72

COB
1824, unprosperous, 5; extract from
letter of, on mother’s death, 6; a
timber merchant at Barnet, his illsuccess,
 1829, 21 ; partnership with
Cobden, July, 1839, 158; business
qualities, 159 ; death of, 1858, 466,
Cobden, Charles, 6.
Cobden, Henry, 6; meets Cobden in
New York, 1885, 30.
Cobden, Miles, 6,
Cockburn and Cobden, 1826, 13;
supports Lord Palmerston, 538.
Coercion Bill for Ireland, 1846, 360
rejected, June 26, 1846, 387.
Colchester, Free Trade battle at, 278.
Cole, Mr., uncle of Cobden, 116.
Cole, H., letter to R. Cobden, 214, 215.
Coles, Captain Cowper, 876.
Collett, Mr., 374.
Cologne, Cobden at, 5486.
Colonial trade, 283.
Colquhoun, Mr., 378.
Combe, George, the influence of Cobden
on, 93, 94; system of phrenology,
Cobden drawn to, 120, 522.
Commerce, Chamber of, Manchester,
Cobden’s draft of a petition againsi
the Corn-Laws accepled by, Dec.
1838, 145; French treaty of, 748;
laid before Parliament, Feb. 10,
1860, 742 ; policy of, 798-809.
Committee on Imports, report of, 235.
Commons League, proposals for, 1848,
500; failure of, 501.
Como, Lake, 439.
Conseil Supérieur, 757.
Conspiracy to Murder Bill, Feb. 20,
Mr, 2 beats Lord Palmerston
on, 682.
Constantinople, Cobden’s account of,
70; the plague, 71 ; the Bosphorus, 71.
Constitution, English, 180.
Coppdene, Adam de, 2.
Cormenin, Conseiller d’Etat, 547.
Corn Bill, Peel's new, 234; second
reading of, passed Mar. 27, 1846:
passed, June 26, 1846, by a majority
of 73, 387.
Corn Law, existing when Oobden’s agitation
 began, 165, 166; effects of,
in foreign countries, 166 ; repeal of,
break up of all parties, 402.
Corn-Law, Anti-, Leagus, 140; Asso
ciation, formed in 1836 ; its members,
proved impotent, 143; foundation
of, in Manchester, 144.
Corn Law of 1815, 1822; bill of 1827,

INDEX

COR
Canning’s; 1828, Wellington, Duke
of, 164, 165.
Oorn Laws, modern history of, by
Cobden, April 16, 1839, in the Cireular,
 162; Burke and, 167; in back
ground, 292,
Cornu, Madame, 831.
Corps Législatif, 761.
JORRESPONDENCE —— .
Ashworth, H., April 12, 1842, 231;
Feb. 19, 1846, 377; May 20, 1846,
884, 467; July 21, 1848, 488; Nov.
16, 1851 ; Dec. 18, 1849, 525; Dec.
19, 1855, 642, 643; Oct. 16, 1857,
669-671; Aug. 27, 1860, 825;
Feb. 7, 1862, 860 ; Sept. 3, 1864,
916; Sept. 9, 1846, 916; July 26,
1864, 917; July 1864, 917.
Baines, E., Oct. 25, 1842, 250-252,
 252; Mar. 8, 1843, 263;
Dec. 25, 1845, 494.
Besthor, M., 477.
Bigelow, Mr., 882,
Bright, Mr., 229; May 12, 1842,
232; June 21, 1843, 291, 292,
465; 1847, 471; 1848, 497-499; Dec.
23, 1848, 502; Oct. 1, 1849, 514;
Nov. 4, 1849, 517; Dee. 6, 1849,
619; Dec. 8, 1849, 520; April 23,
1850, 544; Nov. 22, 1850, 549;
Sept. 29, 1851, 558; Oct. 1, 1851,
560; Oct. 29, 1851, 562; Nov. 7»
1851, 565; Nov. 6, 1851, 566; Nov-13,
 1851, 568; Nov. 9, 1858, 609;
Nov. 22, 1853, 610; Sept. 14, 1854,
627; Oct. 1, 1854, 627 1854, 629;
Jan. b, 1855, 630, 631; Feb. 11,
1855, 633; Sept. 30, 1855, 636;
Aug. 6, 1855, 637, 638; Aug. 8
1855, 638; Sept. 18, 1855, 039;
Aug. 24, 1857, 672; Aug, 24, 1857,
673, 674; Sept. 22, 1857, 675-677
Nov. 17,1859,712 ; Nov. 20, 185%
714; Dec. 29, 1859, 728, 772
774; Feb. 4, 1861, 794, 795 ; 1860,
802 ; Dec. 16, 1859, 810, 811; Dec.
29, 1859, 812; March 18, 1861,
820; Dec. 6, 1861, 852; April 22,
1863; Sept. 8, 1863; Oct. 12
1863; Oct. 17, 1863 ; Oct. 4, 1864
B76-880; Jan. 16, 1865, 925;
Jan. 22,1865, 927; Feb. 23, 1865,
930 ; Mar. 3, 1865, 930 ; Mar. 15;
1865, 932. .
Chevalier, M., Oct. 5, 1855, 640;
July 13, 1858, 682; Aug. 21,
1861, 848: Dec. 14. 1861, 853: