... Although Lord John Russell 5y5sdsed his principle of a fixed duty. he could not have acomlihe d his wish of repealing the Corn Laws, without but to me not unexpected conversion, as it is the suddfegs.t Peerhoafter having been brought into called, ef ...

... position that the Corn Laws were unjust, Sir Robert maintained that their suppor- ters were bound to shew that they were for the good of the country. This he denied; and he refused assent to the propo- sltion that a free-trade in corn would render us ...

... 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 ...

... with whose wishes they coincided. The Times now tells the public that it was all fudge, and that the subject of the Corn Laws has not boen mooted in the Cabinet for the last twelve months. It was, indeed, a thing scarcely to be looked for. There ...

... dependent on the price of corn wras entirely erroneous, ansd he felt-satisfied that-the Corn Laws L .could not be continued in their presentsape. The onlysuges- az tion be could makewouldheforafied duty,but he did not think i that corn should be taxed at all ...

... yet on other grounds, his opi- of nion was that the Corn Laws should be reconsidered. (Cheers.) n- Still he was of opinion that he was not the person upon whom an the charge of altering the Corn Laws ou~ght to devolve, as minis- ad ter of the crown. He ...

... is, what 'thos-.:measures aust he I There cantbe no .oubt that one great'4ueition oftb'&daey will be the abolition of the Corn Laws. Bly all the leading organs of his Lordship's party are *e assured, that his Lordslip habd cqnenl'ed tb'take office only ...

... 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 ...

... produc- tion as to be able to face any severity of foreign competi- tion. What was to be dreaded from the sudden repeal o the Corn Laws, was a sudden fall of prices, such as that .which has prostrated the West India planters, and as threatens greatly to reduce ...

... an inquiry into the Corn- Law League. Lord Ki7anaird, as a member of the League, courted inquiry. It was composed of men of all parties, and even of men who did not approve of the League, but who were desirous of seeing the Corn-Laws repealed. The League ...

... that can believe it, against the evidence furnished by there being not a single step taken for its attainment. In no Anti-Corn Law meeting do I remember to have seen this stipulation so much as mentioned. In the enforcement of this view, Mr Hadden brought ...

... supplies from Ireland and elsewhere are abundant. CoRN LAWS..-There have during the last twelve years been no fewer than forty motions made in Parliament for the repeal or the amendment of the Corn Laws. The first of these motions was made by Earl Fitzwilliam ...