...for the poor man to defend his own rights as effectively as I think the Commissioners would. This, I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty, Committees of this House, sitting on Private Bills, neglected the rights of the poor. I do not say that they wilfully neglected those rights : far...

...1845. The late Duke of Newcastle (then Earl of Lincoln) once said in the House of Commons — " This I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty, committees...enclosure bills, neglected the rights of the poor." Thus it fared with the common lands of the Forest of Deerfold. Before the Act of Inclosure was obtained...

...expressions nsed by Lord Lincoln in moving for leave to bring in the General Inclosure Bill in 1 845 : This I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty, committees of this House, sitting on private Inclosure Bills, neglected the rights of the poor. I do not say they wilfully neglected these rights,...

...expressions used by Lord Lincoln in moving for leave to bring in the General Inclosure Bill in 1 845 : This I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty, committees of this House, sitting on private Inclosure Bills, neglected the rights of the poor. I do not say they wilfully neglected these rights,...

...know," said the late Duke of Newcastle once in an Enclosure debate in the House of Commons, — " this I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty, Committees...Enclosure Bills neglected the rights of the poor." It is urged, of course, that the enclosure of common land was necessitated by the interest which the...

...smaller commoners." During a debate in the House of Lords in 1845, the Earl of Lincoln said, " This I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty, committees of this house, sitting on Enclosure Bills, have neglected the rights of the poor ; " and in the House of Commons it was stated...

...smaller commoners." During a debate in the House of Lords in 1845, the Earl of Lincoln said, " This I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty, committees of this house, sitting on Enclosure Bills, have neglected the rights of the poor ; " and in the House of Commons it was stated...

...: " The Earl of Lincoln, in moving for leave to bring in a General Enclosure Bill, said : ' This I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty, committees...(Enclosure) Bills, neglected the rights of the poor. I do not say wilfully neglected those rights — far from it. But this I affirm, that they were neglected,...

...the Bill, compared it favourably in this respect with the private bill system. He said : — " This I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty Committees of this House on private Bills neglected the rights of the poor, . . . Committees being permitted to remain in ignorance...

...the Bill, compared it favourably in this respect with the private bill system. He said : — "This I know, that in nineteen cases out of twenty Committees of this House on private Bills neglected the rights of the poor, . . . Committees being permitted to remain in ignorance...