The Chamber of Commerce
Tze idea of the League . .
The corn question in Parliament
Resentment of the Repealers .
The lecturers in the country
Hostilities jn the press .
Condition of the rural poor
New settlement in huginess
Marriage

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OBAPTER VII.
Tax CoN Laws.

Huskisson’s legislation .
The Corn Bills of 1827-8
Attitude of political parties
The Whig budget . .
Defeat of the Whips ,

CHAPTER VIII.
COBDEN ENTERS PARLIAMENT—F1RST SESSION.
I'he new Parliament . . .
First speech in Parliament . .
Protest against the philanthronists

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CHAPTER IX.

COBDEN AS AN AGITATOR

Friendship with Mr. Bright
Their different characteristios
Jobden’s oratorical qualities .
His personality ® . .
Feeling toward his countrymen
His faculty of veneration .
Conditions of usefulness .
Practical energy
Genial idaag

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CHAPTER X.
IF'ex Nzw Corx Law.

The autnmn campaign
The Lesgue press

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