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Extracts from Peel's Speech on Repeal of the Corn Laws, 15 May 1846 - In the early 1830s Peel had been well-known for his opposition to the repeal of the Corn Laws and in 1841 had promised not to repeal the legislation. During the course of his second ministry (1841-6) he changed his mind and by December 1845 was considering repealing the Corn Laws. In the speech from which these extracts are take, Peel justified his change of mind.
The Corn Laws - An entry from Victorian Web on the Corn Laws, a significant import duty on wheat and other essential foodstuffs aiming to stabilise the price.
For a Repeal of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel - Parliamentary Speech by the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, on the successful motion to abolish the Corn Laws. Peel was seen as a traitor by many of his Conservative colleagues because of his volte-face on maintaining the laws.
Wikipedia: Corn Laws - Article from the open source encyclopaedia.
Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws - A text written in 1814 by the economist and clergyman Thomas Malthus advocating a retention of the war time prosperity for farmers by a large tax on foreign corn.
Richard Cobden - Free Trade With All Nations - A speech given by a prominent opponent of the Corn Laws.
Richard Cobden - Advocate of free trade. Instrumental in establishing a new centralized Anti-Corn Law League. Elected Stockport's MP in 1841 and carried on the campaign in Parliament which led to eventual repeal of the Corn laws in 1846. (1804-1865)
Essay on Profits - An essay from David Ricardo on the influence of the Corn Laws on the profits from capital investment.
The Anti Corn Law League - A time line and some pass notes on this influential middle class pressure group formed to promote free trade, and a template for further radical advances throughout the nineteenth century.
1804 Corn Laws - Imposed a duty on imported corn. Includes excerpts from the writings of several authors.

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Corn Laws - The Corn Laws, in force between 1815 and 1846, were import tariffs designed to support and protect domestic British corn prices against competition from less expensive foreign-grain imports. The tariffs were introduced by the Importation Act 1815 (55 Geo.
United Kingdom general election, 1818 - The 1818 UK general election saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats. The Whigs were divided over their response to growing social unrest and the introduction of the Corn Laws.
William Forbes Mackenzie - ... 1807–24 September 1860) was a minor Scottish Conservative politician in the mid-nineteenth century. He was one of Sir Robert Peel's junior Lords of the Treasury from April 26 1845 until the end of the latter's second premiership, but apparently broke with him over the Corn Laws.
Lord George Bentinck - The Lord (William) George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (27 February 1802 – 21 September 1848), better known as simply Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner, best known (with Benjamin Disraeli) for his role in unseating Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws.
Whig Government 1846-1852 - Following the split in the Tory Party over the Corn Laws in 1846 and the consequent end of Sir Robert Peel's second government, the Whigs came to power under Lord John Russell. Sir Charles Wood became Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir George Grey Home Secretary and Lord Palmerston Foreign Secretary for the third time.