The Three Reforms of Parliament: A History, 1830-1885T. F. Unwin, 1885 - 310 pages |
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The Three Reforms of Parliament: A History, 1830-1885 (Classic Reprint) William Heaton No preview available - 2017 |
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Act was passed agitation amendment Birmingham boroughs carried Chancellor CHAP Chartist classes Committee Conservative Constitution Cornwall debate disfranchised Disraeli dist Divi Duke of Wellington Durham dwelling-house Earl Grey Earl Russell East Division election electors enactments England favour followed Gladstone Government Greville House of Commons House of Lords hundred Ireland July King King's labourers Lancashire leaders Leeds Liberal lodger London Lord Brougham Lord John Russell Lord Palmerston majority Manchester measure ment Middlesex Ministry Names of Divisions North Number and Names number of members occupation franchise occupied opinion Parlia Parliament Parliamentary Parliamentary boroughs party peers persons political poll Prime Minister proposed qualification question of Reform Redistribution Reform Act Reform Bill registered representation respect return one Member right of voting Schedule scheme Scotland second reading session shire sion Sir Robert Peel South Division speech Surrey Sussex tenant thousand tion towns voters West Division Wiltshire Yorkshire ІІ СНАР
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Page 126 - ... the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice— on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 93 - ... and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean.
Page 127 - ... paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers, — to be taxed no more.
Page 126 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice— on the brass nails of the coffin, and ihe ribands of the bride — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 157 - I venture to say that every man who is not presumably incapacitated by some consideration of personal unfitness or of political danger is morally entitled to come within the pale of the Constitution.
Page 92 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidinouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion.
Page 85 - Will you make this the exception ? Are you really prepared to determine, but not to hear, the mighty cause upon which a nation's hopes and fears hang? You are. Then beware of your decision...
Page 273 - Every Man shall, in and after the Year One Thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, be entitled to be registered as a Voter, and, when registered, to vote for a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for a Borough who is qualified as follows: (that is to say,) 1.
Page 126 - Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory ; — taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste— taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 23 - ... whilst over the whole field were strewed caps, bonnets, hats, shawls, and shoes, and other parts of male and female dress, trampled, torn, and bloody. The yeomanry had dismounted — some were easing their horses' girths, others adjusting their accoutrements, and some were wiping their sabres.