Reform debate on labourers and temperance in 1860s Britain
The discussion covers agricultural labourer conditions, education funding, and land access. Speakers urge higher wages, better cottages, and half time schooling, with calls for land tenure and lower rents if needed. A separate temperance talk warns against alcohol's societal harm and the need for reform.
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Canon Girdlestone
Balpwin Leburon
Devonshire
Bolley
Gavin
Bhpper
England
Pepper
Ringe
Saunpers
Bath
John Bowne
Starrord Narthcote
M P s on public questions at Oxford Liberal meeting
At Oxford Liberal Association gathering, Mr Cardwell and Mr Vernon Harcourt urged social measures, debated Irish land reform and church questions, and critiqued colonial policy. Thunderstorm interrupted Cardwell as Lords Enfield and George Hamilton spoke on tenant rights and Irish education.
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Cardwell
Vernon Harcourt
Liberal Association
Oxford
Ireland
London
Middlesex
Lord Enfield
Lord George Hamilton
Bedfont
Cardinal Cullen
Liberal
George Hamilton
Ulster
Munster
Ballot Question Stirs Irish Land Reform Debate
Agitation leaders push for sweeping demands while Sir Wilfrid Lawson and Hon Charles Howard discuss ballot secrecy. Lawson cites protecting voters and candidates amid landlord tensions and recent tragedy, Howard concedes secret voting may be needed for farming class reliance on landlords.
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Ireland
Wilfrid Lawson
M.P
Charles Howard
Patton
Howard
Lord Derby
Cornell University as Taught by Gardener’s Chronicle
The Gardener's Chronicle surveys Cornell University Ithaca founded 1868 under Ezra Cornell with Goldwin Smith link to Oxford. It notes public land grant funding 1862, free education for district students, four year general courses in science philosophy arts, and a College of Agriculture with 200 acre farm including laboratories and extensive museums.
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Cornell University
Gardener's Chronicle
United States
Goldwin Smith
Oxford
America
England
New York
Ezra Cornell
Ithaca
College of Agriculture
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Tomas Brcos
Beggs
Reformatory and Industrial Schools
Industrial Schools and Reformatory Schools
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