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.
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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.
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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