Hartwell Accused in Election Expenses Scheme
Testimony details a scheme where Robert Hartwell allegedly retired from Stoke-upon-Trent candidacy to receive funds for expenses. Agents paid money after a joint agreement, with Hartwell claiming only expense reimbursement. Proceedings questioned agency proof and the need for warrants.
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Hartwell
Stoke-upon- Trent
London
Stoke
Himault
Martin
Merriman
Alderman Besley
Mr Merriman
T Martwell
A. Besley
Mwe
Morriman
Morrison
Macdonald
Robert Hartwell
Stoke Upon Trent
Mc Hartwell
Alderman Hestey
Presentation to Sir James Fergusson at Ayr Court House
On Saturday afternoon November 21 a large Ayrshire gathering assembled in Ayr Court House to mark a station to Sir James Fergusson son and Governor of South Australia. In Marquis of Ailan’s absence, James Baird of Cantardoon chaired, with Mr CG Shaw noting the occasion.
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James
Fergusson
Marquis of Ailsa
London
Adelaide
South Australia
James Fergusson
Fin
Olivers
Edith Fergusson
Ayr
Howden Thiers correspondence over war with England
Lord Howden and M Thiers disputed a claim about planning a sudden attack on England without a war declaration. Thiers said the charge was wholly incorrect, and Lord Granville would not author such statements. Sir H Bulwer then wrote to the Times defending his Tamworth remark and questioning Howden's approach to a foreign statesman.
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I. Bulwer
M. Thters
Lord Howden
M. Thiera
Sir Bulwer
England
H. Bulwer
Paris
the Times
M. Thiers
Tamworth
English statesman recalls Thiers dispute over war talk
The correspondence discusses alleged French plans to retaliate against England, noting Thiers' cabinet debates on attacking ties and the Mehemet Ali treaty. The writer defends his prior communications to the Foreign Secretary, rejects bias against Thiers, and asserts government approval aligned with British policy.
London discovers large scale bill of exchange forgery
A London discovery reveals a factory producing fictitious commercial paper. Police seized three men on Friday, November 6, and in Mansion House inquiries on November 7 several details emerged. The forged bills total over £5,000 with 72 signatures in multiple languages and bearing varied English firm names across multiple cities.
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London
Vitor
T Hey
Preach
Mauritius
Constantinople
Eberfeld
Rio de Janeiro
Palermo
Odessa
Almeira
Havennah
Stettin Milan
Matwilles
Sedney
Philadelphia
Melbourne
New York
Montreval
Liverpool
Halifax
Glasgow
Huddersfield
Wolverhampton
Cork
Bradford
Manchester
Sunderland
Leith
Edinburgh
Wakefield
Sheffield
Leeds
Salford
Paisley
Birmingham
Three men Arrested in Nov Counterfeit Operation in London
Seigmund Striemer 45 of Dalston Queen's-road Gusta Stagen 20 of Nelson-square Parks road Peckham and George Kunako 45 of Henriette Blake-road Peckham were arrested on November 6 in a room in Nicholas-lane. Striemer described as translator of languages. Officers found 54 dies with firm names and hundreds of bank forms including engraved bills purporting Philadelphia Union Bank and Mercantile Bank of Sydney. Evidence established the facts and the prisoners have been remanded several times.
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Seigmund Striemer
Queen’s-road
Dalston
Gusta Stagen
Nelson-square
Parks Road
Peckham
George Kunako
Konike
Henriette
Terence
Blake-road
Nicholas-lane
Striemer
Philadelphia Union Bank
Mercantile Bank of Sydney
Women’s suffrage appeal ends with no right to vote
In the Court of Common Pleas the Lord Chief Justice Bovill and fellow judges rule there is no authority for granting women the vote in parliamentary elections. They cite the Reform Act and centuries of practice as supporting non enfranchisement, with no favorable reported case.
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Court of Common Pleas
Chif
Bovill
Justis Wiles
Bylea
Keating
Banco
Chorlton
Wewders
Olive v. Ingra
Lord Dyke
John [Rimailly
Costa
Justice Byles
Court of Session
Scotland
Paving Stones for Buenos Aires and Monte Video
A peculiar contract binds Paris to supply old paving stones shipped across the Allentic to pave main streets in Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. An earthquake felt near Pau causes a rockfall that kills a woman and two children in a Ger Belestan cottage. A soldier’s child missing at Aldershot is found after a dream leads to a sandpit dig. Rev. Me Floyer joins the Church of Rome without preferment. The Spanish revolution hinders Naples with a promise of 3000 Spaniards landing in Naples and Sicily when France opposes Prussia.
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Paris
Allentic
Buenos Ayres
Monte Video
Fraser
Larnins
Pau
Ger-Belestan
Aldershott
Barnes Ployer
Clereymnan
Church of England
Stafford
Church of Rome
Floyer
Naples
Idabella
Sicily
France
Prussia
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Sir James Fergusson
Mehemet Ali
M Thiers
Ayayn
Tan
Gersant
Hisar Lrrrox Bennet
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