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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 06, 1850
Page
9
A report outlines a 49 to 47 division in the Lords on Protectionist repeal, while Commons notes various questions. Topics include railway audit plans, Ecclesiastical Commission bills, and anticipated government action following a Lords bill.
A laconic record shows multiple petitions on topics from agricultural distress to education systems Ireland and Scotland, currency reform, Sunday labor abolition, and beer-shop reductions. Public business notes Outlawries Bill read a first time.
Notices list several bills and committee motions for February dates. Topics include regulation of Irish courts and land assurances, judgments, and chancery procedures. repeal of Penal Acts against Catholics. taxation on dwellings. marriage laws. and a bill for better government of the Australian Colonies with a colonial policy statement. Leaders include the Solicitor-General and Lord John Russell, with references to Ceylon grievances and colonial administration.
A Friday session lists Sir William Somerville Bill restraining processions in Ireland and proposals to abolish taxes hindering knowledge diffusion. Also measures on land leases in Ireland, charitable trusts, Crown lands, and prison discipline, with Feb 1 and 12 through 14 entries including libraries, taxes, and voter qualifications.
A 25 year old Margaret Lennox was executed at Glasgow’s courthouse for forgery and murder after three weeks on death row. About 20,000 spectators witnessed her ascent to the scaffold as authorities removed her, she died instantly, and her body was buried within the prison precincts. The report notes attempts at commutation and her refusal to confess. It also mentions American intolerance in Liverpool and a Catholic subscription for a new London cathedral.
The Queen and Prince Albert hosted a dramatic Julius Caesar with Charles Kean and Macready in the Rubens room. Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden arrived, and the court plans a Windsor Castle departure for Buckingham Palace season. Reports note an election for two Scotch Peerages and potential Chief Justice changes.
The Times Commissioners summarize farmer opinions on agriculture in Oxfordshire. They note free trade benefits but call for fair capital use and improved cultivation methods. A speaker argues against landlord power forcing high rents, urging balanced trade and privileges. A separate item reports a mother held in Exeter for drowning two children.
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