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LIFE OF COBDEN. fo

1847. violent and reckless, he wanted social position, and 50 forth
Zr. 43. For the time they were swept away by the overwhelmis®
wave of Mr. Bright's popularity, but they pursed the
wrath and had their revenge ten years afterwards.
Another important step had been taken while Cobde®
was abroad. His business was brought to an end, and 10°
affairs relating to it wound up by one or two of his friends
A considerable portion of the sum which had been sub
scribed for the national testimonial to him, had beeB absorbed
 in settling outstanding claims, With a part of what
remained Cobden, immediately after his return from his
travels, purchased the small property at Dunford on which
he was born. He gave up his house in Manchester; and
when in London lived for some years to come at Westbou™
Terrace. Afterwards he lived in lodgings during ge
session, or more frequently accepted quarters at the hous
of one of his more intimate friends, Mr. Hargreaves, Mr
Schwabe, or Mr. Paulton. His home was henceforth ab
Dunford, His brother Frederick, who had shared 5°
failure of their fortunes at Manchester, took up his abode
with him and remained until his death in 1858. Five @
six years after the acquisition of his little estate, Cobde”
pulled down the ancestral farm-house, and built a modest
residence upon the site. In this for the rest of his life be
passed all the time that he could spare from public Jabowr™
Ouce in these days,Cobden was addressing a meeting at AY los”
bury. He talked of the relations of landlord and tenant and
referred by way of illustration to his own small proper;
Great is the baseness of men. Somebody in the row!
valled out to ask him how he had got his property. wie
indebted for it,” ssid Cobden with honest readiness,"
the bounty of my countrymen. It was the scene of ©J
birth and my infancy ; it was the property of my ancestors’
and it is by the munificence of my countrymen thab Loy