Winter's hardships and world events rebound on Parliament
The article surveys harsh winter conditions in London with rising coal prices and flooded streets, while South Wales coal and iron industries face strikes and mass idleness. It reports the Northfleet disaster inquiries, the Liverpool election race, Thiers resisting electoral limits, and foreign affairs including Prussia's church control bill, Spanish Cortes on slavery, and King Amadeus's throne heir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfleet
Cadiz
Liverpool
Mr. Torr
Caine
Dane
M. Thiers
Committee of Thirty
Assembly
Cortes
Porto Rico
Amadeus
The Coming Session Opens Under Representational Ceremony
The fifth session of Parliament will be opened tomorrow with no royal in person presence. Sundry commissioners will represent the Queen and the Lord Chancellor will read the Royal Message to both Houses. Public excitement is low amid weather disasters at sea and on shore and fresh revelations from the Heesel murder case alongside strikes in South Wales and iron foundries causing widespread misery.
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South Wales
United Kingdom
Heesel
Great Coram Street
Stormy Commons Ahead Over Irish Education and Local Taxation
The article predicts a turbulent parliamentary session driven by two clashes Irish University Education and Local Taxation and Government. It cautions against measures bowing to ecclesiastical control, emphasizes broad secular learning, and notes Gladstone’s uncertain stance while highlighting strong financial and party interests on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfleet
Dungeness
Cadiz
House of Commons
House of Lords
Mr. Gladstone
Liberal Party
Ireland
Gladstone
Fawcett
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SHARP
Messrs
Sharp and Co
Poultry
London
Westminster
Lothbury
E.C
Anthur Miall
J. Harper
King William's Town
Arthur Clayden
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