Duty of Ministers and Dissenters to Freehold Land Movement
A 1851 Dissenters Almanack excerpt urges ministers deacons and members of dissenting churches to support Freehold Land Societies. It argues that political power lies in enfranchising nonconformists to counter State Church influence, naming Poole Blandford Dorchester and Merthyr as examples. It calls for a united effort to elect anti State Church delegates and move the discussion from halls to Parliament.
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Roebuck
Australian Colonies
Legion
Children of Light
Diana
Caesar
Poole
Blandford
Dorchester
Wales
Merthyr
Anti- State Church Conference
Freehold Land Societies
Crosby-hall
New Palace
Westminster
Cobbett’s method to keep a cow on forty rods of land
The piece outlines a complete system for raising cow feed on forty rods of ground in England. It covers soil preparation, cabbages and sugar loafs, planting schedules, and turning beds to produce four crops cabbage turnips greens and roots to sustain a cow through a year. It emphasizes careful digging, periodic manuring, and staggered sowing to ensure winter fodder.
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England
Extension of the landed interest by the Freehold Land Society
The Bristol and Western Counties Freehold Land Society advocates broader voting rights for working men and tangible property gains. It argues for fresh electoral energy, a shift from ministerial opposition, and eventual household suffrage to reform county and borough representation. Bristol Mercury remarks on its aims and the potential electoral impact.
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Bristol and Western Counties
Supreme Council of
Bristol Mercury
Dover Harbour works battered by gales and Grey takes Bombay command
The heavy gales damage Refuge Harbour at Dover as General Sir John Grey is named commander in chief of the Bombay presidency. It is noted he may lead in his arm chair due to presumed injuries, marking a second Grey nomination in two weeks. A Daily News critique cites family and social contrasting values with a Jean Jacques anecdote about cows and children.
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Dover
John Grey
Bombay Presidency
Grey
Elliotts
Daily News
Human Nature
Jean Jaques
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Bristol and Western Counties Freehold Land Society