Popular Welfare and the Wage Question in Labour Debates
A reform-minded discussion argues that the interests of employers and employed are inseparable and that true progress requires ending class antagonism. It outlines how wealth and wages rise together through employment demand, cautions against violence, and previews data on wealth, wages, and industrial conditions to be presented in a following article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubours
Jamal
Times
Labour
Kset
Aready
Gerd
Jess
Wee Connor
Connor
Court and Passion at Windsor Court over Missing Diamond Pin
A Windsor court scene unfolds as Queen Victoria and Prince Albert search for a 100 guinea diamond pin lost from the prince’s cravat after attending St George’s chapel. Recovered next morning by a workman in the painting room, the jewel is restored to the Prince and Queen with evident relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Tus Bratupay
Prince Albert
St. George's Chapel
St. George's
Martin
St. George’s Chapel
Prixon Albert
Buckingham Palace
Gro. Axson
Augusta
Clarence-house
John Russell
Belgrave-square
Lord Hill
W. Russell
Earl of Leicester
Socrates
Westmecott
Francis Chantrey
Countess of
Durham
Earl
Lambton
Howick-hall
Countess Grey
Town 5
Metropolis
Continent
Hampden
Arnold
Lichfield
Sodor and Man
Henry Pepys
Lord Cottenham
Chichester
Sur Tembun
North Passage discovery ends in tragedy and mystery
The St Louis Bulletin reports two Hudson’s Bay Company men reach the long sought north passage, but one, Mr Simpson, kills Bird and Legros in a tense confrontation. Afterward Simpson blows out his own brains as companions pursue the retreat to camp, leaving papers in St Peter’s. Simpson, a Scottish native, is described as ambitious and highly talented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
York
Hudson’s Bay Company
England
Lake Winnepeck
Mr. Simpson
London
Simpson
Legros
Bird
St. Peter's
W. A. Aitkin
Lake Superior
Aitkin
Scotland
Hudson's Bay Company
Thomas Simpson
Morning Chronicle
Hudson's Bay House
North-West Passage
Boothia Felix
Bay of Islands
Hecla
Dease
Canada
Hudson’s Bay
Dingwall
Ross-shire
King's College, Aberdeen
Arctic
Memorial meals and a voyage for Australind settlers
A lavish banquet at West India Dock celebrated the embarkation of Australind settlers aboard the Island Queen for Western Australia. Directors, civic figures, and Mrs Clifton were praised for promoting a colony that blends English civilization with moral and religious aims, while stressing care for indigenous peoples and orderly land distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West India Dock
Blackwall
Western Australian
Australind
Lovegrove’s
John Chapman
Petre
Buller
Toole
Prince Albert
Arunk
Chapman
England
John Russell
Colonial Department
Waller Clifton
Australiad
Clifton
Church of England
Wollaston
Samuel Gurney
van Diemen’s Land
East India Direction Vacancy After Mr Majoribanks Death
Reports from Hampshire note the death of Campbell Majoribanks at Bushy Grove Herts creating a vacancy in the East India Direction. The Bank of England issued a loan notice offering advances on short bills and East India bonds at five percent for loans of at least two thousand pounds.
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East India
Campbell Majoribanks
Bushy Grove
Herts
Bank of England
Manchester
Holland
Belgium
Burston and Exeter Railway
Puritan Hill
Bridgwater
Bristol
Parret
Awful River Lea tragedy leaves eleven dead near Clapton
A Sunday accident on the River Lea near Clapton bridged the loss of eleven lives after two boats collided. Ten boys from Clapton and Bethnal Green families engaged a wherry at Jolly Anglers, with a second boat carrying five men and one woman. Boats fouled near King's Head, several perished, and the inquest at Jolly Anglers began Tuesday with witnesses detailing the tragedy and efforts by police and medics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meillant
Cher
Duke de Mortemart
d’Arenberg
Grand Junction Railway
Hartford
Cheshire
John Fortescue
Ponsonby
London and Birmingham
Birmingham
Manchester
Liverpool
Gazette Des Tribunaux
Assize Court of
Gard
Sieur Lagelle
Lussan
M. Lagelle
Lagelle
Frangois Chambon
Chambon
Lageile
Lea
Clapton
Caroline Street
Brook Street
Wicks
Leabridge
John Warby
Jonathan Hallam
Robert Bailey
John Jennings
William Wakefield
John Cowling
William Stonystrutt
William Jennings
Caroline-street
James Braightsell
Brook-street
George Brown
Mount Pleasant-lane
Jolly
Frederick Sherwin
Duke of York
Yorkstreet
Bethnal-green
William Smith
Deptford
Frederick Gifford
Roch
Walbrook
Hewitt
Bethnal, Green-Road
Elizabeth Royffee
Cabbage-court
Brick-lane
Spitalfields
Edmonton
King’s Head
Taylor
Maister
Bishop Stortford
Hewitts
Inspector Cooper
Smith and
Neate
Royal Humane Society
Jolly Anglers
Hackney
Tolman
Robert Baily
William Frederick Gifford
Sherwin
Roytree
Warby
Commissioners of Police
Hammond
John Warboys
John Hallam
Mapes-street
Hampton-court
Hart
Earl Grey
Mile-end-road
Toomer
Dantry
Jeux Gintmaan
Payne
Rhodes
Mr. Baker
John Warley
Richard Hewett
Henry Frederick
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