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... IS LIKELY TO HE- FALL POOR OLD ENGLAND, AND HER CHILDREN CORN LAWS ARE PUT DOWN, AND FREE TRADE SET UP IN 1811. 1842.—The farmers who cannot quit the country are preparing to lay down their Corn lands to grass- clover, and other g: a3S seeds greatly advauced ...
... Famine Commissioners were inconsistent with a determination to maintain the present Corn Laws. were inconsistent with a determination to maintain the present Corn Laws. 1847-The murders and outrages committed in Ireland continued to be of the most fright- ...
... by the Irish mem- bers to defeat the Conspiracy Bill by coalescing with the Protectionists to carry a suspension of the Corn Laws for three months. 1847-Prince Albert presented to Mendelssohn copy of Elijah with an inscription, 1849—Votes of thanks were ...
... against the Trinity, etc., and for punishing ...
... Robert Peel explained policy of the Government on the great question of the Corn Laws, and proposed a total repeal at the end of threo years. 1847-The Corn and Navigation Laws were sus- pended. 1854-Wreck of the Li-erpool ship W. H. Davis in the North ...
... King-dom, urging upon them that the present was beyond all comparison the most favourable moment ever known for abolishing the Corn Laws. 1855-In consequence of the loudly expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Crimean War, Lord Aberdeen finally quitted ...
... AUGUST 24th. 1841—The new Pariament was opened by com- mission, and the Queen's Speech recom- mended consideration of the Corn Laws. 1842—Five Colonial Bishops were consecrated at Westminster, four of them being for the newly created Sees of Gibraltar, ...
... the resignation of himself and colleagues. The Act repealing the Corn Laws received the Royal Assent. -1854-Mr Collier carried a. resolution pledging the House to a modification of the law of part- nership so as to permit persons to embark in commercial ...
... resolved itself into a Committee. of Inquiry on the Corn Laws. The motion was rejected by 361 to 172 votes. 1850—Mr Disraeli moved for a Committee of the whole House to consider such a revision of the Poor Laws of the United Kingdom as might mitigate the distress ...
... by the Irish mem- bers to defeat the Conspiracy Bill by coalescing with the Protectionists to carrv a suspensIOn of the Corn Laws for three months. 1847-Prince Albert presented to Mendelssohn a copy of Elijah with an inscription. 1849 Voces of thanks ...
... EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. FEBRUARY 24th. 1842.—Mr Viiliers brought forward a motion for the immediate repeal of the Corn Laws, which was lost by a majority of 303. 1846-The P. and O. steam mail ship Great Liverpool was wrecked off Corunna. The passengers ...
... urging upon them that the present was beyond all comparison the most fa.voura.ble moment ever known for abolishing the Corn Laws. 1855-iii consequence of the loudly expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Crimean War, Lord Aberdeen finally ...