British Parliament Amid Debates On Empire and Domestic Reform
Leaders in the Lords and Commons discussed the Queen's Speech and forthcoming measures. Topics included Fiji annexation, Indian famine relief, land transfer, judiciary reform, sanitary laws, friendly societies, and improvements for working-class housing, with debates on economy and local taxation.
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House of Commons
Ireland
Serimiae
Sergion
Granyy
Moronty
Alfonso
Spain
Lord Carnarvon
Mr. Disraeli
Guildhall
Lord Northbrook
India
Lord Granville
Consolidated Fund
Lord Aberdeen
Duke of Ricamont
Commons
Stanmore
Whitelaw
Lord Donough
More
Lord Rayleigh
House of Lords
Stanhope
Waitelaw
Marquis of Hartington
Lord Palmerston
J. Disraeli
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Hartington
Fiji
Bengal
Disraelt
Disraeli
Royal Commission
House
Sir G. Bowyer
Mr. G. Bentinck
O’conor Power
J. Martin
Lord E. Fitzmaurice
Beresford
DisRazi
Cross
Stafford Northcote
Friendly Societies Bil
Gathorne Hardy
Charles Adderley
Lord Hartington Elected Liberal Leader in Unanimous Vote
Lord Hartington was chosen leader of the Liberal party in the House of Commons by 137 Liberal members meeting at the Reform Club under Mr Bright. Absentees included Forster Baxter Harcourt Knatchbull-Hugessen Grosvenor and many others. The gathering mourned Mr Gladstone’s retirement and pledged unity and broad organisation to achieve national aims.
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Lord Hartington
House of Commons
Reform Club
Bright
Forster
Baxter
William Harcourt
Knatchbull- Hugessen
Richard Grosvenor
Burt
Joseph Cowen
Charles Dilke
Dodson
Edmond Fitzmaurice
C. W. Fitzwillian
Horsman
Laing
Wilfrid Lawson
A. Macdonald
Mr. Massey
Robert Peel
Roebuck
Marquis of Stafford
P. A. Taylor
M‘cullagh Torrens
J. Walter
Watkin Williams
Whitbread
Fawcett
Gladstone
Liberal Party
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Trevelyan
Osborne Morgan
Peter Taylor
Sir Wilfrid Lawson
Mr. Dodd
Colonel Beresford
Mr. Jenkins
Church of Ireland
Mr. Salt
H. Johnstone
Forsyth
Maclaren
Mr. Newdigate
Tipperary
Colonel White
Stoke
Melly
Dublin University
Plunket
Chatham
Admiral Elliott
North Durham
Poole
Stroud
Lord Lyttelton
Cross Prone
Corporation of London
Metropolitan Board of Works
Officers of Health
Local Government
C. Adderley
Liberal