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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 13, 1855
Page
10
A speaker asserts Russia's enmity to the Gospel citing the Moravian settlement and Finland's Lutherans as examples of subjugation. He argues no credit lies in aiding those enslaved, framing the issue within imperial policy and religious freedom.
The Council sat three hours with Chequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert and Sir William Molesworth present. Lord Bangor has been elected a representative peer of Ireland replacing the late Lord Dunally.
Admiral Hamelin resigns command of the Black Sea Fleet to Admiral Brunt. He praises Brunt's experience and intrepidity and notes the Emperor and Minister of Marine support, predicting a future reward for Hamelin and his staff. Vive l'Empereur.
Reports from London and St. Petersburg describe Prince Napoleon’s planned return to France due to health, British embassy diplomacy, and French and Russian military preparations. Notes include 70,000 troops at Sebastopol, railway funding for the Crimea, saltpetre shipments, neutral port checks, and relief supplies to Scutari.
The Czar’s manifesto circulated empire wide while Circassians vow to fight for independence. A stock of Minié rifles is sought to aid Circassia, as British naval power concentrates in the Black Sea and logistics tighten in Constantinople and Malta.
The Candia carried invalided troops from Scutari Malta and Gibraltar under Lt Streatfield and Staff Assistant-Surgeon Reade to Southampton, with wounded officers including Hume Barnston and Thompson. Died at sea were Scots Fusiliers and Royal Artillery personnel. Sisters of Mercy and hospital nurses traveled, crowds cheered, and locals donated tobacco and small sums. Dr Mackey offered aid and one young 8th Hussars private, wounded at Balaklava, shared a heartfelt encounter.
An English youth escaped a trooper by leaping onto a horse and reaching the English lines. He is badly injured with a withered hand and unable to use it. The Candia carried wounded officers from Balaklava and arrived at Portsmouth, bringing trophies and Balaklava Fort granite pieces. The crew's care for the sick was reported as the vessel reached Spithead.
Reports describe a hurricane and flood causing vast damage from the Dutch coast to Lubeck and into the Baltic. Embankments broke, land flooded, Wangeroog damaged, structures swept away, coffins scattered, and the American packet George Canning with all aboard presumed lost after striking Scarhorn.
Monday Lord and Lady John Russell were summoned to Paris due to a Miss Eliot illness. a Cabinet Council met in London on Thursday. Reform tracts resumed by the Liverpool Financial Reform Association. Vienna reports Louis Napoleon to receive a vacancy regiment. Wiseman named to the Sacred Congregation of the Index. Cambridge prize for English poetry on the War in the Crimea. Belfast creditors and corporation issues spark concern for Belfast’s reputation. Urquhart urges abrogation of foreign conventions. Colonel Herman notes doubts over Dr Barth’s death. Prince Albert King Consort discussed. Cambridge Duke due in London. Irish income tax assessed higher than Gladstone estimate. East Gloucestershire seat addressed from Rome. Civil Service exam planned by East India Board. notices for 18–22 year olds. Cabinet Council at Foreign Office with Aberdeen, Palmerston, Clarendon, Grey, Newcastle, and others.
Lord Chancellor Cranworth hosts breakfast and a levee for judges and bar at Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, with unusually small attendance. The procession to Westminster Hall proceeded under foggy weather, escort through parishes, then to courts as formalities concluded.
An appeal from the treasurer of the Commercial Travellers Orphan Schools urges UK travellers to raise 7,238 pounds to complete a Pinner site and building. donors are asked to send a pound each to secretary Mr Saul, 81 Cheapside, to secure full payment before the school opens.
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