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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 04, 1871
Page
7
A London debate analyzes how entails hinder land improvement and wealth transfer. Advocates argue abolishing entails would boost cultivation, reduce public injury, and strengthen national prosperity, while praising the Daily News funded relief effort and the humane impact on workers and communities.
The Daily News reports closure of the French Peasant Relief Fund with the balancer sheet audited by C Buxton M P and W Morreon M P. Readers contributed 26791 pounds to aid starving and ruined French peasantry in the north east and surrounding besieged villages.
An English observer decries New York as a despotism in fact despite a free name, with universal suffrage fueling mob power. He notes corrupt ballot boxes and government, cites Ward Beecher’s mass meeting, and argues buyable legislators and foreign elements drive crime and taxation. The piece condenses a wartime anti-immigrant sentiment surrounding New York politics and elections.
A local correspondent reports Ilkeston religious attendance totals from two Established Churches and eleven Nonconformist chapels. Evening figures show turnout across three locations plus eleven chapels, reflecting cheerful participation figures. A separate anecdote recounts a man misdiagnosed by a physician as having a new moon in his inside, later found to have pneumonia.
Lord Kimberley moves second reading of a bill to protect life and property in parts of Ireland. The measure would extend the previous coercion act by two years and allow habeas corpus suspension in Westmeath. A long debate follows as peers pass the Bankruptcy Disqualification Bill and adjourn.
The Sunday Trading Bill of Mr Thomas Hughes faced opposition and support with critics calling it tyrannical while supporters argued relief for London traders. The division ended 80 to 47 against the bill. the Public Prosecutors Bill gained ground at 129 to 89 as the Second Budget details were discussed and Disraeli led critical questions over taxation and imperial policy.
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