Fortification Debate Shapes French Policy and Paris Security
The article analyzes the Fortification of Paris controversy in the French Chambers, contrasting Guizot and Thiers with Soult and Lamartine. It traces motives, political pressures, and fears of war, arguing the plan reflects national insecurity and a drive for prestige, while detailing costs and strategic implications.
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Paris
France
Monsieur Guizot
Monsieur Thiers
Europe
Yousseur Guizot
Marshal Soult
Louis Philippe
Jemappes
Waterloo
Napoleon
Kerene Soult
Joe Mitt
Abe
Louis XIV
Napoleonina
Vienna
Ulm
Paris Ca
Commission
Bey
Monsieur de Laonsien
Monsieur Pagés
de Tarri¢Ge
Le 4
Alinister
Torres Vedras
Duke of Wellington
Lisbon
Toulouse
Genoa
Monsieur de Lamartine
Monsieur Carnot
Monsieur Janvier
Crown
M. Guizot
Monsieur de Clermont Tonnerre
Monsieur Garnier Pagés
Polignac
Marshal Sebastiani
Bugeaud
Algiers
Duke of Brunswick
Schneider
Reigate Lord Eastnor Win and Canterbury Election Snarl
Lord Eastnor is returned unopposed for Reigate. Canterbury election results show Smythe leading at first, then Wilson, with final tally Smythe 782 to Wilson 619 and a 163 majority, plus Hodges 17 votes. broader notes on related political chatter and China India Egypt dispatches follow.
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Reigate
Lord Eastnor
Canteanury
Smythe
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Smythe
Blues
Hodges
Staxparp
Canterbury
Joseph Parkes
Great George-street
Westminster
Standard
Coppock
James Carrock
Clevelandrow
Walsall
Gladstone
Carlton Club
New Inn
Py Eer
Alexandria
France
Ibrahim
Ramle
Gaza
Porte
Mehemet Ali
Egypt
Louis Philippe
China
India
Marseilles
Levant
Malta
Canton
Calcutta
Bombay
Chusan
Macao
Pekin
Tinghas
Ningpoo
Staunton
Pacific
Central Asia
Lahore
Kurruck Singh
Nao Nehal Singh
Deehan
Scinde
Kutriah
Nasseer Khan
Marshall
Nusseer Khan
Madras
Hugh Gough
Aden
Imaam
Senna
Mocha
Hadaida
Zebid
Eyd
Nile
Gail
Mazloum Bey
Pacha
Grand Vizier
Tahiri Bahri
Pachalic
Constantinople
Marmorice
Walker
Nusretich
Oriental
Falmouth
Gibraltar
Lord Jocelyn
Cairo
Ibrahim Pacha
Ramley
Said Bey
Rosetta
Panic in New York money markets and Caroline affair debate
Landed passengers from the Camaridge packet at Holyhead bring updated papers. England faces sharper talk in Congress over the Caroline incident with Fox Forsyth correspondence and expectations of limited American aid. France Spain and local elections feature in brief notices alongside commerce, crime, and church-rate updates.
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M‘leod
Congress
Forsyth
America
England
Fox
United States
New York
Great Britain
van Buren
Harrison
Granger
Leod
Fillmore
Messrs. Fox
Mr. Fox
Court and police items from Saturday sessions
Reports from the Court of Exchequer Bail Court Central Criminal Court and Guildhall Police Committee detail verdicts and sentences. False imprisonment case for Dunn v Burnett Coutts. Parry v Kelly theatre contract dispute. extensive forgeries case with Richard Moore. a police extortion accusation against John Field. and Mansion House notes on West Middlesex frauds affecting investors. Also coverage of postal fraud and omnibus harassment cases.
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Morris Barnett
Edward Turnour
William Bennett
Central Criminal Court
Richard Moore
Stamford Bank
David Bevan
Messrs. Bush and Co
Society For the Protection of Bankers
Douse
Espinasse
Bodkin
C. Phillips
Weekly Chronicle
Leicester Square
Bevan
Daniel Forrester
Mansion House
Justice Coltman
Banc
Utterino Foraso Nores
Robert Giles
Henry Burton
Russell
Aldersgate-street
Bank of England
George Watts
Burton
Police Committee
Guildhall
Omnibus
C. Pearson
John Field
Robert Blore
London Conveyance Company
Matthew Wood
Blore
Johnson
England
Peter Laurie
Finniff
West Middlesex Assurance Company
Edgeware Road
Sir Peter
Jord
Bow Street
Errick Roosery
John Herrington
Peacock
Flower
John Ivey
Farnham
Surrey
Dance
Thomas ‘Boyden
Holborn
Thomas
Unfortunate cases and murder trial details from Lewes and Marylebone
Reports cover a series of court actions including witness issues with Col. Mills and Mr. Pescock, Ann Finch jailed for theft by false pretences, Mary Catalla’s assault case against Don Narcissa Aviles, and the murder trial of William Sage on the Thames circuit. Also summarized are a Lewes special session on a Bexhill burglary, with eight suspects remanded after confession and cross-claims, and a Quarantine Officer’s testimony on shipboard deaths.
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Dance
Farnham
Ivey
Robert William Mills
Willington
Durban
Reid and Monk
Lower Grosvenor
Durham
Ann Finch
ST. Wright
John Lomas
Marylebone
Mary Catalla
Clarendon-place
Somers’-town
Don Narcissa Aviles
Upper Seymour-street
Euston-square
Chadwick
Pio
Con
Thames
Robert William Cook
George Wakeham
William Sage
Clarkson
Pelham
Lucas
Charles Phillips
Langham
Robert Brown
Standgate Creek
Constantinople
Privy Council
Lee
Mr. Balliantine
Mr. Clarkson
Mr. Ballantine
Maidstone
Ballantine
Lewes
Holland
Bexhill
Easton
Charles
James Foster
Tomsett
Martin
Balcombe
Fageles
C. Foster
Earl Grey at Howick seat far from Melbourne politicks
Influenza rages in the eastern metropolis with many police officers affected while Earl Grey remains at Howick healthful and critics the Melbourne administration. Rent for last week reported at £151 1s 8d with a letter from Bishop Higgens noting 74 parish priests subscribed, 26 more to follow.
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Earl Grey
Howick
Melbourne
Neocastle Journal
Higgens
Ardegh
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Earl of Listowell
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Tracy
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King’s College
Suffolk
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Institute of Civil Engineers
Society of Arts (Trust
Literary Fund
Royal Society
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Royal Society of Literature
Royal Academy
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Royal Institution
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Deeds Mercury
Board of Guardians
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Gael
Houston Wallace
Lucy
Bristol
Llannelly
Valparaiso
South America
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Lonxpon-Wall
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Marriott
Elston
Sutton
Cumming
Carpenters’hall
Threadneedle-street
Royal Exchange
Bishopsgate-street
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