A system of graduated duties on imported corn, based upon the prices ruling for home-grown wheat, first adopted in the Corn Law of 1804.
Smithfield, Treaty of.
A treaty between the Orange Free State and Moshesh, paramount chief of the Basutos, signed in 1855. It was designed to prevent friction between the Basutos and the farmers living along their borders, but Moshesh clearly had no intention of observing its provisions, and took no trouble to enforce them on his subjects.
Snow King.
A nickname given by the Viennese to Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1611-32).
Snow Queen.
A sobriquet of Christina, Queen of Sweden (1633-54).
Sobranje.
The Bulgarian National Assembly.