Politics and Trade in Britain, 1776-1914

Volume 2: 1841-1879

General Introduction

Volume 2 Introduction

1. Richard Cobden to John Benjamin Smith, 28 March 1841

2. Extract from Richard Oastler, The Fleet Papers; being Letters to Thomas Thornhill Esquire of Riddlesworth With occasional communications from friends

3. Extract from Thomas Cleghorn (ed.), Journal of Henry Cockburn, being a continuation of the memorials of his time, 1831-1854

4. Richard Cobden to John Benjamin Smith, 2 May 1841

5. Dundee Chamber of Commerce, Baltic Coffee House minute books, 1835-50; Richard Cobden to Alexander Low, and editorial; 'Borough Election'; 'Dundee Election'

6. Richard Cobden to Charles Pelham Villiers, 6 September 1841

7. Extract from Edwin Hodder (ed.), The Life and Work of the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury

8. Richard Cobden to Duncan McLaren, 12 March 1842

9. Sir Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker, 27 July & 3 August 1842

10. Richard Cobden to Lord Brougham, 5 August 1842

11. Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker [Extract], 8 August 1842

12. Lord John Russell to Fox Maule, 20 December 1842 and Fox Maule to Lord John Russell, 25 December 1842

13. Lord Palmerston to Lord John Russell, 28 April 1843

14. 'The Anti-Corn Law League and the Country'

15. Richard Cobden to Duncan McLaren, 1 June 1843

16. Article from Morning Chronicle, 29 September 1843

17. 'Central Agricultural Protection Society', and 'Editorial' from Essex Standard

18. Extract from R. L. Hill, Toryism and the People, 1832-1846

19. Richard Cobden to Joseph Sturge, 11 March 1845

20. Lord John Russell, Letter to the Electors of the City of London, 22 November 1845

21. Henry Goulburn to Sir Robert Peel, 30 November 1845

22. Extract from Thomas Cleghorn (ed.), Journal of Henry Cockburn, being a continuation of the memorials of his time, 1831-1854

23. Sir James Graham to Lord John Russell, 12 December 1845

24. 'The Corn Laws' and 'The Crisis'

25. Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria,16 December 1845, Sir Robert Peel to Queen Victoria, 17 December 1845, and Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria, 20 December 1845

26. 'The Struggle', Northern Star and National Trades' Journal

27. Richard Cobden to John Benjamin Smith, 28 January 1846,

28. Editorial on Lord Grey and Free Trade, Morning Post

29. Extract from R. L. Hill, Toryism and the People, 1832-1846

30. John Wilson Croker to Lord Brougham, 4 & 8 February 1846

31. 'Mr. C. Greville on the "Education" of Public Men', Weekly Chronicle

32. 'Uncalled-for Interference', Carlisle Journal

33. 'The Premier's Anti-Corn Law Crotchet', Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire

34. Henry Negus Burroughes MP to Sir Robert Peel, 27 March 1846

35. Macfie and son, sugar refiners, letter and memorial to Lord John Russell and Viscount Palmerston, 9 May 1846

36. Sir Robert Peel's Memorandum on the Position of the Corn Laws, 21 June 1846

37. Lord Stanley to John Wilson Croker [Extract], 23 August 1846

38. 'The Navigation Acts', Aberdeen Journal

39. 'Metropolitan Memoranda', Liverpool Mail; 'The Journeymen Bakers', Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette

40. Benjamin Disraeli to Lord Stanley, 20 October 1849, with enclosure, Benjamin Disraeli to George Frederick Young, 19 October 1849, and Lord Stanley to Benjamin Disraeli, 25 October 1849

41. Richard Cobden to Lord John Russell, 20 March 1852

42. 'The Four Political Factions', Reynolds's Newspaper

43. Karl Marx, 'Tories and Whigs'

44. Lord John Russell to Lord Aberdeen, 17 August 1852

45. Lord John Russell to Lord Yarborough, 10 October 1852

46. Extract from R. A. J. Walling (ed.), The Diaries of John Bright

47. Lord Derby to Benjamin Disraeli, 20 June

48. Richard Cobden to Joseph Sturge, 26 August 1853

49. Extract from R. A. J. Walling (ed.), The Diaries of John Bright

50. Charles E. Greville, The Greville Memoirs: a Journal of the Reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria; George Armistead & Co, David Martin & Co, Allan Edward & Co., Paton & Fleming, Edward Baxter & son & c. to George Duncan MP, 20 October 1854

51. John Bright to Richard Cobden, 16 April 1857

52. Extract from Richard Cobden, Diary in France and Algeria, 1859-61

53. John Bright to Richard Cobden, 5 February 1860

54. Extract from Richard Cobden, Diary in France and Algeria, 1859-61

55. Richard Cobden to John Slagg, 15 February 1862

56. Richard Cobden to Duncan McLaren, 17 March 1863

57. [Lord Salisbury], Review: Art. X. - 1. An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, from the Reign of Henry VII. to the present Time by John Earl Russell. 2. Parliamentary Government considered with reference to Reform by Earl Grey. 3. The Liberal Dilemma. A Letter addressed to the Editor of the 'Times' by Charles Buxton, M.P.

58. Richard Cobden to Henry Ashworth, 27 August 1864

59. 'Reciprocal Free Trade', Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser

60. 'Manchester Reciprocity Association', Standard

61. Lord Granville to Gladstone, 21 September 1871 and Mr. Gladstone to Lord Granville, 23 September 1871

62. Memorandum of Mr. Gladstone, 3-9 October 1871

63. 'The Revivers of British Industry and Mr. John Bright', Manchester Evening News

64. 'The Coventry Protectionists and Mr. Bright, M.P.', Manchester Weekly Times

65. Extract from John Stuart Mill, Autobiography,

66. 'The Depressed State of Trade and Reciprocity', East London Observer, and Tower Hamlets and Borough of Hackney Chronicle; 'Conference of Conservatives at Blackpool', Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser

67. J. N., 'A New Zollverein' Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Advertiser

68. 'The Social Science Congress', Daily News (London); 'Social Science Congress', Glasgow Herald

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