. Local inquiry noted prior unemployment and possible mental disturbance. The inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder against Speed.
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Manchester Courier
Eerd Street
Hulme
Joseph Speed
Messra
Pooley
Jackson's Lane
Lightfoot
Lord Street
Moss Lane
Taylor
Hia
Ahce
Liverpool
British India Intelligence From Bombay June 2 Update
Dispatches from Marseilles anticipate Overland Mail from Bombay. News covers Gholab Singh’s shifting Punjab territory, Lahore intrigues, Peshawar orders, Afghan frontier changes, Scinde trade growth, and a Bombay monsoon. Royal troops, finance loans, and cholera impact are noted alongside a Bombay hotel fire.
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Marseilles
Bombay
Europe
Madras
Jane
Bentinck
Calcutta
Suez
Panjab
Gholab Singh
Lahore
Gholab
Tn Bia
Cashmere
Jamoa
Steinbach
Renee
R¢ Singh
Ramjoor Singh
Peshawpur
Sultan Mahomed Khan
Lawrence
Peshawar
Aspar Singh
Affghanistan
Dhost Mahammed
Jellalabad
Cabel
Hyder Khan
Khyber Pass
Wazeer
Akhbar Khan
Afghanistan
Biaomaing
Scinde
Indus
Sir. C. Napier
Kurracheo
Simla
Jord
Lady Gough
Dhongar
Deccan
Nisam
Ayderabad
Goomsoor
Arma
Grant
Bengal Civil Service
Dyce
Offaers
Persia
Akhbar
Russia
Thibet
Grand Lama
Lasse
India
China
Laat Mail
David Pollock
E. Parry
Supreme Court
Justica
Poona
Hyderabad
Robillas
Frazer
Nizam
Hussein-ood-Deen Khan
Dinapore
98Th Regiment
Explosion on Royal Yacht Comte d Eu Claims Many Lives
A catastrophe aboard the French royal yacht Comte d Eu near Havre after noon reports a boiler burst in the engine room. Nine dead by evening, eleven survivors hospitalized, and overcast with mourning as Havre mourns the tragedy. A later note recalls a dubious Warsaw letter about imperial abdication and possible Italian exile.
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Comte d'Eu
Havra
Cherbourg
Tréport
Louis Philippe
Gremeo
Havre
Barfleur
Untler
Comte EU
Hopital
Pirates in the Mediterranean and California Marches
A Cádiz letter notes two pirate vessels at Tetuán led by the notorious Madu Ali. Vienna reports Italy protests with artillery moved from Gratz, while Rome notes tranquil conditions and Cardinal Ferretti praising guard resilience. Missouri settlers suffer in California snow, with nine cannibal deaths among survivors after a brutal trek to Fort Sacramento.
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Mediterranean
Cadiz
T'etoan
Madu Ali
Cologne
Vienna
Italy
Gratz
Rome
Cardinal Ferretti
National Guard
Innequerer
Europe
Moras
Mentz
Prussia
M. Heinzen
Metz
Ehrenbreitstein
Catiroania
California
Missouri
Fort Sacramento
William Johnson
Trocky’s Lake
Johneou
Monontaios
Napoleon
Stanton
Syracuse
New York
Captain Johnson
Johnson's
Sacramento
Wee Bosn
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Ireland
Judas Iscariot
Peel
Lam
Eel
Merchant Tailors’ Hall
Lue
Messia
Gregory
Gropan
Remnelte
Hane
Shaw
West Gloucestershire
Granney Berkeley
Grenville Berkeley
Earl Fitzbardinge
F.om
Lord Fitzbardinze
Josiah Hunt
Grenville Berkeey
Granley
Gran
Saper
Repre-Entaon
Essercona
Cis
Wotton
Ge Ntley Berkeley
Jord Fitzhardinge
John Russel
Lord Fitzhardinge
Colonel Kingscote
Sion
South Lincolnshire
Lord Burghley
Thordal
Charles Chanlin
Blanksey
Burghley
Lord Exeter
Chaplin
The
Protection Society
Clyde
Dumbarton
Ardrishaig
Greenock
Coupes ix Benti
Berii
R. Cobden
Zollverein
St. Petersburgh
Hamburgh
G. Larpent
Barnstaple
Devonshire
Bruce Chichester
Pope Pius
Livnypool
Royal Nail
Cawbris
Halifax
Boston
East India House
Earl of Dalhousin
Henry Pottinger, Bart
G.C.B
Carlsbad
Brannag
Maccursvizip
Macclesfield
Union Inn
Grimaditch
Manchester
Warsaw
Fi Ie
Nicholas
Betsy Berry
George Berry
White Horse Ton
Leeds Road
George Dyson
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