Sunday Postal Labor Sparks Clergy and Banker Opposition
A town meeting protests proposed Sunday post office duties requiring 742 workers across eight shifts, with 650 bags sorted for London and the country. Speakers warn such changes threaten Sunday rest and predict eventual Sunday mail delivery in the metropolis. A memorial to the Lords of the Treasury asks to block the plan, seen as repugnant to public feelings.
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Ireland
Scotland
England
Labouchere
Croty
J. Howard Hinton
London
Lords of the Treasury
General Post Office
Meeting at Freemasons Tavern over Sunday Post Office changes
A large public meeting of Marylebone and Westminster inhabitants met at the Freemasons Tavern on Great Queen Street to protest proposed General Post Office alterations they say would desecrate the Sabbath. Lord Asquith chaired, urging restraint and urging that Sunday delivery be avoided. A second resolution supported Sunday delivery as a public issue, and a memorial form was signed as the meeting adjourned.
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Marylebone
Westminster
Freemasons’ Tavern
Great Queen Street
Lords of the Treasury
General Post Office
Lord Asutry
Jord
London
Bisner
Lord John
Russell
D. Wexnps
T. A. Beckertt
Gannert
Mr. Ill
Hill
Jle
Mr. Hill
W. Faxquuar
Public meeting opposes Sunday Post Office labor expansions
Parishioners at St James's in King Street, London, vote to memorialize ministers against Sunday postal work. Clergymen and MPs debate principle versus convenience, with resolutions calling for rescinding the order and coordinating Sunday Sabbath protection across districts including Lambeth, Epinsurau, and Leeds.
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St. James's
Willis
King-street
St. James’s
London
Mr. Jackson
Memorial Resolution Endorsed at London Meeting
The meeting approved a memorial to Her Majestys Ministers and backed a plan expanding Sunday postal service. Rev Mr Stooks supported the resolution which was carried, and Mr Garstxn moved adoption of the memorial form.
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London
Stooks
Garstxn
Meeting to oppose Sunday labour at London Post Office
A special Exeter hall gathering of Sunday-School Union supporters urged memorials and petitions against Post Office Sunday work. The chair warned such changes would violate divine law, curtail religious rest, and weaken moral influence, calling for memorials signed by the chairman to be sent to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
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Sunday-School Union
Exeter Hall
General Post Office
Alderman Challis
Leash
Ouartman
Sunday School Union
London Post-office
London
Her Majesty’s Treasury
A Present for the Queen from San Joaquin Gold Lumps
Unusually large gold specimens arrive in San Francisco from the Stanislaus diggings. A 143 pound troy lump, bought for 8560 dollars by Barron Forbes and Co., is said to be a gift for Queen Victoria. A second piece weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces fetches 1500 dollars. These curiosities come from the San Joaquin area, noted by a San Francisco Times correspondent.
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San Francisco
House of Barron, Forbes, and Co
Mexico
Queen Victoria
Stanislaus Diggins
San Joaquin
The
Times
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Mertino
Bennett
Falcon Square
D. W. Wire
Thomas Binney
Howard Hinton
S. M. Peto
Wire
LamBeth
B. Dalton
C. Pearson
St. Andrew's
Holborn
Whitechapel
Epinsurau
Friends of the Sabbath
Baillie Melville
Leeds
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