... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. MAY 11th. 1839-The Melbourne Ministry resufaed office. 1846-The Bill abolishing the Corn Laws was read a third time. 1855—The Newspaper Stamp Bill was read a third time in the Commons. 1867—A treaty was signed in London ...

... traitor to hi* °«ritish' farm 4'le Joom of Britain in general and tb0 Volition 111 particular had been sealed by stpo(iv r Corn Laws. So Mr. Chowler was v eciUest at farmers' ordinaries and agn- r'lle's—we have an idea tfiat he lamiliar to Willis's Rooms ...

... against the Trinity, etc., and for punishing the authors and publishers. A proclamation was issued on the 24th. 1815—The Corn Laws (M> Robinson's) introduced. FEBRUARY 18th (and two following days). 1653-The English Fleet, under Blake, obtained a great ...

... Queen's Government, and occasionally voting for it, should take no part in the discussion of State affairs (for instance, Corn Laws, Game Laws, trade or financial questions); but he should come forward whenever the interests of humanity are at stake, and givo ...

... tha slaves, the emancipation of the restrictions upon the Catholics I the emancipation of all the restrictions upon the corn laws, the emancipation of the voter from restrictions upon suffrap-e. It has, be said, been 50 years of emancipation, the only ...

... 1838 to 1888 there was an endless series of political questions following each other, commencing with the repeal of the corn laws and reaching to the national revival which is now so manifest. In ail these agitations no man outside Wales took so prominent ...

... harvests and the depressed trade of 1837 and 1838. Fat t,he five rears 186842 the deficit of the liuug.jfcs amounted By the Corn Law of 1815, foreign coru was not admitted uutil wheat had reached a price of 80s per quarter. The Chartists demanded universal ...

... he condemn the action of Cobdeu. Bright, and others in removing the corn tax, although if he open his heart, says the Baner, he would condemn Free Trade and would re-enact the old laws before the morning. In his speech Lord Salis- bury recalls the contempt ...

... resolutions tor the relief of Cathohqp, were carried by. 247 to 234 votes. '1827—(George IV.)-Mr: Oanningle reaolationson. the Corn Laws were agreed to by that, Commons. j 1831—(William IV.)—The Reform BlU wass i brought in—intense national excitement: existed ...

... years to reign, when Canning led the Commons, and when Catholic Emancipation, Parliamentary Reform, and the Repeal of the Corn Laws, three of tho great landmarks in modern party history, were causes which were either undreamed of or regarded as hopeless ...

... Duke of Buckingham, Lord Privy Seal, resigned on the ground of his opposi- tion to the Ministerial plan of dealing with the Corn Laws. His office was filled by the Duke of Buccleuch. 1850—Parliament was opened by Commission. 1854—Parliament was opened by ...

... but from the Tories, who used it to help themselves on. They would act in this matter as they did after the repeal of the Corn Laws, when they agitated for a return to Protection, but which ti,ev forgot when they came bnck to office in 1852. Causes had ...