Stansfeld Reform Aims to Fix Dockyard Accounting
The article critiques the old dockyard system of leading men as wasteful and opaque. It praises Mgr Stansfeld for abolishing the flawed method, introducing transparent labor accounting, and stressing constant oversight. It also weighs political fallout from Stansfeld’s actions and hints he will regain ministerial status.
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Mr. Stansfeld
Mgr. Stansfeld
Stansfeld
Halifax
Mazzini
Italy
England
France
Louis Napoleon
China and the Taepings in British View
The piece critiques British stance on China’s Taiping rebellion and foreign piracy. It argues neutrality is untenable amid Taiping and Imperialist conflict, notes Osborn expedition’s collapse, cites pirate threats on Chinese rivers, and condemns Taiping brutality while condemning piracy’s cowardly crimes.
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China
Green Isle
England
Mr. Baxter
Cardwell
Fishbourne
Foo-chow-Foo
J. Brooke
Osborn
Italy
Naples
Pekin
Lord Palmerston
Nanking