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THE CORN LAWS

... THE CORN LAWS. The Corn Laws are becoming daily more and more an object of interest, and a subject of discussion. They have been assailed, not in the rambling and internperate manner formerly observed, but with an abundance and accuracy of important and ...

Published: Friday 25 January 1839
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 453 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CORN LAWS

... CORN LAWS. On Tuesday evening, a very numerously attended meeting, Provost Honeyman in the Chair, was held in the Kirkgate Chapel, to consider the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for the abolition of the present system of Com Laws. ...

Published: Thursday 21 February 1839
Newspaper: Fife Herald
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 424 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CORN LAWS

... CORN LAWS. The fifth night's debate upon Mr C. ViHiers’s motion was opened Mr Fielden, who contended for the repeal of all restrictive duties. Mr Smith O’Brien and Hindi.ey were advocates for the substitution of fixed duty. G. M. Wood referred speech ...

Published: Thursday 28 March 1839
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 762 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CORN LAWS

... the fluctuations which had fine characterised the corn mark t; and decidedly contrary had been the effect, that the lowest price of corn for the five ycarsjsubsequcnt to the einctimnt of the Corn Law I8‘?B, had h.cu, not &25., but per qnaiter, whilst ...

Published: Thursday 21 March 1839
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1537 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE CORN LAWS,

... THE CORN LAWS, It appears that in consequence of the report which appeared in the newspapers of the proceedings the meeting at Dundee, to which have on former occasions referred, at which Sir H. Parnell was represented to have declared, that it was the ...

Published: Thursday 08 December 1836
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 222 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE CORN LAWS

... THE CORN LAWS. Cftf (Elgin Courant. FRIDAY, JANUARY lfl, 1816. As the period fer the opening of Parliament ap-1 p roaches, thi* question seems to assume greater prominence. In addition to several meeting* in various quarters in Scotland, when proprietors ...

CORN LAWS

... CORN LAWS. Mr. STUART wished to oak the Right Hon. the Chancel. kir of the Exchequer whether. point of fact, th e opinion of the Crown lad been taken upon the the remission of duty imported before March, and sines appropriated for horns con- CrTTORNF ...

Published: Monday 24 July 1848
Newspaper: North British Daily Mail
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1392 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Corn Laws

... Corn Laws. [From a Bristol paper.] There is satisfying some people, do wliat you will—. flog high or low, they are equally discontented. The landlords are of this unhappy clasv I of eternal grumblers. They framed and passed the Corn-laws alter the fashion ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1840
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 746 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CORN LAWS

... CORN LAWS. W. WniTMoca gave notice, that on Tuesday the 28th instant should bring forward a motion relative to the corn laws. assessed taxes. Mr Maannir gave notice that on Tuesday, the 7lh March, would bring forward a motion for the of the assessed taxes ...

Published: Thursday 16 February 1826
Newspaper: Fife Herald
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE CORN LAWS

... THE CORN LAWS. Earl Fitzwilliam then rose to submit the motion of which bad given notice respecting the corn laws.— He admitted that since the passing of the corn laws the average price of ...

Published: Thursday 18 June 1840
Newspaper: Perthshire Courier
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1053 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CORN LAWS

... CORN LAWS. - _ - ?? . A ?? r- The following conversation on the Corn Laws took b place in the House of Commons on Monday evening:- SIR R. WILSON presented a petition from the Boot tl and Shoe rmakers of London against the Corn ...

Published: Monday 13 March 1826
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1365 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

CORN LAWS

... that the Corn Laws were one of the principal causes to which such a dreadful state of things are to be imputed. Mr Leek went on to show the effect of the Corn Laws, in prohibiting free trade, and in lowering the wages the operative. These ...

Published: Saturday 05 August 1837
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 636 | Page: 4 | Tags: none