Reform Bill Stirs Scotland as Seats Are Reallocated
Across the committee, Baxter’s plan is adopted with the Disraeli layout intact aside from a proposal to unite Peebles and Selkirk for Border burgh enfranchisement. A division, 262 to 95, blocks reopening the English Bill, while hopes rise for three Reform Bills and broader enfranchisement before disestablishment debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Baxter
Mr. Disraeli
Peebles
Selkirk
Sir L. Park
England
Ireland
Disraeli
Devonshire Baronet
Lords
Scotland
Edinburgh
Liberal Party
Mr. Gladstone
Friends of Religious Equality
Murphyism and Disraeli smears in Parliament
The piece laments that Mr. Murphy and his followers faced only casual parliamentary discussion and were not formally addressed by a less biased member. It accuses backers allied with the Protestant Electoral Union of enabling Orange order intrigues to pass under English banners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Maguire
Protestant Electoral Union
Newaepate
Whalley
Disturbances Stoke Protestant Sectarian Fury in England
The article condemns Mr Murphy and his followers for inciting anti Catholic riots across towns. It notes attacks on chapels and homes, deaths and injuries, and criticizes Home Secretary and leaders for failing to curb the uprisings while urging equal justice for Catholics and Protestants.
No Popery Politics and Protestantism Clash
A political column condemns a prime minister for reviving No Popery rhetoric after failing to regulate Catholic rights and the Irish Church. It accuses him of stoking sectarian passions and inflaming Protestant and Catholic tensions to cling to power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Orange Firebrand
A Plea for Aboriginal Races and Moral Power of Reform
A critique condemns racial hierarchies revived by Anthropological Society ideas and urges defenders of justice to act. It notes slavery and exploitation persist globally, cites Caribs, Tasmanians, Red Indians, Chinese labor, and Cuban sugar work, then praises moral resolve and parliamentary reform as paths to reform. Funding and embassies are unnecessary. moral power of Britain can effect change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthropological Society
Peru
Cuba
Torrens
Aborigines Protection Society
India
Dalhousie
Mysore
Friends of Justice
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Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Rochdale
Ashton
Ulster
Ngland
Home Secretary
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tresham Gregg
Dublin
Milner Gibson
Hugh Mason
Gibson
Hardy
Murphyites
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