... THE GERMAN CORN LAWS. [REUTER'S BRRLIN, Saturday. The agitation hfere and in the provinces conse- quent upon the dearness of provisions continues unabated. The Berliner Tayeblatt reports Dr Miquel, Minister of Finance, to have stated in private conversation ...

... WHO REPEALED THE CORN LAWS ? AMONG the many fictions in which Tories take supreme delight is that most stupid one of all, the repeal of the Corn Laws by the Tory party. We call this the most stupid of all because those who are anxious to get the credit ...

... import that, in fact, eighty millious sterling in value were ported, nearly all of which it was the object of corn laws and other protective laws to exclude from country. More than half the working men of Engl:l! with their families, are fed on bread which ...

... WHO REPEALED THE CORN LAWS ? TO THE EDITOR. StR,—In a leading article of to-day's issue, you challenge contradiction of the figures you publish with regard to the passing of the law repealing the Corn Laws. I accept your challenge, and ask ...

... Freetrader, the col- league of Cobden and Bright In the fight for »the Repeal of the Corn Laws, has filled have been Judge Advocate- General (1852-9) and President of the Poor Law Board (1858-65), He was raised to the rank of an Earl's son in 1839. and in 1853 ...

... Robert Peel explained policy of the Government on the great question of the Corn Laws, and proposed a total repeal at the end of threo years. 1847-The Corn and Navigation Laws were sus- pended. 1854-Wreck of the Li-erpool ship W. H. Davis in the North ...

... Bucks Agricultural Association; expressed the opinion that the agricul- turists had the power to prevent the re- peal of the Corn Laws. 1850—The buildings in Hyde Park for the great International Exhibition were completed. 1877-The Empress Elizabeth of Austria ...

... CURIOUS CORN LAW CELEBRATION. The inhabitants of Denby Dale, near Hudders- field, have begun to prepare for the making of another of their famous pies. It is to be in com- memoration of tho Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, and it has been decided to hold ...

... by the Irish mem- bers to defeat the Conspiracy Bill by coalescing with the Protectionists to carrv a suspensIOn of the Corn Laws for three months. 1847-Prince Albert presented to Mendelssohn a copy of Elijah with an inscription. 1849 Voces of thanks ...

... EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. FEBRUARY 24th. 1842.—Mr Viiliers brought forward a motion for the immediate repeal of the Corn Laws, which was lost by a majority of 303. 1846-The P. and O. steam mail ship Great Liverpool was wrecked off Corunna. The passengers ...

... landed interest, and that waxed fat and flourishing. Every year during the years immediately preceding the repeal of the Corn Laws we read Great distress' of the farmers, Destitution of' labourers, Incendiarism, Con- tinued distress. Four Parliamentary ...

... He recalled sometimes a prophecy uttered by one of the most eloquent advocates of the repeal of tho Corn Laws, in which he said :— lifter the Corn Laws had been repealed for a few years poor houses would become uninhabited barracks, and would soou become ...