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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 01, 1851
Page
8
Workmen on several railways discussed grounds of complaint and backed a plan for a one month notice to prevent sudden strikes. Simpson urged caution against strike tactics and praised good counsel. Directors offered wage protection for three years, while many workers refused to sign but later accepted new engagements, averting a threatened strike.
The St Albans poll opened before eight and closed at four with 276 147 129 tallied amid drunken disorder and bribes feared for the winner. The Times notes expenses around five thousand pounds for both candidates. Aylesbury also reports a late nomination by John Houghton against Frederick Calvert with strained Liberal support and Protectionist expectations for rural relief.
At a local gathering in Aylesbury, Mr. Hamilton of the Aylesbury News proposed a candidate, then nominated the satirical Punch of Fleet Street as a fit representative. The audience erupted in laughter as the farce unfolded, and no vote followed for Punch.
A fourteen year old girl, Julia Munk of Colleton-place Exeter, reports being followed by an elderly man in black who urged Catholic conversion and coerced her into swearing an oath at an uninhabited room linked to a mock ceremony. The episode spurred police inquiry, family fear, and public notices offering a reward for information, with local clergy and physicians weighing in on whether a Jesuit plot was involved.
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