Birmingham Daily Post

... ij I THURSPDA.Y, APRIL 7,1859, | - ~ - NEWS OF THE DAY. A considerable portion of the proceedings in the House of Commons yesterday was devoted to Lord DEaRBY'S indiscreet and somewhat cowardly attack upon members of the H ouse, in his speech on Monday night. Lord PAtINaRsRTox took up the subject, emphatically denying that lie had ques- tioned thle prerogative of the Crown to dissolve ...

Published: Thursday 07 April 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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ST. MARTIN'S WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION

... ST. MARTIN'S WORKING TMEN'S ASSOCIATION. The fifth annual meeting of this Association was held on Monday, at the Inge Street School Rooms, the Rev. Dr. Miller, the president, .In the chair. There was a large attendance of working men. Among the friends and supporters of the institution present were the Rev. F. S. Dale and Ray. W. Barker, curates of St. Martin's; Messrs. T. W. Williams, B. ...

Published: Wednesday 26 January 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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Foreign Intelligence

... sureign ?Rtdtipcc. AMERICA. [Fromv our Correspondent.J LivERFOOL, Thursday. The screw steam-ship City of Baltimore, Captain Leitch, which sailed from New York on the 12th instant, arrived here at an early hour this morning, bringing 165 passengers and 184,202 dollars in specie. On the 14th inst. she passed the steamer City of Wash- ington, hence for New York. Thee steamer Arabia arrived at ...

Published: Friday 25 March 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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The Metropolis

... Re Rtetmls. THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES. - The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone, entertained at din- ner, on Wednesday evening, at their residence on Carlton House Terrace, the Neapolitan exiles Signor Settetnbrini and Signor Spaventa. There were also present the Duke and Duclhess of Argyll, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Southesk, Lord and Lady Overstone, the Right Hon. James ...

Published: Friday 25 March 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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THE REFORM MOVEMENT

... At a meeting of the Wednesbury Parliamentary Reform Association, on Friday evening, the following address to the Reformers of the South Staffordshire district was Unanimously adopted:- BRoTHzn REsFosues,-We live in an age of progression, when even Tories admit that a reform in the Commons House of Parliament is requisite when ambiguity and equivocation should be repudiated; when shams, cant, ...

Published: Tuesday 01 February 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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THE PHŒNIX CLUB TRIALS

... TAE PIEdNI'X CLUB TRIALS. Daniig thie whole of list week the trial of a man namedl. Sul'ivan, charged with being a member of an illegal- sqo- ciety, has been going on. The evidence, was, aliiost entirely off the same character as that previouslyelicited4 and adds but littleto the facts alreadyinade known by the- preliminary investigations made before the; Magistrates,. but 'some docimlentary ...

Published: Tuesday 15 March 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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LATEST NEWS

... LATEST NEW S.l BY E[.EOTRIO AND ITERNlATIONAL TELSEGtAPIH. OrIcEs, TzMPRL BUILDINGS, SW SzwEE . THE WAR. RUMIOURED REVERSE OF GARI- BALDI. The Hurtd's Turin and Paris correspondents state their belief that Garibaldi has met with a reverse in attacking Urb~an. The news of a great battle on the MlinCio is daily ex- -pected in -Paris. THE AUSTRIAN AND ALLIED MOVEMENTS. IMIARSEILLIS, Tuesday. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 June 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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AMERICAN AFFAIRS

... (From a Private Correspondent.) CHIOAGO, ILLINOIs, 20th August, 1859. Dear Sir,-It hardly seems possible that I am writing at this moment nearly four thousand miles away from Good Old Brummagem, but the following table of distances will f show it to be a fact:- From Birmingham to Liverpool ?? -95 miles. Liverpool to New York ?? 2,500 New York to Chicago ?? 962 ,, Chicago to Evanston .12 ...

Published: Monday 19 September 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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District News

... lptstxut 6RD)g. N DUDLEY. TrIE CiinrTr1ES O- DUDLEY.-TO thce Elitsr of ?? Daily Post. -Sir, Will you permit us, through your columnso, publicly zo thank Cornelius C.Lrtwright, Eiq., and his co-trustees, for the very handsone gift of a complete copy of the plans of the proper- ties belonging to theso charities. They tire strongly bound tip in one voluen, and presonted to the vicar and wardens, ...

Published: Monday 19 September 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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District News

... pistlia pws. DUDLEY. Arnesog the gentlemen who underwent ?? at the Royal Cocllege of Surgeons, on Friday last, and received diplomas.5to PrM- ti~e as members of the eame, wes Mr. George Edward Horton, Gf this town. Tim SCALEt OF RMUNERctATION TO WITroMESex.-The effeet which the present low acale of rcecuneration to prosecutors anid witnesses has In obs tructing the adsninistration of justice ...

Published: Wednesday 02 November 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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THE IRON TRADE OF FRANCE

... - The following is from the trade circular of. Mr. Samue l Griffiths, metal broker:- The iron trade in France has been considerably de-. pressed during the last four months,. particularly in the, Ddpartements of the Loire, Rhone, and Gard, where the business at the large foundries has been languid in the px- treme, and up to the middle of October not more than half the usual work was going ...

Published: Monday 28 November 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 759 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Foreign Intelligence

... 'imiga MIXUllignm CHINA. To the details already given about the disaster in China, the Afonitcur dc ?? adds the following particulars from a private letter: The Mongol troops who defended the works of Taken form part of the Imperial Guard, the effective strength of which is about 50,000 men. These troops are superior to all the others of the army, and have in their ranks the best gunners and ...

Published: Monday 19 September 1859
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3003 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News