... THE CORN LAWS. For over a quarter of a century there were outcries in this country against the Corn Laws. After the Napoleonic Wars an Act was passed by which corn could not be imported until home-grown - corn ...

... REYNOLDS'S CALENDAR. JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1927. )IS I John Barnett died, 1914. 1 MI Abolition of Corn Laws, 1849. 1 T Gtorge Cruickshank died, 1878. Z W Ledru Rollin born. 1807. 3 T First Chartist Convention, 1839. F Harrison Ainsworth born. 1805. 5 S Thomas ...

... REYNOLDS'S CALENDAR. JUNE—JULY, 1927. Corn Laws repealed. 1846. Harriet Martineau died, 1876. Enoch Edwards, M P., died, 1912. Elizabeth Barrett Browning died.lE6l Pillories and Stocks abolished. 1837. Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Admiral Cradock ...

... after the Napoleonic Wars prices were steadily falling despite the protection afforded by the Corn Laws. This was due to a rise in the value money. The Corn Laws were repealed in 1546, but none the less prices of agricultural produce rose steadily front ...

... These include the Chartres the Indian Mutiny, the in troduoina of penny postage in IMO, famine in Imlivid in IP4S the of the Corn Laws sad the death of Prints fuberet in ...

... , Has unknown in ,b faimiug. Ih* i * • when Amu nan , exploit our . The* Corn Laws indeed bad , . long before, hut ■tr.tew had i-tub their { pc.- years -dig dates ft■•ot the a pouilion t the* the .i the reuiamd. •»--oas tdo.' •• ...

... creation school boants. It was the first advocate of free education Tlie greet reform which succeeded the repeal of the Corn Laws (which was itself a Liberal measure) led by Gladstone, freed us from the Protective imposts of the bad old days when class ...

... afraid not. Well, In 144 ftemaruin on his ill-fated tu the Nor tk Pole. I In 1846 the Battle of Sobraun fought. In 1646 he Corn Laws were repoisk, in 11146 one during a moment of tutinal als:• ...

... Our Calendar. January. 30. —4th Sunday after Epiphany. 31. —Corn Laws al>olished. 1819. Fkbrfarv. 1. —Partridge and Pheasant shooting ends. 2. —Candlemas: New moon. ...

... time, says Reynolds's. For years he was the foremost reformer in the ntry—hs.nd-in-hand with Richard Cobden he fought the Corn Laws, and won. * * * He expressed his anger at the unjustifiable and blood♦ Crimean War in one of the most moving speeches heard ...

... olders' Committee , of which Mr Philip Bright , a son of John Bright , the associate of Cobden in tho fight against tho Corn Laws , is chairman . Misrepresentation in tho issuing of the prospectus by tho defendants is alleged . The defendants include ...

... O'Connor. In spite of riots in 1842. or in consequence of their easy suppression, the agitation weakened, and the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, with other changes, diminished distress: but in 1848, when revolutionary movements broke cut all over Europe. Chartism ...