Licensing Act canvass shows broad public support for Sunday closing
Edward Mathews reports police and household canvasses across 200 towns on the Licensing Act. Officials in Exeter and Ashton describe quieter streets and fewer drunken incidents. Liverpool Reading and Ashton households favor Sunday closing, with Liverpool posting 44 149 for, 3 330 against, and 8 339 neutral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Bradford
England
Alderman Randall
Oxford
Alliance News
Exeter
Ashton
Liverpool
Reading
Central Association
Edward Mathews
M.A
Market-street
Manchester
Contagious Diseases Acts as Election Issue Draws Attention
Letter to the editor argues repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts is an election question. It notes Dr Guthrie supported repeal, Sir James Romaay faced questions, and Barclay opposed them. Mentions a new League manifesto to press repeal in six northern English counties and electoral unions urging total repeal. Orkney and Shetland candidates are pledged on the right side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craufurd
Ayr
Barclay
Forfarshire
Dr. Guthrie
Scotland
James Romaay
Guthrie
House of Commons
Alsu
League
Northern
England
Midland
Ryen Orkney
Shetland
Southampton
Michael Kennedy
Manchester
Pendleton
Calcraft
Horace Waller
Leytonstone
Livingstone
Central Africa
the Times
Waller
Bartle Frere
Mansfield Road
Nottingham
Lerwick
Recorder
W. T. Greenhow
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Harvey
New River
Wood-green
Mark Cox
Berkshire
Rhymney
Orly
Ann Hollyman
Wellington Street
Pentonville
Salford
Northern Whig
Belfast
South Wales
Merthyr and
Dowlais
Great Coram Street
Ealing
Walter Trinder
Britton
Turner
Hull
Secret Acts to be Abolished, Wilson Urges Support
Henry J. Wilson of Pitsmoor Sheffield writes that acts passed in silence will be abolished once the public understands their nature. He calls on Nonconformists to aid in the cause, signing his message on December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Wilson
Pitsmoor
Sheffield
STATE CHURCHISM IN THE WORKHOUSE
A Cambridgeshire correspondent notes local ads seeking a Church of England schoolmaster and schoolmistress for the Chesterton Union Workhouse. He points to laws guaranteeing religious equality and cites a Guardians’ motion to open appointments that failed. He argues Nonconformists have been told their discontent is unreasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Union
Church of England
Board of Guardians
Royal Family attends church as Christmas plans unfold
The Queen and royal household attended divine service at Whippingham with Prince and Princess of Wales and family at Sandringham for Christmas. Reports also note government shifts, army estimates, and various royal, judicial, and social happenings across Britain including a fire in Nottingham and a shipwreck near the Gironde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whippingham
Prince
Princess Christian
Princess Beatrice
Prince Arthur
Prince Leopold
George Protheroe
Prince and Princess of Wales
Sandringham
Duke of Edinburgh
Earl of Leicester
Holkham Hall
Daily
Earl Spencer
Bruce
Childers
Home Office
Ayrton
W. Channell
Court of Exchequer
G. Honyman
Q.C
Manisty
Charles Pollock
Joseph Brooke
Bollin Hall
Bollington
Gladstone
Bass
Derby
Justice Lush
Newnham Park
Liverpool
Bernard C. Molloy
Middle Temple
Law
Landed Estates Court
Lynch
Duke of Marlborough
F. G. Fleay
Hipperholme Grammar School
Birmingham
Leeds
Skipton Grammar School
Dean Ramsay
Edinburgh
Guy Fawkes
Wolverhampton
South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire Hospital
London
Letheby
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