... country. nle f paid an eloquent tribute to John Bright and Cobden, the great twin brothers who T-slew the Corn Laws. fle admitted that r t first the ?? Law agitation was a class crusade - the towns people against the country people, hut ultimately it beca30e ...

... Mei ABERDEEN JOUIRNAL. *the 'ltd Srri,-On the ineeting of Pearliamrent we appear destined to on have a discussion on the Corn Laws.. I ane lrot SUrprised that this the labouring auid manutucturitig classes, actueted by ale imme- ran- diate view to their ...

... The following article appears in the Quebec Gagclte of the 9th of August TRADE AND TIElB CORN LAWS. We understand that it is intended by the inhabitants of differer.t parts of this province to petition his Mlaiesty antl both Houses of Parliament, on the ...

... the corn laws wmas the maddest be had ever heard of. If they substituted for the word repeal the word re-enactment, they had one certain result of the agitation of Cobden. Of all the mad things they had heard in our day the re-enactment of the corn laws ...

... trade, Mr Manson ademitted that alter the repeal of the corn laws in IAG t our trand, commerce. and agriculture advanced by bounds, but he maintained that this va s due riot to the repeal of tbe corn laws, but to ?? ?? oif railwasv, discoveries of lzold, arnd ...

... fictitious story, which has recently been revived, that Mlrs Norton sold the secret of Sir Robert Peel's intention to repeal the corn laws to the Times for £500. 'rhe secret archives of the paper contain no record of any such transaction, and it is to be hoped ...

... without affecting prices or narrowing importation; for in such years the prices of corn are wholly determined by the de- mnaud and supply, without reference to the cost of the corn, inncluding therein any reasonable duty with which it may be charged. The latter ...

... pockets-in the same way as dukes and the landed interest objected to the new death duties. It was similar in connection with the corn laws, and the action of Toryisin had been selfish and ignoble in all its interests. Time was when he thought organisation in Liberal ...

... young horses,) rainously low. ''lr price of grairs lies vacillated considerably in course of the month, the weather and Corn Laws taking the lead by turns. The bonding system has taken efi'ect in a manner at once favourable to the speculator, while its ...

... itself into a Comranittee of the e whole Holis2, to take into consideration the Act of the 9th 2 George IV. relating to the Corn Laws, and to submit to its consideration the propriety of irnposing a fixed, instead of a fluctuating duty. The Hon. Member also ...

... consideration the subject of the corn lawa. The Lord Provost took the chair. Mr Cobden and Mr Bright addressed the assembly at great length, and entered Into variety of topics In order to prove the impolicy of the corn laws. Their speeches were nearly the ...

... Ratitled opjtonents, vho were for reducing the diuties oil corn and a fixed duty on corn and all the rest of it. Sir 1 Robert Peel and his Go e-rinieait proposed and carried the total repeal of the Corn Laws. I may be to'd that his Government was aesisitei by ...