REPEAL

OF THE. 17 e | Corn Laws were statutes dating from is | 14th century for the regulation of | e,' trade in grain and for ahaa | ie | agricultural and landed interests. st | Anti-Corn Law League’ was formed m | 1839, Cobden and Bright being the m ls|notable members. In 1846 Sir Ro Peel, who had become a convert to F | Trade, was able to pa & measure, J.|pealing the Corn Laws, and the di is | entirely ceased in 1849. is} CORNUCOPIA, “‘horn of plent ja horn filled to overflowing with flows s. | fruit, corn, etc., symbolical of the blesai: d of peace and plenty. i,| [s. 109]