... THE CORN LAWS. The London correspondent of tho Scotsman states that “it calculated there are about ninety members, on 'the Conservative side, who may depended upon to vote for total, immediate, and unconditional repeal of the Corn Laws, if Sir Robert ...

... THE CORN LAWS With characteristic acumen Walpole remarked that by interest he could make one of his coach horses physician to the King. If that great statesman lived in these days he would see much to strengthen his opinion of the force of interest and ...

... Is it from the present corn laws? If I not mistake, wcimported last year, or the vear before, about quarters of wheat, at a duty. How much more may we import when the duty falls to the vanishing point ? Putting the present corn law for a moment aside, turn ...

... THE CORN LAWS. Wc have given elsewhere full a report of the discussion this subject, in the House of Commons, that it is only necessary here to refer briefly to the measure. After five nights the debate is again adjourned, and division not expected fur ...

... THE CORN LAWS. The Times of Tliurstlay contained an extraordinary announcement, to the effect that Parliament was to be summoned to meet the first week in January, and that the Queen’s speech would recommend an immediate consideration of the Corn Laws ...

... Com Laws. The eye of the kingdom is fixed on those laws, and whatever be the issue tune may be regarded as final. It is idle to talk cf temporary suspension—when once the law is repealed, what Minister would venture to renew it. In the Corn ...

... hereby resolve, that the delivering a large body of agricultural labourers into tin* hands of the Anti-Corn-Law League cotton-spinners the poor-law commissioners, for the purpose of ‘absorbing’ ‘surplus’ population ef the south, 'in equalinimj oar tentfi* ...

... Bradford he ascribed the potato dietary the com laws. far from causing the potato dietary, the corn laws, and the corn laws *, have prevented its universality.— What the date of the first operation of the corn ...

... support the Corn Laws, end then, and only then, Lord John Russell. and he alone of first class Whigs, became a repealer. 2. It is a fact that the Liberals, who bad been in power for twenty years, opposed every motion for the repeal of the Corn Laws from 1832 ...

... PARMAMENT—THE COBS LAWS Very little of importance was done either House during the past week. Hon. members are evidently sparing themselves for the death-struggle the Corn Laws, which to determine the existence of Peel's government. In the mean time are ...

... have been taught their pc.litica through their religion. Aa admirer though I am of the abolition of the Corn Laws, I am glad it was not the Cora Laws but religions liberty that brought Wales into politics. A nation whose politics are based upon principle ...

... the conclusion, he said that if he were asked why it was that under Free Trade we had prices as good as we had before the Corn Laws were repealed, he did not think it possible to give any other answer than thisit was the effect of those wonderful gold ...