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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 12, 1855
Page
2
The Earl of Elxnon reads a Monday notice urging a humble address to the Queen to affirm steadfast backing of the war and praise Allied efforts East and Piedmont. Debates cover Layard motions, newspaper stamp changes, and civil service reform with adjournments and various committee actions.
Earl Grey to move an humble address thanking the Crown for Vienna papers and regretting failed peace talks, amid Lords and Commons exchanges on Aberdeen and Roos appearances and the future of India’s army in Europe. The House weighs purchase versus promotion and contemplates a committee on India’s army role.
A London Tavern gathering of reform advocates draws overflow crowds and prompts a Guildhall encore. Other items note Ireland’s Lord Doneraile as representative peer, the Duke of Saxe Cobourg Gotha visiting Paris, and parliamentary moves including a deputy for the Speaker after the Wellington assassination payment and Espartero’s Spain crisis.
Mr H Berkeny gave notice in the House of Commons that he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of last Session's Beer Sales on the Lord's Day Act and related regulations. The notice outlines the scope of the proposed inquiry and references the act as amended.
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