CONTENTS. 
Political Memoir of the Right Hon. 
Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P. . 
I. Speech on first bringing forward the question of 
the Repeal of the Corn Laws in the House of 
Commons, March 15, 1838 
II. Speech in the House of Commons, February 19, 
1839, on introducing his Motion that J. B. 
Smith, Robert Hyde Greg and others should 
be heard at the Bar of the House in support 
of their petition complaining of the operation 
of the Corn Laws .... 
III. Speech in the House of Commons, March 12, 1839, 
on his second Annual Motion for the Repeal 
of the Corn Laws .... 
IV. Speech in the House of Commons, July 9, 1839, ori 
presenting a petition from Wolverhampton for 
the Repeal of the Protective Duties on foreign 
timber, and moving for a Committee of the 
whole House to consider the duties levied on 
foreign and colonial timber 
V. Speech in the House of Commons, April i, 1840, 
on introducing his third Annual Motion for 
the Repeal of the Corn Laws 
VI. Speech in the House of Commons, May 26, 1840, 
on renewing his third Annual Motion . 
VII. Speech at Manchester, April 15, 1841 
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