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"We had always been convinced that Victorianism was a myth, engendered by the long life of the sovereign and of her most illustrious subjects. We were constantly being told that the Victorians did this, or the Victorians thought that, while my own difficulty was to find anything on which they agreed: any assumption which was not at some time or other fiercely challenged. 'Victorian History'.


So sensitive was the feeling of sound constitutionalists in the matter of ...

So sensitive was the feeling of sound constitutionalists in the matter of police, that Lord John, having sent London constables to Bradford to help with a Poor Law riot, decided on reflection to withdraw them and enjoined the magistrates to use dragoons instead.

The Permissive Act of 1839 was generalized by the Compulsory Act of 1826. The interval had been well employed. This is not without its bearing on Victorian psychology.

With 25,000 vagrants on the pad, and all the village idiots at large, the unprotected female really had something to be afraid of.

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Essex selected as Chief Constable a retired Naval Officer. He very soon ...

Essex selected as Chief Constable a retired Naval Officer.

He very soon made it appear that a paid constabulary was not only more efficient but actually cheaper than th

But his career, and his achievement, are typical of a general rule. ...

But his career, and his achievement, are typical of a general rule. The English administration was made by administrators throwing out

The total and the proportions did not vary greatly till the Crimean ...

The total and the proportions did not vary greatly till the Crimean War. But by 1860 the cost of defence was £126,000,000, the balance for civil purposes £125,000,000. These figures, w

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