Palmerston and Layarp In a Reform Debate Echo
The passage rails at Palmerston for levity and indignant tone while praising Mr. Layarp’s temperate speech exposing service system vices. It notes Peel’s opposition yet favoring Layarp’s evidence backed critique and signals momentum for Administrative Reform as leaders push to reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Palmerston
Palmerstonian
Times
Lagarp
Nineveh
James Graham
Layarp
Frederick Peel
Layanp
Literary Fund meeting ends with renewed pledges and reforms
The Saturday meeting of the Literary Fund factions saw a sharp clash led by the Bishop of Oxford and Lord Stanley against Sir Bunner Lyrton and others. The old party held the line but promised to consider two main proposals of the new group, including broader press access and a loan system linked to relief rather than outright aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Fund
Oxford
Lord Stanley
Monckton Munnes
Bunner
Lyrton
Chantes Dickens
Forster
Literary Fund and Authors Need for Support
The piece argues that common social ties matter as much as status in literary circles and critiques the Literary Fund plan. It notes authors' shyness when seeking aid, praises advocates like Dickens Forster and Dix, and urges fair support for writers in need while respecting proprieties and social ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McSmatrenen
Youth
England
Macaunay
Billy the Third
Oxford
PauleErston
Dickens
Forster
B. Lurrey
Dix
Letters Between Napier and Graham Stir Political Turmoil
A Sheffield correspondent relays a mid 19th century exchange about letters between Sir James Graham and Sir Charles Napier. Sir Charles Napier warns that releasing the papers could trigger impeachment or harm the fleet while criticizing Graham for pressuring him to act against the winter plan. The correspondence touches on Treason claims and political maneuvering with Palamerston and Roebuck noted in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Napier
James Graham
Sheffield
J. Graham
C. Napier
Grant
Morning Advertiser
Mr. Grant
London
Sir James Graham
Sir Charles Napier
Janus Grant
Merchiston, Horndean
Roebuck
Sebastopol
Baltic
Charles
Napier
Colonel Sutter Wins California Land Claim With Land Commissioners
The Land Commissioners of California affirmed Colonel Sutter's claim to thirty three square leagues of land, restoring a veteran pioneer's title. A Paris telegraph update reports underground conductors for electric wires. By 1858 London and New York telegraph hourly links are promised. Birmingham clergy resume open air services on Sunday.
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California
Sutter
Land Commissioners of
Paris
Anid
London
New York
Birmingham
Oxford Honors Tennyson Milnes Amid Gossipy Arts Scene
Oxford awards honorary Doctor of Civil Law to Alfred Tennyson and Monckton Milnes amid praise for the poet and a note on Milnes. The report sketches recent literary deaths, rumors of new works by Halliburton and Forster, and mentions plans for a Jardin Mobine by E T Smith, plus Barnes on theatre and drama finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Alfred Tennyson
Monckton Milnes
de Lacy Evans
Mars
Monckton_Milnes
Travers Twiss
Lord Strangford
Campens
Lord Byron
Hibernian Strangford
Strangford
Moore
George Rose
Judge Halliburton
Sam Slick
John Forster
Dean Swift
Murray
Roberts
The
Holy Land
Messrs
Day and Son
Old Court
Leigh Hunt
Messrs. Hurst
Surrey Company
London
E. T. Smith
Drury Lane Theatre
Marquis of Hertford
Regent’s Park
The Queens of the Left Conclude Bassompierre Links
In Cap XI of The Queens of the Left, the son of Mademoiselle d Entragues and Count Bassompierre rises to become a bishop. Bassompierre deserts d Entragues after a child is born, marries Louise Marguerite de Lorraine, and public intrigue shadows the affair. The court scene at the Champs Elysees shows Queen Marie de Medici and the lovers in a tense exchange, with shifting affections and promises of marriage that unfold amid royal politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henriette D’entragues
Benedictines
Mademoiselle
D’entragues
Louise Marguerite de Lorraine
Princesse de Conti
Bassompierre
Madame D'Entragues
Gates
Cours-la -Reine
Marie de Medici
Mademoiselle d’Entragues
Seine
Madame Bassompierre
Mademoiselle D'Entragues
Bussompierre
Mademoiselle D
Madame de Verneuil
Duc de Guise
Madame Verneuil
Madame la Marquise
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the Literary. Fund
France
Wuen Iy. Chronicle
Queens OF the Left
Champs Elyvées
Palais de l'Industrie
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