Crumbling Crimea policy recalled in wartime cabinet testimony
The Earl of Aberdeen testifies about three months of war preparations and information gaps before the Crimean expedition. He discusses cabinet decisions, consolidation ideas for offices, and the reliability of intelligence from the East, noting delays and boat shortages that hindered the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
Earl of Aberdeen
Earl
Sebastopol
John Russell
Lord John Russell
House of Commons
Duke of Newcastle
House of Lords
Gladstone
John Pakington
Layard
Emigration to New South Wales for youth under oversight
Communications between the President of the Poor Law Board and the Emigration Commissioners show that boys and girls over thirteen may, with parental consent and conditions, be indentured to employers in New South Wales. The 1853 New South Wales act allows emigration of older youths from lunatic asylums or similar homes with up to £8 contributed by the Emigration Commissioners per head, with total costs around £20. remaining £12 may be covered by guardians or charity managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavren Crinpreux
New Sourh Warxs
Poor Law Board
Emigration Commissioners
New South Wales
United Kingdom
Boards of Guardiana
Atlas Iron Works disaster destroys Southwark factory
A large portion of Polglasse and Co.s Atlas Iron Works collapsed in Borough-road Southwark on Monday afternoon. Two hundred workers were inside at the time. many injured, some severely. Rescue efforts involved police and medical staff from St Thomas’s Hospital. One worker crushed by a mill-stone awaited release, while another survived a boiler incident.
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Borovennoap
Borough-road
Southwark
Messrs. Polglasse and Co
Atlas Iron Works
Shot and Shell
St. Thomas's Hospital
Bird
Land Society
Exeter Hall
London
Ill advised election mail leads to assault and murder mystery
A string of Crime notes recount a Liverpool district incident where Mr Hudson sent a £10 10s check to Mrs Cox misdelivered to her supposed address. The tale extends to a chandelier maker Mr Cox who suspects vote influence and later retrieves the funds via a third party. A separate tragedy unfolds with Mary Ann Mason found dead after Joseph Meadows jealousy and a gun incident. An attempted murder case follows with Edward Aspinall accused of trying to drown his sweetheart Mary Conley after coercive pursuit along a canal. Additional items cover university attendance data and Masonic lodge proceedings in Dover and Dublin.
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Sincupar
Snp
Coxcr
Liverpool
Hudson
M.P
Cox
Shaw-street
Vallance
Mr. Hunt
Kate’s Hill
Joseph Meadows
Meadows
Rann
Round Oak
Dudley
Yeomanry
Ingram
van Hive
Weneh
Salford
H. L. Trafford
Edward Aspinall
Mary Conley
Granbyrow
Manchester
Hulme
Stretford
Edward
Assizes
Conzece
Council of Teachers
University of Cambridge
Oxford
Lincoln’s Inn
London
Masonic Intelligence and Lodge Proceedings with Burns Lopes
Freemasonry is praised as a universal teacher fostering virtue and social harmony. The Burns Lopes Lodge No. 25 held its last meeting of the season with initiation and two raisings led by Br. Goring. visitors included brethren from several lodges. A benevolent fund gift of £10 was approved for an ailing ex-member, urging lodges to fundraise to reduce external aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonce
Charles Russell Harrison
H.G. Warren
Br. Rackstraw
P. M
Br. 'l
Adams
W. M
Br. Holmes
Br. G. F. Taylor
Br. Warren
Br. Webber
Br. Harrison
Yaisiig-the
Phoenix
Her
G. Genge
G. Perrin
E. Holmes
G. Ford
G. F. Taylor
Lope Or Jopre
Henry Blake
Morris Josephs
Manchester
Joel
Br. Allen
Henry Lyons
W.M
Brother Bayley
Dr. Mainwaring
Bellevue Hotel
Bellevue
Hengist
Freemasonry
Burns’ Lopes
Br. Goring
Br. Dyte
Br. Burton
Br. F. Binckes
S.W
Br. C. J. Waterhouse
Br. Kemmish
P.M
Board of Benevolence
Meetings of Lodges Across London Freemasons Taverns
A dated list outlines meeting nights for numerous lodges and chapters in London venues such as Freemasons Taverns Albion and London Taverns Thatched House and diverse halls from May 21 to May 26. It names lodges including Antiquity Mount Moriah Unity St George and more with corresponding venues and days.
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Grand Master's
Freemasons
Wno
British Lodge
Lodge of Emulation
Albion Tavern
Lodge of Felicity
London
Lodge of ‘Tranquillity
Bridge House
Southwark
Prudence
Ship and Turtle
Leadenhall-street
Tuxaspay
Board of General Purposes
Tuscan Lodge
Moira Lodge
Prudent Brethren
Lodge of Industry
Swan Tavern
Hungerford Market
Prince of Wales’s Lodge
St., James’s
Cyrus
Wepnewsday
Lodge of Antiquity
Mount Moriah
Freemasons’ Tavern
Lodge of United Pilgrims
Manor House
Walworth
Lodge of Unity
St. George’s
Pot-house ethics and a Peruvian carnival tease loom in Liverpool notes
A column quotes the Liverpool Albion on a pot-house meeting stirred by Mr Layard and Colonel North. It rebukes North for attacking his betters and notes two hundred gentlemen in attendance. Also mentions Callao carnival talk of a battoned coloured man and a Canadian revenue table showing Canada’s revenue rising from 513,431 to 1,522,027 by 1854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronet
Norrin
M.P
Liverpool Albion
Mr. Layard
Morning Post
Confraternity
Liverpool
North
Layard
Thomas Gladstone
J. Heron’. Maxwell
Burrine Mareo
Callao
Peru
Canada
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Metropolis
R. Meredith
Cochrane
Jewkes
Ireland
Grand Masonic Looe
Masonic Hall
Dublin
Duke of Leinster
G.M
Earl of Donoughmore
G.S.W
J.S. Robinson
Greenadier
Shakspeare
Domatic
Falcon Tavern
Fetterlane
Fripay
Universal Lodge
Freemasons' Tavern
Fitzroy Lodge
Finsbury
Friendship
J. James
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