The Life of Richard Cobden

John Morley

T. Fisher Unwin, 1906 - Great Britain - 985 pages

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Selected pages

COBDENs birthplace	1

Letter to Mr Hunter	16

Commercial journeys	17

Selfeducation	25

Voyage to the United States	31

Estimate of American character	39

Gibraltar	45

From Alfeh to Cairo	55

On dissent from ones party	495

New plans for political reform	501

25	511

On temperance	523

The Hungarian war of independence	529

Root of Cobdens feeling about	536

Issues of the debate	539

Miscellaneous notes	545

Egyptian Manufactories	67

Voyage to Smyrna	73

Athens and the Greeks	81

Malta and the navy	87

Combes influence on Cobden	93

Material wellbeing and political stability	99

Visit to Mehemet	101

CHAPTER V	113

The condition of England	115

Business and position in Manchester	119

Coldness of Whigs for local selfgovernment	125

5	126

The Prussian Government	131

8	133

Acquaintances in London	137

The Chamber of Commerce	145

Resentment of the Repealers	151

Condition of the rural poor	157

The Corn Bills of 18278	165

Defeat of the Whigs	171

First speech in Parliament	177

Protest against the philanthropists	185

Friendship with Mr Bright	191

His personality	197

Feeling toward his countrymen	203

The autumn campaign	211

English forms of Socialism	213

Thackeray and Carlyle	217

Cobdens speech on the plan	223

New Projects	229

The Imports Committee	235

Cobdens impressions	241

CHAPTER XII	248

Mr Bright upon Scotland	255

Mr Roebucks attack	263

Meetings at Drury Lane	269

13	274

Cobdens position	279

Occupations in the recess	285

CHAPTER XIV	308

Change of tactics	315

The argument	321

2272	327

Letters to Mrs Cobden	329

CHAPTER XV	337

Operations of the League	350

Difficulties of Peels position	359

Letter to George Combe	365

The miseries of popularity	373

London society	381

22	385

On the demoralisation of England by India	386

The Bill passes the Upper House	387

Cobdens letter to Peel	399

Peculiar work of the League	405

Reflections on social progress	411

Private anxieties	412

Cobdens popularity among strangers	419

in Italy	425

At Rome	431

Naples and Turin	437

Interview with Prince Metternich	443

Stettin	449

St Petersburg	465

Arrived at home	471

Complaints from Bastiat	477

Work in Parliament	483

Cobdens plan of Reform	489

The NoPopery	551

Motion for negotiations with France	557

To Mr Bright on reform	563

Mr Bright and Kossuth	569

The Protectionists in office	575

Cobdens urgency for a dissolution	581

Humiliation of the protectionists	587

27	595

Excitement of public opinion	597

French feeling for Napoleon	603

Misrepresentation of the peace movement	609

Cobdens policy compared with Palmerstons	617

29	623

99	639

Sudden death of his son at Weinheim	645

CHAPTER XXVI	651

The repulse in the country	657

Mr Brights election at Birmingham	663

CHAPTER XXVII	669

Bombre outlook in India	675

CHAPTER XXVIII	689

Arrival at Liverpool	695

163	699

CHAPTER XXIX	701

Arrival in Paris	707

6	715

Cobden receives official powers	725

The treaty signed	731

Interview with Prince Metternich	737

Return to Paris	743

Cobdens private circumstances	749

CHAPTER XXXI	751

Fresh labours in Paris	757

Count Persigny on the Empire	767

Cobdens remonstrance	773

Effect in Paris	779

Delay in signing the Convention	785

Abolition of passports	791

Letter from Lord Palmerston	797

Cobdens vindication of the treaty	803

The economic circulation	809

Mr Brights public appearances	815

The Turkish question	821

Sober politics of Peel and Aberdeen	823

Last interview with the Emperor	831

The American	837

On maritime	843

On Lord BroughamOn secession	849

To Mr Sumner on the	857

On Lord Palmerston	863

On the Polish Insurrection	869

Visit to the fortifications of Portsmouth	877

CHAPTER XXXVI	904

On Garibaldis visit to London	911

On blockadesOn the Danish	917

Illness after his return from Rochdale	923

Offer of a Post by the Government	929

Journey to LondonIllness and Death	937

Views on Culture	943

Letter on the Hours of Labour	951

The Last Letter written by Mr Cobden	957

INDEX	963

269	973

575	974

897	975

597	980

Narrow beginning of the struggle	982

Statistios of agitation	983

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Bibliographic information

Title	The Life of Richard Cobden Eversley series Nelson library Unwins Half-Crown-Library of history and biography. 1
Author	John Morley
Edition	13
Publisher	T. Fisher Unwin, 1906
Original from	the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized	14 Jul 2010
Length	985 pages

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