... THE CORN LAWS. fcFORD, JANUARY 26, 1839. price which ~a!l ,)een late,y obt;linetl for tlon «ro»T has produced a general agitare the manufacturing districts for the the Corn Laws. From the very large at h- haVe voted t,tions favour of 8«i t Wy res and ...

... CORN LAWS. After protracted debate of five nl °^ House Commons, Mr. Villiers's Committee of the whole House, take deration the law which regulates the t y- of * it Foreign Grain, was negatived a maj the numbers being, for the motion f*.^ d, 342. This ...

... THE CORN LAWS. Lord Melbourne has announced that the subject of the Corn Laws is to be an open question ; that is, that so far from the Government introducing measure for any alteration, either modification or repeal, it will not, in its official capacity ...

... (Mr. Paulton) would ask, had the Corn Laws done for them They were told that the Corn Laws were to give them steady prices. It was utterly impossible with sliding scale. What was the fact Why, for ten years, the Corn ...

... THE CORN LAWS. Notwithstauding the importance the foreign news of the week—a revolution in Portugal, and the refusal the French Government to ratify tlie treaty for the suppression of the Slave Trade— public attention still absorbed the discussion on ...

... THE CORN LAWS. HEREFORD, FEBRUARY 2, 1839 The Anti-Corn-Law agitation continue? with unabated spirit in the manufacturing districts. It is of the highest importance that our agricultural readers should have a clear view of the grounds on which the ab ...

... THE CORN LAWS. our space S P .- Ug ' °^ UpieS S ° much of owrat'in „f , C ntlnuat '° ° OUr into sea c », ' the effec,s °f »lidtoe'our d ° se 0 a fi .* * duty, must be defcich grCat COnCern at the m cussed all - ,m question is generally dis the most ...

... CORN LAWS. Division on Mr. Hume's motion, «'For a Committee to inquire the present state of the Corn Laws, with view to establish a fixed duty in lieu ofthe present graduated scale. , Place. Name. g a, f Sir Robert Price, Bart Herefordshire Kedgwin Hoskins ...

... THE CORN LAWS. HEREFORD, JUNE 5, 1841. In the House of Lords last week, during an incj' dental discussion on the Corn Laws, Lord Winch*' sea gave utterance to an opinion, which forcibly shews the passionate manner in which this a' ' important question ...

... THE CORN LAWS. To the Editor of the Hereford Journal. Sir,_ The English Corn Laws have compelled the Belgians to protect themselves by the establishment of manufactories, and unless measures are taken to relieve our trade from trammels that now ...

... empire. 11. That such higher price is in a great measure to ascribed to the laws which regulate the trade in foreign corn. 12. That the varying scale of duties imposed the said laws operates frequently a prohibition upon the import of foreign grain, and ...

... THE CORN LAWS —??? The adjourned debate was then resumed Mr. COLQUHOUN, who assured the Right Hon. Bart., at the head of the Government, that he was mistaken stating that he (Mr. Colquhoun) had one time held opinions in favour of the doctrine of total ...