Clergy land policy sparks anger in Lenbury letter
A reader laments clerical support for high farm rents harming livelihoods, urging the government to curb clerical engrossing and protect poor farmers. The letter condemns a local clergyman for pressuring parishioners to keep corn prices high while profiting from glebe rents, and hints at naming the minister as J. G. Swallow’s own verses accompany the critique.
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London Evening-Post
Lenbury
Mr. Meres
J. G
Preservation of the lives of His Majesty’s subjects
Letters to the Printer of the London Evening Post call for action over a deadly distemper dubbed the Parish Nurse that claims many infant lives in London. A second correspondent complains of a public nuisance in Drury Lane where fish-women and carts block the street, risking injuries as passers are forced through mud and narrow workways.
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A Prayer by a Late Eminent Gardener Named Nature North
A prayer in the voice of Nature North of Hammersmith requests divine mercy for past life and guidance for present conduct. The plea asks for strength during dissolution and for the soul to be received into eternal happiness.
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Nature North
Hammersmith
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