Gunboat Bombardment Chronicle from Sveaborg and Helsingfors
The account details a two day bombardment of Sveaborg with English mortar vessels and French ships joining. Rockets and mortars lit the night sky as magazines exploded and the citadel burned. A rest day followed as distant bells and sacred music from ships offered a somber contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
Wellington
Sveaborg
Duke of Wellington
Henry Caldwell
Citadel
Admiralty House
Vargon
N.1
East Svarta
Helsingfors
Omar Pacha to lead decisive Asian campaign for Circassia
The Post asserts Omar Pacha will move immediately to Asia with a capable army and plans that promise major success. It lauds his past Danube campaigns, claims he can drive back Russians, seize provinces, and secure Circassian freedom under his genius.
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Asia
Omar Pacha
Danube
Circassia
Omar
Pacha
Testimonial Proposal for Miss Nightingale In 1855 London
Correspondence from July 1855 shows Mrs Herbert advising a testimonial to Miss Nightingale. The letter proposes founding a London hospital with unpaid nursing and collecting funds into Coutts's bank for the Nightingale Hospital Fund to support her reform of nursing in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Miss Nightingale
Sir Charles Napier on the bombardment of Sweaborg
A letter to the editor defends Napier's conduct and attacks Admiralty mismanagement over Sweaborg. Napier recounts failed plans, calls for reform, and argues for a large scale mortar and gun-boat bombardment to reduce the fortress, blaming Sir James Graham and policy failures. He urges preparations for next season and cites his anti- Sebastopol stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Charles Napier
Sweaborg
Weekly Chronicle
Admiralty
Baltic
House of Commons
Bomarsund
General Jones
Bak- Holmen
Niel
England
Sveaborg
Wingo Sound
Lord Clarendon
James Graham
Charles
Sullivan
Goharn ‘Island
Gustavus’ Sword
Varga
Bak-Holmen
Langholm
Washington
Sundhamn
Helsingfors
Langholm Island
Vargo
Dundas
Sebastopol
War Department
Martinique
Mor
Admiral Dundas
James
Cronstadt
Chas. Napier
Election riot in Louisville leaves many dead and property destroyed
An outbreak on October 7 in Louisville involved gunfire from German and Irish houses, killing an Irishman and an American, injuring several others, and triggering mass violence that burned eight to ten houses and killed multiple residents including a woman and a man named Quinn.
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United States
Louisville
Edward Williams
Joseph Selvage
John Latta
Shelby
Madison Streets
Jefferson-street
Barbee
Main-street
Main
Chapel-streets
Rhodes
Quinn
The Bankruptcy of Mr Oliver or LIvER Pool
The Times City notes crushing warnings about unlikely large dividends for creditors. It details private asset distributions, government tonnage demand, and falling discount rates, with no dividends paid yet and creditors facing possible losses.
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Oliver
Liverpool
Times City
Charenton
Manby
Riem
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S. H
Chads
Martiniqué
Fort Bourbon
Russia
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