National Education League Meeting Advocates League Scheme
A crowded Femperance Hall meeting chaired by H Lee backed the National Education League aims to educate the population and sustain England’s moral and religious character. Supporters argued for the League plan over Union or Manchester schemes and praised Mr Forster’s bill if aligned with League objectives.
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Botron
Femperance Hall
National Education League
H. Lee
League
Manchester
W. E. Forster
H. Ashworth
Mellor
G. Dixon
Dixon
Leatham
Newport
United Kingdom
Forster
Southwark Election Field Narrows After Retirement
In Southwark Sir Francis Lycett retires leaving Sir Sydney Waterlow Mr Odger and Colonel Beresford as candidates. Voter base around 18 000 with 11 000 voting last cycle. Beresford abandons ticket meetings while Odger presses working class reform agenda and predicts top polling finish despite City opposition.
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Alderman Cotton
Colonel Beresford
Odger
George Odger
Trarue
Newington Causeway
L.ter
Savage
Working men in Parliament and Bristol Liberal ballots
A London meeting backs Odger's bid to represent working men in Parliament. Bristol retirement of Hon F H Berkeley prompts Liberal candidates to enter a preliminary ballot. Norwich politics hint at possible three-way contests with Tillett and Harvey among candidates.
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Odger
Rotherhithe
Thomas Hughes
Bristol
F. H. F. Berkeley
Charles Berkeley
HE. S. Robinson
L. Fry
Nortincham
Colonel Wright
Roebuck
Seymour
T. W. Evans
Derby
M.P
South Derbyshire
Norwich
J. H. Tillett
H. J. Stracey
Tillett
R. J. H. Harvey
Execution of Troppman at La Roquette Described in Detail
An eyewitness account details Troppman’s execution at La Roquette, including his final preparations, resistance at the scaffold, and the rapid fatal end. The report notes the guards, chaplain, and execution team, and condemns the crowd’s behavior surrounding the public ceremony.
Court, Official, and Personal Motes from The Lancet
The Lancet reports Queen Victoria at Osborne enduring neuralgia for months with severe attacks disrupting rest. On Sunday she could not leave the house. The Lord Chancellor and Sir John Simeon dined with the Queen last Wednesday. The Prince of Wales, recovered from influenza, rejoined the Princess at Gunton Hall. Cabinet councils met Friday and Saturday, with two more planned. Gladstone was seen at Tyndall's lecture, and reports claim he and others cut a beech tree at Hagley. Granville urged peers to attend Parliament opening on February 8 with key business ahead.
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Osborne
John Simeon
Prince of Wales
Lord Fitzhardinge
Berkeley Castle
Gunton Hall
Lord Lyttelton
Hagley
Stourbridge
England
Lyra and
Tenos
Hawarden
W. E. Gladstone
Karl Granville
House of Peers
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Election Intelligence
Troppman
la Roquette
Arrondisement
Cour Impériale
M. Claude
Detective Police
Ife
Place de la Roquette
Sergents-Deville
Garde de Paris
Seine
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