“. . . Well—the villains jibbed after all. . .
. In language the Ministers are everything we could
wish, but in measures they dare not go their lengths for fear of being beat, as
undoubtedly they would. Indeed it is very doubtful if even this temporising
scheme of letting in 500,000 quarters of corn, in the event
of scarcity, will go down in the Lords. . . . I never saw anything
like the fury of both Whig and Tory landholders at Canning’s speech; but the Tories much
| 1825-26.] | THE CORN LAWS. | 101 |
