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... towns it was noticed that as a general election approached 4 1 Speech of Russell on the Reform Bill , Hansard , vol . ii . , p . 1064 . 2 At Weymouth , we are told , ' two hundred freeholds were split into two thousand , and freeholders ...
... towns it was noticed that as a general election approached 4 1 Speech of Russell on the Reform Bill , Hansard , vol . ii . , p . 1064 . 2 At Weymouth , we are told , ' two hundred freeholds were split into two thousand , and freeholders ...
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... towns , and that of commerce , represented by such cities as London and Liverpool . ( Such is the view of the constitution which was constantly upheld by the aristocracy against the various propositions of reform . There have been ...
... towns , and that of commerce , represented by such cities as London and Liverpool . ( Such is the view of the constitution which was constantly upheld by the aristocracy against the various propositions of reform . There have been ...
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... towns to replace the nominees of a Tory government by members of more indepen- dent , perhaps of more whiggish views . But never for one moment did the Whig ministry intend to alter the essential character of the House . In the changes ...
... towns to replace the nominees of a Tory government by members of more indepen- dent , perhaps of more whiggish views . But never for one moment did the Whig ministry intend to alter the essential character of the House . In the changes ...
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... towns.1 ( 3 ) It enfranchised the 107. householders in the boroughs . ( 4 ) It enfranchised certain copyholders , lease- holders , and occupiers in the counties . " Let us consider how these provisions affected the power of the ...
... towns.1 ( 3 ) It enfranchised the 107. householders in the boroughs . ( 4 ) It enfranchised certain copyholders , lease- holders , and occupiers in the counties . " Let us consider how these provisions affected the power of the ...
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... town voters . See Morley's Cobden , vol . i . , p . 305 . 1 See , for example , the Report of the Commission of 1852 on the conduct of elections at St. Albans ( Rep . Com . 1852 , vol . xxvii . ) , where it is stated that of the 483 ...
... town voters . See Morley's Cobden , vol . i . , p . 305 . 1 See , for example , the Report of the Commission of 1852 on the conduct of elections at St. Albans ( Rep . Com . 1852 , vol . xxvii . ) , where it is stated that of the 483 ...
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