Bulletins And Other State Intelligence - Softcover

Compiled And Arranged From The Official Documents Published In The London Gazette.

9780371851005: Bulletins And Other State Intelligence

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ISBN 10: 0371851009 ISBN 13: 9780371851005

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

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"Bulletins And Other State Intelligence". This work collects official notices, dispatches, and parliamentary and ceremonial documents published in the London Gazette during 1841. It weaves together two broad strands: a decisive British amphibious operation in May–June 1841 against Canton during the Opium War, detailing land-and-sea tactics, landing columns, river gunfire, fortress assaults, and the negotiated terms of surrender and indemnity; and a wide array of domestic and imperial matters issued in late 1840 to early 1841, including treaty news, customs and postage reforms, Treasury warrants, and royal appointments. The text also records ecclesiastical reorganizations in England—transfers of parishes and deaneries among Canterbury, Lincoln, and Newark; substitutions for suspended canons; and the administration of diocesan sees—alongside royal addresses congratulating the Queen on the birth of the Princess Royal and the Duchess of Kent, plus notes on Afghan/Cabool campaigns, diplomatic and court notices, and court schedules. Across its sections, the volume illustrates how imperial governance fused military action, foreign affairs, domestic administration, and ceremonial life in Victorian Britain.

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