CHAPTER LIII.
VICTORIA 1842—1843
Meeting of Parliament..... Debate on the Corn-Laws: Proposition of Ministers on the subject of the Corn- Laws..... Financial Measures; Income-Tax Bill, &c—New Tariff..... Mr. Villiers’s Motion on the Corn Laws..... The Great Chartist Petition..... Bill for Restraining the Employment of Women and Children in Mines and Collieries..... Bribery at Elections..... Law Reforms..... Bill for the Protection of the Royal Person..... Copyright Act..... Poor Law Amendment Bill..... Prorogation of Parliament..... East India Affairs, &c.