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... Somerset 1826. He was elected M P. for Preston and sat from 1830 to 1833. He died in 1835, but it was not until 1846 that the Corn Laws, against which he had fought so strongly, were repealed, largely through the efforts John Bright and Richard Cobden, so that ...
... Britain’s Large Import Britain has long forgotten '* the Hungry ’Forties,” when the corn Laws were in force, as a result of a misguided attempt to encourage British agriculture, and men like Cobden and Bright and the Manchester School ...
... justified. FAVOURING LANDED INTERESTS The most serious objection to the Corn Laws was not that they favoured the landed interests, although they did this to an outrageous extent. The Corn Laws came into being in the 14th century and had persisted through the ...
... highland gathering at Balmoral, the Crimean War, the first V.C., the first night of Jenny Lind at the opera, the repeal of the Corn Laws, the Indian Mutiny, Disraeli announcing the acquisition of Suez. Gladstone reducing the Income Tax from sixpence to fourpence ...
... 1836 he became acquainted with Richard Cobden, and under his influence took an active cart in the agitation against the Corn Laws. (Continued in next column). ...
... earnings Idler or bungler. or both. he is willing To fcrk out his penny and pocket your shilling. —Ebenezer Elliott. The Corn Laws Rhymer. ...
... a new Town Hall. It has become human We don't do that. says Authority. Whv not? says Joe We aren't living under the Corn Laws now. Let s be matey! ' So Manchester will be matey next November. Joe didn't call it a banquet He called do. I was ...
... Mazzini born, 1805. [lB4B. Battle of the Barricades, Paris, Window Tax abolished, 1851. [1912. Pd.-Marshal Sir G. White died, Corn Laws repealed, 1846. 111.rriet Martineau died, 1876. ...
... their pretensions in this race. The Corn Laws ITORE serious affairs, however, also occupied space one hundred years ago. . . Here is an extract from the leading article: The result of the debate on the Corn Laws will excite little surprise. But it will ...
... could each contribute to others’ comforts. And then we would learn more impressively the absurdity of such laws as the Corn Laws, and all such laws as are made only for the benefit of the few to the hurt of the many; and in a word the duty of permitting ...
... Mazzini born, 1805. Battle of the Barricades, Paris, Window Tax abolished, 1851. [lB4B. •Fd.-Marshal Sir G. White died, Corn Laws Repealed, 1846 [1912. Harriet Martineau died, 1876. Enoch Edwards, M.P., died, 1912. ...
... local branch of the W.E.A. was held in the Boys' Council School on Friday, when Mr. F. L. liarlis. 8.A., dealt with how the Corn Laws were repealed. Miss Joan Arundell Caved, of South Park Road. has received many congratulations upon her passing with honours ...