At the same time the harvests were very abundant, and we can justly believe that these two circumstances had much to do with the wonderful prosperity shown by that country during that period.
In 1845 the harvest was bad, and in 1846 it was still worse.

Breadstuffs grew dear, the people spent their money for food, and used less of other articles.

There was a diminished demand for clothing; the manufactories were not so busy, and wages showed a declining tendency.

Happily, in the same year, the restrictive barriers were again lowered, and an enormous quantity of food was enabled to reach the English market.

If it had not been for this, it is almost certain that a terrible revolution would now fill Great Britain with blood.
Yet they make freedom chargeable with disasters, which it prevents and remedies, at least in part.
A poor leper lived in solitude.