Election petitions target several MPs amid Irish petitions
The report notes petitions against multiple MPs including Christie for Grieve Greenock and Loch for Northern Burghs. It details Dublin city Liberals against Sir A Guinness and Conservatives against Mr Pim, with various motions on corrupt practices and inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christie
Grieve
Greenock
Loch
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Dublin City
Londonderry
Belfast
Enniskillen
Drogheda
Carrickfergus
Carlow
Youghal
Athlone
Galway
Cashel
Dublin
A. Guinness
Pim
Lamannieetyee
Dowse
Claud J. Hamilton
House of Commons
M‘clure
Munster
O’beirne
Leveson-Gower
Bodmin
Justice Willes
Hugh Birley
Manchester
Macintosh and Co
Liberal Party of
Birley
United Liberal Party
Westminster Vacancy Sparks Mills Avignon Letter
The note from Avignon says Mr Mill would not seek Westminster if a vacancy arose from Mr Smith’s petition. Other items report Wareham candidates Drax and Calcraft in a tied show of hands, Derbyshire MP Sir Thomas Gresley’s death, and rumors of Colonel Wright’s resignation with possible Nottingham vacancy contenders Bernal Osborne and Seely. Additional letters cite Mr Miall’s reply from 1868 to Clayton workers and clashes over church influence in South Shropshire elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denbysorne
Sowry
Thomas Gresley
South Derbyshire
Shipley Hall
R. Smith
Colvile
Evans
Norrivenam
Colonel Wright
Bernal Osborne
Seely
Nottingham
Erzecron
Miall
Clayton
Allen
Mm Watres
Wales
Principality
United Kingdom
Corbett
Arvon
Liverpool Welsh Reform Association
Liverpool Reform Association
Association
Anglesea
Shrewsbury Free Press
Justice Hayes urges curbs on drunkenness at Liverpool assizes
Mr Justice Hayes urged grand juries to use influence to curb drunkenness. Liverpool grand jury asked beerhouses be controlled like licensed pubs, expressing regret at crime linked to intoxication, a move echoed by Leeds jurors. Reform League discussed the abandoned banquet to the American Minister Reverdy Johnson and defended the League from blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Hayes
Liverpool Assizes
Leeds
Refopm Leacur
Reform League
Beales
League
Johnson
Reverdy Johnson
United States
Suit over Lady Huntingdon’s Connexion chapel rents
Attorney General suit seeks to force trustees of 1816 deed to continue paying one sixth of rents to Spafields Chapel School. The case outlines the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion governance, her appointment power for ministers, and the 1783 chapel schools with Fifteen Articles of Belief guiding ministerial admission and conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Stroud
Sir John Stuart
James Oldham Oldham
Lady Huntingdon
Spafields Chapel
Greene
Q.C
Eddis
Bagshawe
Selina
Huntingdon
Church of England
Shen
House of Lords
England
Countess of Huntingdon
God
Jesus Christ
Spafields
Oldham
Thomas Elisha Thoresby
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Welland House
Forest-hill
S.E
Messrs. Andrews and
Firth
Bradford
Neil
Gladstone
Mr. Bright
Dward Miall
South
Jasper More
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John Acton
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