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Newspaper
Freeholder
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 02, 1850
Page
16
Information relative to the movement can be obtained from the members, particularly on application to Mr Nunn. The note expresses hope for equal success and invites inquiries to Mr Nunn for further details.
Public meeting in Richmond on Friday November 22 explained the society founded in July 1849. Delegation P C Barnes G C Dennes and secretary G Huggett outlined aims and estate allotments at East Moulsey near Hampton Court. About 1,000 members hold 1,312 shares with 3s per fortnight subscriptions.
The society reveals its first land purchase a six and a half acre estate in Lord Road Leeds adjoining a Catholic chapel. It plans a central street with drainage, back roads, seven yard frontages, and garden depths. Eighty three allotments total with 420 square yards each, to be offered soon. A 9 instant soiree in Music Hall with Cobden and other dignitaries marks the milestone.
Members of the Minster branch of the National Freehold Land Society met at the Bell Inn to consider proposed rule alterations and other society matters. Resolutions praised directors and secretary W E Whittingham and agent R Bubb, re elected directors for another year, and approved the rules changes amid cheers for the National and a hoped five percent subscription rise.
The directors of the National Freehold Land Society announce their fourteenth purchase of freehold land at Tunbridge. The estate covers about twenty three acres of highly eligible building land adjoining the area.
Correspondence argues that Freehold Land Societies are breaking Tory power as thousands qualify. Birmingham shows 11000 to 12000 pounds paid by workers, with social and moral benefits cited. Calls for broader information, stronger agency, and expanded operation to win more counties.
A Constant Reaper argues that tenants who pay rent and taxes should have voting rights through county freeholds. He laments exclusive suffrage for property owners, calls for widespread freeholding, and urges tradesmen to join, criticizing landed aristocrats and heavy levies. Gosport, November 16, 1850.
A letter from J Andrews of Cheddington Bucks describes how a working man, starting with small sums, founded a Freehold Land Society in 1844 after attending Dr Bowkett’s lecture. He details early meetings at a Wesleyan Chapel, growth to 100 shares, and the spread of similar societies, aided by reduced legal costs and local branches.
A letter to the editor warns fifty and twenty pound freeholders and rent chargers not in occupation or not registered since March 1843 must notify the county clerk of the peace by September 1852 to preserve voting rights under the Irish Parliamentary Voters Act 13th and 14th Vic. c. 69.
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