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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 30, 1868
Page
7
General agreement supports a government plan to implement a measure against vested interests, promising orderly municipal government, reduced scandals, and strong local institutions. It would mark a triumph for the Home Secretary and a glory to the Gladstone administration.
The document records political letters and motions around the 19th century election funding disputes. It notes Mr Gladstone thanking supporters, debates on Conservative expenditures, and petitions filed by Liberal members. It lists dates and places in a proforma fashion.
Parishes in London report declines in pauperism except Marylebone and St Pancras. Five hundred recipients of a Field Lane Ragged School Christmas dinner included tramps, mendicants, and out-of-work laborers. funds were raised by two lady teachers. The Free Ragged School and Costermonger's Mission hosted 320 attendees with food and tea arranged by Mr. W. J. Oreman.
The report describes Christmas efforts across London to aid destitute families. Churches and charities distributed dinners and substantial food to thousands, with services and lectures accompanying the aid. Notable efforts include Islington, Myddelton Hall, and St. John’s Wood Congregational Church distributing meals to hundreds of families, supported by hundreds of volunteers and parish funds.
The article notes Christmas gifts distributed to labourers and their wives on the Osborne estate. It records Royal family attendance at Whippingham Church on Christmas Day, with Rev. George Prothero officiating. It also mentions the Crown Prince and Prussian princes traveling from Portsmouth to Dover, en route to Calais.
The government contemplates granting a free pardon to Sir Culling Eardley if he remains absent from the country until the end of his sentence. He was sentenced in January for bigamy and is released due to failing health. Madeira is noted as the destination for his travel.
Three young men, Campbell Wotherspoon and Moir, met at Moir’s room on Christmas Eve for a drink. Moir was shot dead by Campbell during a disturbance over a wager and a rifle. Wotherspoon testified the fight escalated as Campbell seized a rifle and fired. The prisoner was remanded for further evidence amid other holiday homicide reports from New Gravellane, Salford and Sheffield.
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