... that the price of that commodity was regulated simply by the law of supply and demand, and was not affected by the abolition of the corn laws. The period following the abolition of the corn laws, he contended, was followed by discoveries, ...

... or Irelaiid, and Scotland is nnanimous as to the benefits otof Free Trade, and the folly as well as iniquity of the 1 or Corn Laws. In this country everybody speaks his is mind, or what he wishes to pass for his mind, and the C ,y opinions of all are ...

... seeing the noble manner in which he came forward and pro- I posed the repeal of the corn laws and the sliding scale (whichhe solong had defended), after be saw these laws were no longer tenable, there is a every reason to believe if Sir Robert Peel had ...

... curious fact, that since the abolition of the Corn Laws there has been an im- mense deal more foreign importations of corn into this coun- try than before. For twenty years previous to the abolition of the Corn Laws the annual importations ...

... Belfast Northern Whig.) When the principle of Free Trade iwas first recognised i this country by the abolition of the Corn Laws a few years o the opponents of that measure strongly urged that other tiolls would take advantage of our gratuitous liberality ...

... agricuiture worse off now than it 'was under The operatibonof the Cborn Laws? (Hear, hear.) Now, i faraawe can judge, fanners are better off than they were; before the repeal of the Corn Laws'. ,(Cheers.) Ty 'live now on a much higher standard; they'pay a much ...

... discontent has, with protection, been removed. In this last year of revolution, where would 1 England have been now had the corn laws not been repealed ? a But now comes the great ?? are landlords and t tenants-their interest and fate are inseparable-how ...

... weather at, the close, has given a further stimulus to wvogetation, and helped forward the sowing of Lent corn. This has been proceeded with from the corn- meancement under the most favourable circumstances. No chieck has yet been sustained by the wheat plant ...

... reduced stocks of old nlust keep such quality upon a high range. The sliding- scale in France be, ng found to work badly, new corn- laws are being introt,'Q codl there, on the basis of a fixed and very moderate dimu'y. This will bring that and our own country ...

... Europe his ittoreased the exports of Ruissia; the first was at the time of that terrible famine which overthrew the English corn laws, and through which as a fiery trial Ire- n land passed, to come terth with the power of improvement and regeneration. The ...

... arguments used, I showing that they were just the same that had been used in i regard to the farmers before the repeal of the Corn Laws. N Eventually the following motion was adopted :-That the c Chamber resolve to represent to Government that, in their I opinion ...

... position of the cern trade. It appears to be generallv un- derstood tlint the Government do not intend interforing wits the corn laws, tc less they should obtaina a decided majority at the next - general election; matters tvill, therefore, remain aS they ...