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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 16, 1855

Page

2

Debates on Decimal Coinage and Sunday Trading Dominate Commons

The Friday orders to postpone were announced as a motion in the House of Commons. William Brown urged a decimal coinage system with florin and metric cents, seeking a royal address to complete the decimal scale. The plan faced mixed support and was carried by 135 to 36, with amendments discussed and an Education inquiry for Ireland proposed. Sunday trading in London featured fierce debate, with divisions and clauses debated as the bill moved through committee amid strong opposing views.

Layarp William Brown House of Commons Brown Lord Stanley J B. Smith Crown Lowe Joan Macerecor Thomson Hankey Ricardo ExcaEquer Supe Ts House Canowewa Mr. Brown Lord Parmension Kinnepy Ireland London Massey Lord Stantry W. J. Fox K. Straun Scotland Joan Russe Bull Mrane Apperiey Pe Iatz New South Wales Laws Legislative Council Baxterr Joan Bain Maguire Australia W. Atherton Q.C Fleet Admiralty, Co Fox Maule Ramsay 56Th Regiment Lord Panmure Thomas Trowbridge 7Th Royal Fusiliers War Departments George Cornewall Lewis Bart Cobden Paris Assemblée Nationale Canada Downing-street Travers Twiss Regius University of Oxford Lord Monteagle House of Lords General Association of Victoria John Russell A. Ponsonby Crimea Earl of Dundonald Charles Napier Admiral Cochrane Portsmouth France Lord Cowley Fimo Indépendance Belge England Wales Lord John Russell Colonial Office Administrative Reform Association United Kingdom Charles Wood Admiralty E. Phillips Brown W. Edmonston F. A. Campbell John Hackett J. B. Maxwell Ed. Inglefield P. Halstead S. S Carnegie S. G. Cresawell F. J. Russell W. H. Bridge R. S. Smith J. Sanderson T. H. Yolman J. E. Bingham I. W. Bonham T. Hodgkinson R. Robertson J. Norman P. Dyke I. Hardy Charles Bullen James MacTernan Joseph Mason Cappoquin Sir John It. Keane Cardinal Antonelli Rome

Marriage of Theodore Poland to Javanese woman praised heroism

The notice records the marriage of Theodore Poland a pensioned titular colonel and Knight of two Dutch orders to a Javanese woman named Fien. It notes gratitude for her heroism in 1833 when she carried him wounded three fur longs to safety during enemy pursuit while she was pregnant. The event dated 21 March 1855 at Poere worendjo.

Theodore Poland Netherlands Fien Amerongen Poere Worendjo

Administrative Reform Meeting at Drury Lane Theatre

A large gathering at Drury Lane Theatre supports Administrative Reform. Notables, MPs, and peers attend. speeches critique Crimean logistics, civil service reform, and patronage, with Dickens and Lord Panmure cited. Lord Lindsay and Mr. Layard urge merit over favors as issues of mismanagement are detailed.

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Tuwnsnay Earl of Siagrespuny Select Committee Earl Granville Cambridge University Drury-Lane Theatre S. Morley C. Napier Layard M P Otway M.V Pite Lindsay M.P Fy HL. F. Berkeley Bell Colier Oliveira W. Michell Miall French R. Swift Bowyer D. Jones G. Goodman Jackson Major Reed B. J. Follett Raikes Currie R. Kingscote C. Shakerley Alcock G. Dundas J. E. J. Greene MLA Roche M.B C. S. Butler Earl of Lindsay Dawson Freeston C. WG. Howard Edwin James Matthew Marshall Bank of England Heywood Osborne W. Clay Dickens Tavistock House Mr. Lagan Sebastopol Lord Aberdeen Ramsay Howell Hayter Treasury Mr. Hiyter Diplomatic Service Civil Service Liberal Party Shakspere Linesay de L. Evans Mr. Lindsay Clyde Liverpool James Graham Deptford Newcastle J. Graham Austin Tyne Woolwich Lip Shakspeare Bird. Narren
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