Extension of housing for workers and its civic impact
The passage argues that expanding workmen’s dwellings boosts industry and reduces overcrowding. It cites the Peabody buildings housing about 2,000 workers earning under 21s weekly, and notes rent and rates shifts under taxation. It urges reform of compound householder and compounding systems to avoid delaying notable dwelling projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrens M‘cu
Disraeli
Improved Industrial Dwellings Company
S. Waterlow
Goschen
Home Office reform and crime prevention debate
The piece argues for a balanced approach to crime in England, urging stronger policing alongside broader education. It critiques overreliance on force, notes historical parallels with Peel and Russell, and highlights the link between ignorance and crime as key to long term improvement.
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Home Office
Bruce
Robert Peel
Metropolitan Police
Earl Russell
Lord John
Hansard
House of Commons
William IV
England
London
House of Lords
Songs in a Cornfield and Elijah at National Choral Society
A London review notes Mr. Henry Leslie’s concert featuring G. A. Macfarren's new cantata Songs in a Cornfield with ample solo and choral work by Mesdames Pyne Charlier Dolby and Mr. Vernon Rigby. Critics praise the choir’s precision while finding the cantata insipid lyrically. Elijah performance shows Lander and Miss Smyth improving, Perrin prominent, though some stylistic elevation is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lesxie
Leslie
G. A. Macfarren
Christina Rossetti
Mesdames Pyne
Charlier
Dolby
Messrs
Callcott
Cheshire
Ward
Madame Dolby
Mr. Leslie
Madame Pyne
Vernon Rigby
Walter Macfarren
Wilbye
Dr. Callcott
Lander
Arabella Smyth
Lucy Franklein
Mr. Perrin
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