Imperial military and scientific reorganization announced
Dixon and other officers are named to a new progress advocate committee with civilian experts like Mr Al Gregory and Professor Wheitstone. An Imperial decree names Count Walewski as Foreign Affairs minister and Count de Persigny as ambassador to England. Sir William Burnett receives a 1000 pound retirement allowance. M Titoff loses a son at Sevastopol while serving as lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. al. Gregory
Wheitstone
Moniteur
Count Walewski
Drowyrr-de-Lhuys
Count de Persigny
England
Sir William Burnett
K.C.B
Navy Medical Department
M. Titoff
Prince Gortchakoff
Russia
Sebastopol
Examination of Sidney Herbert on War Office duties in Crimea
The committee grilled Sidney Herbert Secretary-at-War on his financial control of army departments and the lack of authority over medical and transport services. Admiral Dundas testified on Black Sea operations and the failed effort to secure Crimea, noting shore access issues and joint talks with St Arnaud about Sebastopol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
Duke of Newcastle
Horse Guards
Boxer
Sebastopol
Lord Raglan
Smith
Scutari
Lord Stratford
the Alma
Hall
Sidney Herbert
Messrs
Hayter and Howell
Hayter
Treasury
War Departments
Admiralty
War
Ordnance
Wood
Board of Ordnance
D. Dundas
Black Sea
Besika Bay
Lord ‘Stratford
Odessa
Dundas
Marshal St. Arnaud
Admiral Causes Laughter as Committee Questions Blockade
The committee fumbles through a tense exchange with the Admiral who insists on discussing the French and the blockade. Roebuck withdraws as questions are dodged, amid a disorderly, confusion filled discussion and snickering.
English exhibitors seek recovery of New York Exhibition assets
A meeting at 10 Carlisle Street Soho square heard claims of unreturned property from the 1853 New York Exhibition. Exhibitors reported smashed items and charges for dock fees, with insolvency of the New York association and no refunds. The gathering adjourned for a week to pursue inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Street
Soho-square
New York
Exhibition Association
W. Rogers
Buschek
Europe
Charing-cross
London
England
Joan H. Bown
Wy. G. Rogers
Rogers
Althoug
Major
New York Association
Daily News
Arrowsmith
New Bond-street
Penny
United States
Loft
Dublin
Association For the Exhibition
Industry of All Nations
Charles Buscren
Frewen
Jennens
America
Deathbed of Sundry physician Dr Monro announced
Dr Monro the celebrated Sundry physician lies on his deathbed amid reports of a fatal illness. A Queen's Bench application sought to bar Sheriff's officers from entering his bedroom. A separate notice states the new market will open before month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monro
Bank Purchases Mall of Commerce and Funeral Notices
The Bank of London has bought the Mall of Commerce on Threadneedle Street. In Finchley, a burial for a renowned musical composer drew a large crowd with a 300-voice choir and a Covent Garden benefit concert planned for Sir Henry Bishop's bereaved children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of London
Mall of Commerce
Threadneedle-street
Henny
Bisnor
Finchley
Ransford
Covent Garden
London
Gye
Sir Henry Bishop
Sims Reeves
Francis
Benson
Lawler
H. Buckland
Howe
Augustus Braham
Hamilton Braham
Hobbs
Weiss
Henry Phillips
Birch
Dolby
Endersohn
Heywood
J. Scott Russell
Millwall
Mr. Russell
Eastern Steam Navigation Company
Millw
CoLtece
Hospiran
Baron de Goldamid
Westminster County Court
Nixey
Seven Dials
E. T. Smith
Drury-lane Theatre
Drury-lane
Rowan Academy
Viscount Hardinge
Earl of Cardigan
C. Wi Od
Duke of Argyll
Viscount Palmerston
Lord Campbell
Mr. Stanfield
St. Sebastian
Wellington
St. Bartolomes
Viscount
C. Eastlake
Ellenborough
Murillo
Priper
Blackfriars’ Bridge
Pancras-road
David Martin
Princes Street
Spitalfields
Gore House
Camberwell Grove
Whitehall Gardens
Lord Berners
Meath
Cashel
Bernard
Joseph Napier
H. L. Powys
A. L. Powys
Ardagh
Brook W. Bridges
Michael Cusac Smith
R. Spooner
C. H. Frewen
M.P
Howel Gwyn
N. Kendal
James Macgregor
J. Polema
George Macartney
May Meetings Report Growth in Ragged School Union
The eleventh annual Ragged School Union meeting chaired by the Earl of Shaftesbury notes 300 metropolitan schools serving about 17 600 pupils with increased scholars and teachers. The British and Foreign Bible Society reports record 1 450 816 copies issued, £64 878 7s 3d general funds, and 83 348 more copies than last year. Duke of Argyll chairs the British and Foreign School Society meeting praising its educational basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Ragged School Union
Earl
Shaftesbury
Society
British and Foreign Bible Society
Duke of Argyll
British and Foreign School Society
Extraordinary Invention for Teeth and Palates Patented in London and Bath
The article reports a Royal Letters Patent granted to Ephraim Moseley and Son for chemically prepared white and gum colored India rubber teeth and dentures. It highlights perfect adhesion, accurate fit, removal of springs, and a natural feel with a flexible artificial periosteum-like support, claiming the teeth become part of the mouth. The widow of General Bizot is noted to have a pension of 4,000 francs from the Emperor of the French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bizot
BarHu
Messrs
Ephraim Moseley
Altais
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Royal Botanic Society
Prince Albert
Prince of
Saxe Coburg
Hohenlee Langenberg
Prince Arsent
Owen
Isaac Church
Grenadier Guards
Alma
Inkerman
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