Protectionist Riot at Stafford Shire Hall
A Protectionist meeting at Stafford Shire Hall ended in a violent clash between farmers and free traders. Blood and missiles flew as officials and attendees fled, with police overwhelmed and the mayor’s noninterference noted. Similar protectionist meetings followed in Loughborough and Derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Shire Hall
Lord Albot
Lord St.Vincent
Lord Newport
M.P
Lord Lewisham
Mr. Kidderley
Proctor
Lord Talbot
Adderley
Constable Drowns While Chasing Assault Suspect
An Epinsurcu polteeman pursuing an assault suspect slipped on a dam dike and fell into the Water of Leith, drowning in the deep pool. The incident occurred during the chase, and the officer did not survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epinsurcu Polteeman
Leith
Ireland sees Protectionist meetings fail and debate widens
In Dublin a Protectionist gathering boasts seven attendees, only two clergymen among them. Across Dunmanway, Cork, Cavan and Donegal meetings falter as Catholic priests push free trade resolutions. In Down, Nenagh, and Mayo, debates shift toward protection, tenant rights, and political appointments while candidate prospects grow murky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
Tressam Gregg
B. Johnson
Dunmanway
Cork
Cavan
Donegal
Kelleher
P.P
England
Mr. Daunt
Mr. Kelleher
Down
Sharman Crawford
Lord Downshire
Lipperary
North
Nenagh
Mayo
Dillon Browne
Falkland Islands
Ousely Higgins
Liberal Party
Higgins
Col
Knox Gore
Letter From Sir R Peel On Tenant 20 Percent Use
An excerpt from the Norfolk News publishes Sir Robert Peel's reply to Mr George Gower about using 20 percent of a year's rent for tenant improvements. Peel names drainage fencing and manure preservation as priority uses to benefit farms and labor, with full share to tenants where improvements already exist. Drayton manor, Jan 7. A second item reports a fatal accident near Bow Station where a farm worker was run over by an 8 10 down train from Bishopsgate during a failure to stop in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Peen
Norfolk News
Sir R. Peel
George Gower
Smallburgh
Baronet
Robert Peer
Drayton Manor
Friautrun
Bow
Eastern Counties Railway
John Rodder
Bishopsgate
Not Guilty by Insanity in Coup Murders Trial
The trial of Sarah Drake for the murder of her child ended with a verdict of Not guilty on the ground of insanity. The jury accepted her defense that the killing occurred during a sudden delirium amid poverty and the nurse’s departure, despite no witnesses supporting insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Street
Sarah Drake
Alderman Humphery
God
Lady Denman
Lord Denman
Lota Montres and Heald Affair Returns to England
The United Service Gazette reports Mr Heald formerly of the 2nd Life Guards has returned to England and stays at the Burlington Hotel after leaving his wife with two Frenchmen in Cadiz. The Standard notes a policeman in Gray's Inn Road was found fatally injured from a fall after attempting to enter a house and died at Royal Free Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lota Montres
Heald
2Nd Life Guards
England
Burlington Hotel
Cadiz
Lola
United Service Gazette
Fatau
Harrison-street
Gray’s Inn-Road
Royal Free Hospital
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Cowpen
North Leicestershire
Loughborough
South Derbyshire
Easingwold
North Riding of
Yorkshire
Derby
W. Freshfield
George Fréderick Young
Cobden
Manchester
Joseph Lewis
America
Tory
Fraser’s Magazine
Fraser
LAW and Police
Morwne
Portugal
Queen’s Bench
F. Thesiger
Count de Thomar
Morning Post
Central Criminal Court
London
Samuel Grieves Harvey
James Wodsley Tawney
Harvey
Rugby
Samuel Harvey
Tawney
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