Women’s suffrage society hears broad support for rights
The meeting chaired by Mrs. Peter Taylor with Caroline Biggs as secretary reported 220 petitions to Parliament this year totaling 41 000 signatures and 18 500 pamphlets by Mill Cobbe Bodichon Newman and others. Mill praised sympathy for the cause and urged progress. a resolution declaring sex should not bar political rights passed after Fawcett spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Biggs
Mill
Cobbe
Mdme
Bodichon
Professor Newman
Charles Kingsley
Fawcett
Royal appearances and society notices in Windsor and Manchester
The Duke of Argyll and Mr Layard dined with the Queen. the Prince and Princess of Wales visited Windsor with the royal family. Royal progress includes Osborne stays for weeks and a Windsor return planned via Balmoral. The Sailors Orphan Girls School opening in Hampstead drew nobility and a 2000 subscription total. Obits note Lord Kenyon and Lady Duff Gordon. Lord Taunton’s death prompts biographical details. Labouchere’s career listed. Livingstone safety claimed. Homer book praised. Atheneum Club elects John Bright. Knighthood anticipated for H W F Bolckow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Argyll
Mr. Layard
Mdile
Titiens
Signor Gardoni
Mr. Santley
Windsor
Prince
Princess of Wales
Windsor Castle
Christian
Schleswig-Holstein
Louise and
Beatrice
Prince Leopold
Osborne
Balmoral
Prince Arthur
Sailors’ Orphan Girls’ School
Churchlane
Hampstead
Irish Times
Hgg
Ireland
Royal Agricultural Society
Manchester
Worsley Hall
Earl and Countess of
Ellesmere
Lord Kenyon
Eastbourne
Duff Gordon
Egypt
Cairo
Lord Taunton
Mr. Labouchere
Oxford
Board of Trade
Taunton
Endowed Schools Commission
Thomas Baring
Ellis
Prince of Wales
Mary Howard
Earl of
Carlisle
H. A. Churchill
C.B
Livingstone
Lord Derby
Gladstone
Juventus Mundi
Viscount Courtenay
East Devon
Atheneum Club
John Bright
M.P
Lord Stanhope
H. W. F. Bolckow
Middlesboro
Reform Club Meeting to Consider Resignation Cause
The Reform Club general meeting will be held Thursday the 22nd at one o'clock to discuss the resignations of Mr Bright and Mr Foster. The Deputy Judge Advocate-General post has been given to Mr J C O Dowd. The London Scotsman correspondent notes Lord Stanley’s absence and remarks on Conservative party stance and leadership dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform Club
Bright
Foster
Lushington
Admiralty
J. C. O'Dowd
London
The
Scotsman
Lord Stanley
Orangemen
House of Commons
Hardy
Mr. Disraeli
Disragli
Commons
The Queen and Indian Begum Acknowledged by the Crown
A Cobden Club dinner anecdote recounts Queen Victoria's recognition of the Begum of Bhopal. The Begum, who modernized her state, valued the Star of India above wealth and the Queen ordered condolences to her successor, signaling personal influence for her people. A Birmingham artisan navigates Westminster seeking MPs, slipping through to see Bright and ministers, recounting his informal tour of the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Surrey
Caterham
Houses of Parliament
Sir Walter Scott
Tom Purdie
Tom
Sir Walter
Chapel Royal
Savoy
John Henry Newman
Barnes
Queen Victoria
Cobden Club
Duke of Argyll
India
Begum of
Bhopal
Star of India
England
Gerrine
Birmingham Gazette
Birmingham
London
House of Commons
Westminster
Ty Dixon
Muntz
Bright
Treasury
John Bright
Forster
Bruce
Lord John Mannera
Mr. Bright
Lord John Manners
Gladstone
Marriages and births from Antananarivo to London
A long list of 19th century marriage notices and births reported from various locales including Antananarivo Madagascar Ebenezer Chapel West Coast Demerara Swanage Ottery St Mary Leamington Leamington Leamington Graville Place St Johns Wood Kilburn Kirby Moorside Oldham Road Independent Chapel Manchester Layer-de-la-Haye Karex Haslingden Portmahon Chapel Sheffield Abersychan Pembroke Liverpool Bedford Row Liverpool Concord Leeds Wandsworth Calcutta Kentish Town with names, dates in July and April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackie
J. Morell Blackie
Leamington
Theobald
Morell Theobald
Hendon
Blomfield—Williams
Graville-place
St. John'’s-wood
J. C. Gallaway
A.M
Francis Blomfield
Bolton-road
St. John’s- Wood
Charlotte Eirza Williams
Williams
Kilburn
Sealman
W. Lealman
Harrogate
Jane
John Storr
Kirby Moorside
Irving—Little
Oldham Road Independent
James Bedell
William Irving
Dumfries
Elizabeth Little
Robert Little
E.q
Manchester
Lewis—Dennis
Layer-de-la-Hay
Marsden Hargreave
Howard Perkins
Botsomley—Cartwrighef
Portmahon Chapel
Sheffield
Barrans
Samuel
Samuel Bottomley
Harriet Elizabeth
Joseph Cartwright
Jon&S—James
Aberryshaw
8. Price
Edward Medley
John-Street
Bedford-row
London
Emily Grey
C M Birre
Liverpool
Butler—Young
Congregational Church
Clarkson
Enoch Buter
Pendleton
Catherine Elizabeth Young
Gregory—Lonsdale
Poultry Chapel
J Spence
LI. G. Gregory
Fisherton Mills
Salisbury
Ann Lonsdale
D. Lonsdale
Aldgate
City
Gladstone—King
Annaghmore
Edinburgh
William Peddie
J. M. M‘gill
John Hall Gladstone, Esq
W. S
Pembridge-Squate
Margaret
David King
Wandsworth
H. Davison
J. A
Worcester
Hhiza
Thomas Cartner
Meg
Calcutta
Bourne
Ainsley
St Paul’a
Kentish Town
Alfred Bourne
Rachel Beat
Pytor Ainsley
Hov
Gawford-road
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