Unnatural father punished and other local court actions
A string of London magistrate cases includes a mutiny act denial of seven year exemption for an enlistment case with a boy and bounty, a father jailed for neglecting two infant children, a private burial ground dispute, police assault by naval dock workers, and a servant charged with robbing her employers.
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Ing
D’eyncourt
England
Ireland
Scotland
Hayward
Harry Samuel Briggs
Lambeth
D'Eyncourt
St. Luke's
St. Luke’s
Lambeth-walk
Lambethwalk
Dixon
St. Luke's Beadle
Susan Briggs
Mr. D'Eyncourt
House of Correction
Henry Jones
Clerkenwell Court
Tyrwhitt
New Bunhill-fields
Stammars
Leyton
Islington
Lord Palmerston
Jones
Spafields
Lambeth Court
G. C. Norton
Penge
Battersea
Crystal Palace
Crimea
Joseph Paxton
John Wales
Thomas Cannon
William Bavington
William Co Mus
George Dixon
Thos. White
Matthew Ray
Edward Fair- Deather
Thomas Harvey
Cornelius Sheppard
Henry Kemmish
Ann Maria Pooley
Thames Court
Ellen Driscoll
Jane Myera
Horns Tavern
High Street
Whitechapel
George Woodward
Ingham
Soldier Burke of Connaught Rangers Wins Medal for Inkerman Save
At a Dublin review the chaplain pointed to Burke, a Connaught Ranger, wearing the medal for distinguished service. During Inkerman he spotted a Russian general urging his troops from horseback, fired at about 700 yards, killing the general on the spot and was later wounded.
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Dublin
Burke
Connaught Rangers
Inkerman
Market Reels as War News Dampens Confidence
The market opened quiet with French loan expectations weighing on prices. Rumors of ministerial troubles and war impact keep sentiment bleak. Autocrat bonds slide after Hango reportage. railway stocks weak while joint stock banks see interest in new ventures. Green fruit market steady as winter fruit outlook supports demand.
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Toursday
Evenina
Sebastopol
Cos Enck
Hango
Russia
City Bank
London
Bahama
Strategic indecision hinders Odessa bombardment in 1854
A historic dispatch shows Vice-Admiral Dundas reporting blocked Kerch Strait navigation by enemy actions and limited naval relief. He notes 8,000 to 10,000 garrisons at Anapa and Soujak, and that land routes prevail. Correspondence reveals plans to bombard Odessa halted by Allied consent and geopolitical caution.
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Straits of
Kerth
Anapa
Wasp
Soujak
Flag of Truce Fire Heard From Russian Waters
The Vulture under Captain Glasse arrived with dispatches after leaving the fleet on the 11th and anchoring off Cronstadt. A Russian firing on a flag of truce boat resulted in sixteen English sailors killed while landing Finnish prize crews. Merlin and Firefly reconnaissance struck inflexible mines that damaged their copper sheathing.
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Danrzic
Vulture
Glasse
Cronstadt
Russia News Briefs on Recruitment and Regency
The report notes changes in recruitment rules allowing up to age 37, with only sons liable to fill the quota if needed. It mentions an ukase on succession and outlines Regent arrangements: Grand Duke Constantine would govern if the Emperor dies until the eldest son reaches majority, with the Empress as guardian, and similar provisions for the second son.
Instructions of Admiral Dundas on Crimean blockade and Odessa bombardment
Extracts from Admiralty correspondence dated 1854 outline orders to Vice Admiral Dundas to prevent all ships from Kherson and the Dniester reaching the Crimea. Directives urge concerted action with allied forces to seize Kerch Straits access, bombard Odessa, and disrupt eastern Crimean communications.
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Dundas
Secretary of the Admiralty
Hamelin
Britannia
Katscha
Admiralty
Sphinx
Gladiator
Stromboli
Odessa
Cacique
Goldsmith
Sidon
D. Dundas
Azoff
Crimea
Sim
Kherson
Dniester
Gulf of Kerthh
Sea of Azoff
Danube
Perekop
W. A. B. Hamilton
Patriotic Fund lodges over a million in Bank of England
The Gazette reports the Patriotic Fund now holds well over a million sterling in the Bank of England. It notes wide national and international contributions from all classes and colonies. Weekly, 70 to 80 widows become relief recipients, often due to bereavement or new information about it. The total counts 1487 widows 1802 children and 33 orphans. Steps are under way for the education of the children.
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the Patriotic Fund
The
Patriotic Fund
Bank of England
India
Lords Pass Bill Amendments and Administrative Reform Debate
In Parliament yesterday the Lords granted Royal Assent by Commission to several bills including Stamp Duties and Sewers. The Lords backed Lord Derby's select committee plan to review law on religious worship while education for poor children bill passed. In the Commons the Peelites pressed ministers on Russia peace terms and broad admin reform. Layard urged merit-based civil service appointments and criticized patronage in army, diplomacy, and consulars. The debate, with Gladstone and Palmerston cited, continued amid motions to adjourn and calls for public competition in appointments.
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House of Commons
Earl of Derby
Lord Granville
Earl of Starresbury
OxFory
Lord Derby
Peelites
Otway
Russia
Baronet
Carlisle
University of Oxford
Gladstone
Lord Panmerston
Drsratt
GuansTons
Lord Palmerston
Layard
E.B. Sxerrox
E. B. Lutton
Aberdeen
John Russell
Duke of Newcastle
Lazovu- Chere
E. B. Lytton
Lord Pan- Merston
Aylesbury
Layarp
Rochdale
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J. W.D. Dundas
Lea Généraux
Signé
London and North-Western
Great Northern
Great Western
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Eveenawerneee
Brighton
Bristol
Exeter
York
Nth
Mid
Newcastle,& Ber
Leeds
Aeee
Caledonian
Deans ‘Dundas
Kertch
Alma
Eneral
House OF Lords
War Department
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
Emperor of Austria
Cracow
Thurne
Marquis of Hartrom
Regent’s Park
Marquis of Hertford
Garraway's
E. T. Smith
Drury Lane Theatre
George Frederick Parratt
Her
Buckingh
Palace Gardens
Éich
Bannockburn
George IV
Queen Victoria
Peter Lucien Bonaparte
Greenwich Hospital
London Bridge
Sun
Tuea
Lars
Are
Dus
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