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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 12, 1849
Page
7
J. Henry Tiert writes from Norwich on December 11, 1849 urging nationwide, prompt reform to fix misgovernment and destitution oppressing millions. He argues Christianity demands action against injustice in Parliament, taxation, franchise, and church–state relations and praises public lectures challenging political silence.
A Holloway and Hornsey Reform Association gathering at Prince Edward Tavern welcomed a National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association deputation. Speakers urged broader representation, reduced taxation, and urged use of the National Freehold Land Society to empower voters. resolutions backed reform and urged workers and middle classes to participate.
The Norwich Committee of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association visited North Walsham for a large market day meeting. J H Tillett of Norwich praised tenant farmers and challenged tithes and parish burdens, arguing tithe funds should not solely benefit parsons.
Speech condemned tithes as self serving and urged restoration of wrongs with no statute of limitations. A farmer recounted a parson joke on free trade while resolutions condemned taxation and called for Reform Association unity for fair representation. Trelawny hints at forty shilling freeholds in public funds.
A letter from Mr Bright MP to the Edinburgh Anti-game-law Association favors reintroducing the game-law question in Parliament. He argues free trade and moderate corn prices will drive landlords to reform and end game preservation on rent-paying lands.
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