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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 17, 1849
Page
18
A public meeting endorses reducing armaments and lowering taxes while pushing sprawling electoral reform. Speakers praise Joseph Hume and Cobden, urge 40s freeholders to broaden the franchise, and warn against oligarchic rule while promising peaceful reform through active citizen participation.
A trusted correspondent describes a master of a National school in Cornwall who seeks to leave the Church and find work elsewhere for his seven dependents. He wishes to join Baptists or a similar dissenting body, or take a clerk’s position, after a change of mind from prior worldly aims. He asks for discreet assistance or publication of his outline to gain aid, fearing immediate dismissal if identified. A ragged school opens in Forster street, Finsbury Circus, on January 7, 1849, with Congregational Normal Institution students aiding as teachers.
Mr. Wakley begins an inquest on children removed from the Tooting Asylum to the Royal Free Hospital. Grainger reports dire conditions, severe crowding, inadequate heating and nursing, and mismanagement by the St Pancras Guardians and Mr Drouet. The inquiry adjourned as witnesses testify to multiple cholera deaths and broader neglect.
A general committee meeting for League Banquet preparations, chaired by G. Wilson, reviewed progress and solicited sub committee updates. Invited guests include MPs Anderson, Scholefield, Thompson, Hindley, Bright, Trelawney, and others, with mayors of several cities also listed. An obituary note mentions J Easthope and Chancery actions over his will involving Sir J Easthope.
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