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... population have been developed since 1832- The third principle is that the Bill maintains generally the present borough system of representation in this country , on the ground that no efficient substitute has yet been offered for it ...
... population have been developed since 1832- The third principle is that the Bill maintains generally the present borough system of representation in this country , on the ground that no efficient substitute has yet been offered for it ...
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... population in boroughs . But in 1860 his Conservative supporters believed , as they were taught , that the indiscriminate extension of the suffrage would be fatal to the British Constitution , that it would produce class legislation , a ...
... population in boroughs . But in 1860 his Conservative supporters believed , as they were taught , that the indiscriminate extension of the suffrage would be fatal to the British Constitution , that it would produce class legislation , a ...
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... with , at the outside , only one - seventh of the electoral power . ' In this estimate the populations of counties and towns are reckoned together . of working men possessed of votes . Obviously , it 30 THE REFORM BILLS OF 1866 AND 1867 .
... with , at the outside , only one - seventh of the electoral power . ' In this estimate the populations of counties and towns are reckoned together . of working men possessed of votes . Obviously , it 30 THE REFORM BILLS OF 1866 AND 1867 .
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... population against the more intelligent and independent classes . But Mr. Gladstone's Bill of * Hansard , vol . 182 , col . 147 . † 2 & 3 William IV . c . 45 , s . 32. Lord Althorp , on the part of the Government , stated that the ...
... population against the more intelligent and independent classes . But Mr. Gladstone's Bill of * Hansard , vol . 182 , col . 147 . † 2 & 3 William IV . c . 45 , s . 32. Lord Althorp , on the part of the Government , stated that the ...
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... population of less than 8,000 each which could be joined together with geographical convenience . None of the stars of the political firmament were to be extin- guished ; but some of those of the least magnitude were * to be collected ...
... population of less than 8,000 each which could be joined together with geographical convenience . None of the stars of the political firmament were to be extin- guished ; but some of those of the least magnitude were * to be collected ...
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