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THE CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW

... THE CAPTURh OF LUCKNOW. The telegraph assures ns that Lucknowv has fallen. On the 17th of March it was completely in tile possession of the English and their native auxiliaries. The loss of the defenders of the city is estimated at 2,000 men and 117 guns. The casualties on ocur side are not given, are not, in fact, even alluded to. Seine people deem this an ominous omission, and draw from it ...

Published: Sunday 18 April 1858
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1246 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: News 

THE PAPER DUTIES

... THE PAPE R DUTIES. DEPUTATION TOt LORD DERBY YESTER- DAY, AND MEMORIALS TO GOVERN- MENT. Yesterday a deputation from the Association for Pro- mioting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge waited on Lord Derby at Downing-street, for the purpose of drawing his attention to the hardships and anomalies arising from the paper duty, and from the security system. The deputation was introduced by Mr. ...

Published: Friday 16 April 1858
Newspaper: Morning Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4406 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE CHINA MAIL

... We extract the following from the .Foihid of China, Feb. 27:- Affairs in China are in the process of development, and though we have little of an extraordinary nature now to tell of, next mail, it is probable, will carry home news of important events, That the braves are mustering in large numbers around Canton, de- termined on an attempt to retake the city, is a fact of which some of our ...

Published: Sunday 18 April 1858
Newspaper: Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1390 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

TOWN AND COUNTRY TALK

... I ~ TOWN AND COUNTRY TALK, In consequence of the retirement of Lord Monek as a candidate for the borough of Portsmouth in the event .of a general election, it is the intention of Rear.admiral Keppel to offer himself in the liberal interest. Amannamed Malone, employed in Portsmouth dock.- yard saw.mills, wasatworkatthecireularsaps, and by some inattention his hand proceeded too far, and the ...

Published: Sunday 18 April 1858
Newspaper: Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1351 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: News 

WOODSTOCK

... V. arc haYpPY to helar that a subsceiption, limited to a maxiillaiy of 51., is on foot for presenting a testimonial to Alderman William Margytts, nho has been Chairman of the Wcordstoek Union duing nui years, an)d who is not re- eieted a Guardian upon this occasion At the last meeting of tle old Board of Guardians, on Tuesday, a vote of thanks tD Mlr. 31argetts, for his long and zealous ...

Published: Saturday 17 April 1858
Newspaper: Oxford Journal
County: Oxfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 807 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

THE MIDLAND RAILWAY

... TO THEt EDITORh GP THE DAILY xZWB Slit,-As you have given insertion, as'a matte of fairness, to my letter of the 8th, m I a s atI e I as a matter of fairness. to give a Place in aou Cou, lia to this reply to your article of the 12th your colee I am no partizan of tho Midland, or any Other company; neither is my maxim Whatever is, is rhter t., do I view all railways couleur de rose. ...

Published: Monday 19 April 1858
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1482 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE CHURCH-RATE QUESTION

... THll CE UBRO-AN2R Q.UESTION. I I DEPUTATION TO THE EARL OF DERBY. Yesterday afternoon a deputatiou, cousieting of members of parliament and others, waited on the Earl of Derby, the First Lord of the Treasury, at his 'official reei- deuce in Downing-sereet, in deprecation of the bill now before the House of Commons, introduced by Sir John Trelawny, 3 for the abolition of church rates. The ...

Published: Tuesday 20 April 1858
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2126 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE UNITED STATES

... Fuj The steamer Vanderbilt arrived off Cowes yester-PO day morning on her way to Havre. She left New th York on the 10th inst. off The Vanderbilt brought no mail; but she had on dec board 206 passengers, and 358,600 dollars in specie. giv On the 11th inst., in lat. 42.0, Ion. 58.10, she ex-the changed colours with a large screw steamship, sup- S posed to be the City of Washington. On the 14th ...

Published: Wednesday 21 April 1858
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2415 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

INDIA

... I A .DIA OF LtUCKNOW. Br~lj g -FLIGHIT OF 50,000. J,00 FOpS-IT oF THE FUGITIVES. f lor which lnglisimen have no long pe 'and watched, has at laat arrived. epjlrbvfsllen, Tbeeentralpivotof therebellionhes htoc' aoalelt uat atl ?? leialbear of I'ZD teicd; a~da 6ueri igooitwarfareinthe swamps ;c'hrt~e7 50fBObi Twundelound Two thousand ?? jc~ilt were 81ais, the principal landowners have do,8t, ed ...

Published: Friday 16 April 1858
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1932 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

HARBOURS OF REFUGE

... Tile select committee of the [louse of Cmmons on this e subject r3.sasseiiled iin lilitteO room 11, on Monday monilog, after the recess. TIhe following ore the names of the members :-Mr lBaring, Mr11 Clay, Mr Dodson, Admiral Duncomnbe, Sir James Elphinstone, Mr Joseph E wart, Mr Fergus, illr Robert Ferguson, Mr J. H. Gur. . fey, Mr Hassald, Lord yoljn Hay, SIr Kendall, 3r Lid. deli, Mr Lowe, ...

Published: Friday 16 April 1858
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 796 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

Court and Official News

... ionut aliv (ffi~fdicial W The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Arthur and the Princess Louisa, took a drive oul Tuesday afternoon in an open carriage and four. Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood and Captain Du Plat were in atten- dance on horseback. Tle Prince Consort, attended by Captain Du Plat, rode oil horseback in the forenoon. The Princesses Alice and Helena took a carriage ...

Published: Thursday 15 April 1858
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 474 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

THE FALL OF LUCKNOW

... . I . . . . _ Lucknow has fallen ! Perhaps no event since the memorable evacuation of Sebastopol after the in- fernal fire! and the great assault of the allies, has been Iailew l witsufavtion. On the 19th of March, the capital of Oude was com- pletely in the hands of the British forces. The particulars of the momentous siege of this strong- hold of the rebel sepoys, and its final fall ...

Published: Saturday 17 April 1858
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1611 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News