Committee debates Sunday Beer Act clarity and enforcement
The Committee on the Sale of Beer on Sundays opened with witnesses led by Chairman Grantley Berkeley. Magistrates Hall Corrie Arnold and others argued over bona fide traveller definitions, noting inconsistent rulings and partial relief from drunkenness since Sunday closures. many favored retaining hours while seeking clearer language and possible appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantley Berkeley
Major Baring
Cheetham
W. Clay
Cobbett
W. Jolliffe
Massey
P. O'Brien
J. Pakington
Scholefield
Ker Seymer
Harry Vane
C. P
Hampstead
Highgate
Greenwich
Hall
London
Dover
Bow-street
Bow Street
Sir J. Pakington
Hampton Court
iIt
Richmond
Hammpstead
Jack Straw
Mile-end
Hyde Park
Mr. Hall
Home Office
C. P. Villiers
Justice Coleridge
Corrie
Clerkenwell
Brighton
Kensington
Court of Queen's Bench
Mile End
Arnold
Westminster Police Court
Gallant Grenadier Lyons Throws Live Shell Over Parapet
An officer recalls Private John Lyons of the Grenadier company performing a daring act at the Quarry work. A 32 pounder shell on the parapet threatened explosion. Lyons gripped it and hurled it over, saving fellow soldiers from certain death. An officer reported the act to Lord Raglan and Lyons may receive reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lyons
Grenadier Company
Rifle Brigade
19Th Regiment
Lyons
Raglan
Death of Sir M. D. Bellew Bart in Rathmines Ireland
Sir M D Bellew Bart died on Tuesday at Rathmines Ireland aged 58 He learned days earlier of the death of his fourth son Lieutenant William Bellew from wounds received at the taking of the Quarries before Sebastopol Captain Bellew MP for Galway is a son another son is a Jesuit and his eldest son Christopher succeeds him in estates and title
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Belltew
Bart
Rathmines
Ireland
William Bellew
Sebastopol
Bellew
Galway
Baronet
Christopher
Military Disorder In Birmingham Involving 28th Regiment
A detachment of the 28th Regiment arrived in Birmingham en route to the Crimea and was billeted in town. drunkenness left 65 absent at roll call, and disturbances led to disarmament of the men, multiple arrests, and eighty-nine being secured or sent to Liverpool under guard. Four arrested Sunday were released to preserve the Crimea outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Sale of Wight
Crimea
Aix
Liverpool
Nelson
Stephens
Orange
Newstreet
Bamford
Bull Ring
Moor-street
Locomotive Boiler Explosion Kills Fireman at Aldham Junction
A coal train from Westwood to Wath exploded at Aldham Junction near Barnsley. Fireman James O'Hara died after being thrown into a nearby corn-field. Engineer Robert Hope escaped with minor injuries. guard Thomas Cooke unharmed. The blast tore rails and sleepers, wrecking the engine. Coroner to hold inquest at Wombwell. Also reports the death of Hon Craven F. Berkeney MP in Frankfort and the death of Madame Eine de Girardin aged 46, famed poetess Delphine Gay known as the Tenth Muse.
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Fata
Exhoston
Aldham
South Yorkshire
Barnsley
Westwood
Wath
Aldham Junction
Robert Hope
Hope
James O'Hara
Thomas Cooke
Cooke
Wombwell
Craven F. Berkeney
Cheltenham
Frankfort
Earl of Berkeley
Mary
William Cole
Augusta
G.H. Talbot
Edward Fitzalan Howard
Madame Eine de Giralpin
Madame Girardin
Mdlle
Delphine Gay
Academy
Barcelona
General Foy
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