Word: curfew
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1882-1882
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...meeting of the privy council of Dublin yesterday Earl Spencer, lord lieutenant, presided in person. It was resolved to proclaim the city under the operation of the curfew section of the repression act, which authorizes the police to arrest all suspicious persons found on the streets between an hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise...
...those unwilling to go, should be disturbed, as long as attendance is not compulsory, while, on the other hand, those who do intend to go need no such reminder of the hour. Such a nuisance would not be tolerated in a city. The advantage to '86 as ringing the curfew for them, must be foregone. Therefore it is, that while recognizing Prof. Jones' artistic abilities, and realizing that his efforts to expound the science of bell-ringing give pleasure to all on other occasions, yet it is humbly urged and petitioned to the faculty that Sunday evening chapel bell-ringing...