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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 07, 1855
Page
10
Fragment from a speech discussing a proposed annual Recruitment Bill, no extraordinary levy, and standard administration. It honors soldiers and urges perseverance and faith to restore peace and the alliance of two great nations. The speaker reflects on duty, sacrifices, and the nation’s historical mission.
About 900 men paraded at Shorncliffe including two thirds from Heligoland rifle corps. Command given in German as Baron Stutterheim and staff examined lines. Officers report health issues from bad water. camp work continues before depots arm and equip the troops. Some officers and privates with Austrian and Prussian backgrounds may rise to commissions. a notable sergeant recalls a Hungarian war veteran. A private previously stayed at Birmingham’s Ship Hotel before joining the legion.
A charity excursion departs from the South-Western Railway terminus for Richmond and other spots at sixpence per passenger. Funds cover the rest of the costs, aided by the rector Rev Mr Brown and a committee of ladies and gentlemen. The event showcases local benevolence and parish generosity.
The Tur Townsend Institution adds an Arctic collection from officers in search of Sir J Franklin. The Tur Society of Arts marks its 101st anniversary with a Crystal Palace dinner led by the Duke of Argyll and guests including many MPs and doctors. Other items note a new asylum building near Reigate costing about 35000 pounds and a Belgian king’s visit to Dover en route to London.
The English Prose Essay for 1856 selects The Character of Lord Clarendon as topic. Open to undergraduates of Oxford within four years from matriculation as of March 31.
Hundreds sought shelter in police stations or hospital after violent scenes in Hyde Park. Witnesses cite mobs, stones, and police truncheon use as crowds of 40 000 to 50 000 gathered near the Serpentine. Defendants faced fines or release on own recognizance as debate over the bill continued in Parliament.
After a week with twelve Smyrna brigands Dr Macraith was released on a ransom of 4607. Negotiations fixed a rural spot eight miles from Smyrna for payment and liberty. The brigand chief Simon risks head rewards, but a signed scrap of paper gives safe conduct through Asia Minor.
A 19th century column describes Russian prisoners in Plymouth being walked for air in groups with guards, noting three deaths in a fortnight and reverent funeral processions. It adds varied items from ecclesiastical sales, Ryde military amusements, hospital gifts, cricket feats, a Cork suicide, and a Newcastle love letter case with verse.
An officer in Pegu, Captain Madigan of the 84th Foot, was killed while erecting telegraph posts, mistaken for a political officer, despite 1400 rupees offered to spare him. A baby left at Shoreditch Workhouse bore a note by a desperate mother seeking aid. The infant died later. A nobleman, formerly Coldstream Guards, died at Carlton House terrace after succeeding to an earldom on his father’s death.
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