Inquiry Proceeds With Education Figures And Witnesses
The committee debates the state’s capacity to prevent crime and its effectiveness. Witnesses include Sir Michael Hicks Beach’s questions and testimony from Mr Schnadhorst, Mr Joseph Craven of Cheriton, Mr Waddington of Mirfield School, Mr Jones of Bala College, and Rev Jenkyn Brown of Birmingham. The inquiry is expected to close Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hicks Beach
Schnadhorst
Joseph Craven
Cheriton
Bradford
Thornton Grammar School
Waddington
Mirfield School
North Yorkshire
Jones
Congregational College
Bala
North Wales
J. Jenkyn Brown
Birmingham
Queen's Drawing Room and Royal Appearances Across London
Crowds fill the routes to St James's for a drawing room with about 350 presentations. The Queen and Princesses Christian and Beatrice visit the International Exhibition at South Kensington and attend a cookery school talk. Several royal movements marked by Windsor, Balmoral, and Belgravian receptions, with other social and civic events noted including marriages, council votes, and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s Palace
Palace
Christian and
Beatrice
South Kensington
Buckmaster
Windsor
Great Western
Woodford
Leeds
Windsor Castle
Princess of Wales
Balmoral
Scotland
London
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Buckingham Palace
Viscountess
Sydney
Beast
Belgrave Square
Miss Waterlow
Frederick Homan
Church of St. Botulph
Bishops
Parfold Hall
Nantwich
Acton
Cheshire
Jowett
Court of Common Council
House of Commons
Metropolitan Board of Works
Hare
Northumberland House
Education Department
Jull
Staplehurst
Committee of Council On Education
Court of Queen’s Bench
Birmingham Town Council
Barrow School Board
Birmingham
Essex
Suffolk
Sudbury
Arch
Northamptonshire
Haddenham
H. M. Stanley
Livingstone
Victorian News Roundup of World Affairs and Arctic Expedition
The Victorian Government rejects Lord Kimberley’s mail plan. Swiss Liberal Catholic congress to meet in Geneva in May. Pére Hyacinthe conducts Geneva Old Catholic wedding. Admiral Cumming ordered to Zanzibar. Chief Justice Chase dies at 65. Pope ill on his eighty first birthday. Reports deny an assassination attempt on the German Emperor. Prince of Wales and Prince Arthur in Perth with a Danube regatta. Possible German Crown Prince visit to Pesth. Carlist insurgent amnesty and Madrid conspiracy reports. French electoral results favor Radicals. Boffinton opposition bribery charge. Spanish election shows Federal Republic majority. Radicals reduced. Ashantee War debate in Commons. Elmina annexation aim. 30,000–40,000 Ashantee forces. France and Sir Bartle Frere diplomacy over Zanzibar. Sultan seeks protection, France to support suppression of slavery. Arctic expedition: Polaris survivors reach Newfoundland. Captain Hall’s voyage and open Polar Sea beliefs, mishaps, and possible desertion amid ice drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kimberley
Geneva
Pére Hyacinthe
Bombay
Admiral Cumming
Zanzibar
Justice Chase
Chase
United States
College of Cardinals
Berlin
Germany
Prince of Wales
Prince Arthur
Perth
Danube
Pesth
Catalonia
Madrid
M. Rance
M. Guyot
M. Lesguillon
M. Périn
Bonapartiat
M. Boffinton
Elmina
France
Sir Bartle Frere
Paris
Times
England
Bartle Frere
New York
Daily News
Robert’s Bay
Newfoundland
Hall
Pabrador
Smith’s Sound
Polar Sea
Br. Kane
Beret
Boddington
Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kalulu
Stanley
Islington
St. Pancras
John Brite
New Model
Caledonian Road
Ayrton
London Trades Council
Hyde Park
Duke of Cambridge
Colonel Henderson
Public Works Loan Commissioners
Admiral Schomberg
Board of Trade
Atlantic
Nathan Lees
Dukinfield
Bank of England
Grellier
Brixton-rise
John Arrowsmith
Austin Bidwell
Havana
Thenglish
Queen’s
Edwin James
Bristol
Joseph Farnley
Southport
General Chapel Fund
Wesleyan
The
Bible Society
Lifeboat Institution
Harrison
Weston Hall
Sheffield
Church Missionary Society
Religious Tract Society
Earl of Zetland
Deutsch
British Museum
Stanley Leathes
Bampton
Oxford University
Shah of
Persia
Windsor Great Park
Dublin
Cardinal Cullen
O’keefe
Purcell
Lord Lieutenant
Ireland
Countess Spencer
Limerick
James Spaight
Imerick Chamber of Commerce
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