Author: Sir Charles WETHERELLPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Speech of Sir C. W. at the Bar of the House of Lords against the Municipal Corporation Bill, ... 1835. Fifth edition
Author: Sir Charles WETHERELLPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The End of the Urban Ancient Regime in England
Author: Frédéric MoretPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443874019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The 1835 Municipal Reform Act is both a consequence and a continuation of the 1832 Reform Act. By dealing with those “citadels of Torysm” that were the municipal corporations, the Whigs not only wanted to confirm their electoral victory, but also to reform the local system that had been largely criticised for decades. Preceding the reform, a thorough investigation was conducted by a group of twenty commissioners – young liberal or radical lawyers – who visited 285 municipal corporations in England and Wales. After public hearings, they wrote, for each borough, a detailed report which provided an accurate picture of the municipal institutions and their functioning over the preceding decades. In describing the political organisation, the administration, the legal and law enforcement functions, the reports showed that the municipal corporations were areas of privileges. Beyond the overview provided by those in favour of reform of a system at breaking point, the reports, while taking into account local situations, measured the role played in urban management by municipal corporations. After an extensive campaign and several petitions, the parliamentary debate resulted in a compromise bill that aimed at reforming only the main royal boroughs. Small towns, as well as large industrial cities, which had not been granted the royal charter of incorporation, were not affected by the reform. Though it carefully treated certain former institutions, the municipal reform fundamentally altered the way administration was run and marked the end of the urban Ancient Regime in England and in Wales.
British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: Speech ... against the Municipal Corporation Bill ... 1835
Author: James Lewis KNIGHT (afterwards BRUCE (Right Hon. Sir James Lewis Knight))Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
Speech of Sir Charles Wetherell, at the Bar of the House of Lords, Against the Iniquitous Corporation Bill, on Thursday, 30th, and Friday, 31st July 1835
Author: Sir Charles WetherellPublisher:
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British LibrarySpeech of Sir Charles Wetherell, at the Bar of the House of Lords, against the Iniquitous Corporation Bill ... 30th, and ... 31st July 1835. Second edition
Author: Sir Charles WETHERELLPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description