... thus indirectly becomes a larger houveholders' tax on Z foreign-grown food than eoer was collected under the a e Corn Laws. a a a field of corn worth £,0 a few vear3 ago is now a worth but £40. Supposing there is a gain in pur- fl s chasing power of £20 ...

... did, the game laws would have been long ] since repealed. He asserted that there was an interest in reform throughout the country; and, in conclusion, refer- I red to the successful exertions of himself and others in re- pealing the Corn Laws and the taxes ...

... t all. Sic ' reobrt Peel sagaciously 11 a descried the practical necessity of the time. He concluded that IFort 3y tbIc corn laws miust be repealed, aced tlcat his concluso wa !e, ocnineostlyjust less been scow proved,nsot only bytlseeaperiecsce! land ...

... present. He swas a small boy at school then, but they were very strong about Corn Laws. lie heard Cobdoun say that if the Corn Laws ware abolished and the Government lot corn conme in free of duty, the pont boy w! got a piece of very dry, ...

... and Bright's Gentleman in the Mask -Lord Aberdeen intimated Peel's inten- tion to repeal the Corn Laws, Mr Vernon Harcoort. discoursed upon international law as. Historicus, and Mr Leonard Courtney, through the nedium of i loading articles, sought to ...

... exported from Lochboisdale, and he had helped to load a ship with grain. The Chairman-That was before the abolition of the corn laws. Several other witnesses were examined, and the Court rose at two o'clock. The reason for such a short sitting was that the ...

... advantage, and he took hold of thesmI it 3 now 21 years since Mr Wilson wrote his first attractir, essay, The Influence of the Corn Laws. He was et,, ; little known, and possibly as little understood. it I s_ he followed up his brochure with Fluctuations of ...

... of the Anglican Church from political primacy. Catholic emancipation, the enfranchisement of the Jews, the repeal of the Corn Laws, the opening of the univer- sities to Nonconformists, and kindred reforms, were mere apprentice work when contrasted with ...

... the Panama scandal, and has been sentenced to six years' penal servitude. The fiftieth anniversary of the repeal of the corn laws was celebrated on Saturday by A special dinner at the Cobden Club, at which Mr Leonard Courtney presided. Lowestoft and Yarmouth ...

... Minister entirely sup- ported this view. In the earlier part of his speech he made an important reference to the question of the corn law agitation, and the effect of free trade on the agricultural industry. 'While admitting that the protectionist party were ...

... Gladstone objected to the disestablishment of the BI Irish Church down to 1867. Tt Mr Gladstone opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws Is until Sir Robert Peel repealed thenm in 1846. Ss Mr Gladstone opposed for years the repeal of the da newspaper stamp, ...

... the fkllow. ziri year it rope t ' 75.s 21, lan advanc, of 22.s l Id in one yoar. For 1846, the year of thi Rtepeal of the Corn Laws, the average wvi-s 114o 9di per qr. In 1847 it rose to 69e Sd, roly te fall te 0iser 6d in 1848, and by dItegrecii tr 38 ...