Record

Document Reference	Ne C 12976/1-2
Title	Letter from J. Thompson, Wellow Hall, to [Henry P.F. Pelham-Clinton] Earl of Lincoln [later 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne], Portman Square, London; 29 Apr. 1834
Date	29 April 1834
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Discusses the state of the people and the effect a conflict will have on 'the gentlemen and proprietors of England who have no security but themselves'; discusses how the legislator has sanctioned and encouraged the villagers and the role of the press; tells how the people resort to the beer shops of which Wellow now has four which all display the Nottingham Mercury or 'papers of a worse description'. Describes how 'the vilest traitor could not have devised a surer poison to the agricultural classes than the Game Act and the Beer Bill and how Brougham knows this; says he thinks the Reform Act and the Emancipation Bills are innocent when compared with Acts which convert labourers into 'habitual drunkards and Sabbath breakers'; discusses the charge by Lord Hanncliffe[?] and Beechers pamphlet and concludes it not well written; says how he thinks ministerial plans for change in the Poor Law System will be cut down.
Term	parliamentary business, acts, Beer
	parliamentary business, acts, Game
	parliamentary business, acts, Reform
	parliamentary business, acts, Emancipation
	Poor Law, reform

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6069	Brougham; Henry P. (1778-1868); 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Lord Chancellor	1778-1868
NA17899	Hanncliffe; - (fl 1834); Lord	fl 1834
NA11191	Thompson; Johnathan (fl 1794-1846); Mr; tutor of 5th Duke at Eton; Yorkshire Receiver 1844; Northern Receiver 1846	fl 1794-1846
NA945	Clinton; Henry P.F. Pelham- (1811-1864); 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; styled Earl of Lincoln until 1851	1811-1864