News From The Crimea Weighs On Peace Prospects
The Week notes diplomats in Vienna seeking peace while British troops in Alma Balaklava Inkerman show strength. It cites public calm in the city, rising quotations, and political division over how to achieve a safe honourable peace. It condemns TennysOn for wronging countrymen and laments the guineas jingling not easing the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Czar
Alma
Balaklava
Inkerman
Crimea
Tennyson
Honour
What is our Poet Laureate about in war talk
The passage questions the purpose of the Poet Laureate amid war, citing Gerald Massey Swinburne and others. It notes a retired Liverpool Merchant and Pyz as Laureate author of Pursuits of Literature, who aimed to animate the realm and militia. Poems were read to regiments but caused soldiers to fall asleep after loud readings. The critic says the present Laureate need not fear that result.
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Gerald, Massey
Sweery Yendys
Liverpool
Locksley Hall
Pyz
Crimea
Omer Pasha
Sirs
War Department
Lord Carpican
Aberdeen
Newcastle
Disra
Eli’s Park
Spney Herseart
Nicut- Ingale
Diomen
Troy
England
Connery
Yorkshire
Manchester
Fraudulent Requests Near Stoke Newington Exposed
Police reports describe Frederick Mann a middle aged man with dark hair visiting Mr Hancock at Green Lanes Stoke Newington. Mann asked for a sovereign for a distressed neighbour and then for a five pound note for a poor tradesman. The second request succeeded but an observant officer stopped a likely third attempt. The piece condemns impostors and praises police vigilance.
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Hancock
Green Lanes
Stoke Newington
Frederick Mann
Mann
Bartholomey Nine Days Wonder and French Support Letter
The case around BaRTHELEMEY grows into a nine days sensation as false “interesting particulars” spark half a column again. Three Frenchmen write to the Times in his favor, while the jury’s verdict is praised by some for sparing him from immediate penalty.
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Barthelemey
Times
Vexata Questio on Letters and State Support in History
The piece debates government aid to literature and recalls Rome under Trajan Hadrian and Antonines. It notes literary merit rising to high office yet warns patronage can blunt talent. Green’s view suggests a cloud of critics dimming learning and decline of genius after state favor.
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W. Careton
Rome
Trajan
Haprian
Antonines
Plurarca
Ilyrium
Arnian
Cappadocia
Green
Orator
Inquiry on Rewards for Alma Inkerman Heroes Amid Sebastopol Fall
A fragmentary wartime note questions why veterans from Alma and Inkerman receive no fame while Sebastopol falls. It laments mixed signals from officers and queries whether certain units are overlooked for honor amid risky orders and harsh campaigns.
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Sebastopol
Alma
Inkerman
Cavity Callrge
Uber
England Seeks Clasp Debate Over Returnee Pride
A fragment reflects on the modern world and those who returned alive, suggesting pride and questions about clasps. The tone hints at national debate and indignation, with England echoing similar concerns.
Napoleon III lenders flood France with gold
The article praises Louis Napoleon for quickly raising twenty million in loans and receiving offers for four times that sum. It contrasts French bold finance with English caution, criticizes British precedent, and laments government misery and disease amid political failures. It notes a dull news week and a medieval style society wedding described by a contemporary.
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France
England
Louis Napoleon
Mr. Guanstone
Merit Rules in New Hiring Bring Looming Reform
The Times notes merit as the passport to success in the East India Company and other departments with a promised shift toward meritocracy. Lord Cuatham’s stance is cited, while Red-tapists warn of storms as long-tenured clerks resist promotion of capable outsiders.
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Owen
Times
East India Company
Cuatham
Rowianp Hitu
Peace Society admission sparks comment on influence
The Peace Society admits it is unfit for a wicked warlike world. Mr Cospen said at Leeds on Wednesday he had been urged to disavow their opinions or risk losing influence with practical minds in peace advocacy. The remark is described as a rich confession needing no comment.
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Peace Society
Cospen
Leeds
European opinion turns on Russia as a deceiver
The article condemns Russian deceit and praises cautious European scrutiny. It notes Europe’s swift judgment of the Russian leadership and cites Austrian positions showing a shift toward alliance with France and Britain to defend Turkey. It argues Vienna's future actions could repair Western confidence and curb state deception.
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St. Petersburg
Europe
Austria
Constantinople
Baron de Bruck
France
England
Turkey
Russia
Vienna
M. Mazzini
War Unrest and Political Pressure Across Britain
A British observer notes tensions as Austria and Sardinia join the anti Russia league, while Crimean and Turkish war efforts advance. Domestic disarray follows, with critics attacking War Department mismanagement and a looming cabinet shake up. Parliament meets amid public demand for vigorous war policy and accountability from ministers.
War debate tests Tory unity and Liberal energy in crisis
A political column foresees a coming parliamentary crisis as ministers face pressure over war policy and dissolution threats. It notes Tory tactics, possible reshaping of the front, and the risk of a Liberal discomfiture from weak energy, urging strategic patience and unity amid looming elections. The piece highlights Lord Palmerston, Lord Eslington, and Lord Aberdeen era dynamics and hints at shifts in coalition strength and honours.
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Cotspun
Lord Esrington
Marylebone
Torough
Thosa
Cacus
Friends of “ Progress
Tory
Lord Paumerston
Joan
Peelites
Squirearchy
Jericho
Order of the Garter
Lord Ansxpren
Discovery for America in chaotic wartime rhetoric
The fragment rails at Nichollas and Pierce as a wartime alliance, mocks French art as sick dreams, and juxtaposes strained allegories of America Britain and Russia. It critiques press bias and hints at political intrigue while labeling leaders and factions in a dizzy, polemical tone.
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America
Russia
Nichollas
Pierce
Nichonas
Jonahuan
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Strand
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Wrrong Canonice
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Humparty DE Trafford
Bart
Jenkins
Thackeray
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Sardinia
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