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... but bore fruit (7) 9—ln which to find an artist's early work? (10) ACROSS 1 Slot machine. 9 Echelon. 10 Maria. 11 Earn, 12 Corn Laws, 14 Loathe. 16 Stream, 18 Gunboats, 19 Echo. 22 Shift. 23 Plumage. 24 Typesetters DOWN 2 Lehar 3 Tale. 4 Amnion. 5 Humanity ...

... most significant shifts in the balance of the British economy since Cobden and Bright fought successsfuly for repeal of the Corn Laws nearly 150 years ago. Those two free trade campaigners are usually credited with helping make possible Britain’s world economic ...

... returned and 327 Conservatives, but on that occasion the Conservatives were split on the great issue of the repeal of the Corn Laws, and Sir Robert Peel, who led 105 Free Trade Conservatives, kept in office the Liberal administration of Lord John Russell ...

... 17— Sends away for instructions (6) 18— The current recession (3) 23 Handle cattle (5) Peel read out what he did to the Corn Laws (8) 25 Start being involved (5) Deceives with misdeals, perhaps (8) 27 It may tremble seeing that writer (5) DOWN 2 Hare ...

... asking: “Must our troops be subject to a virtually uncontrolled gun law? He warned Mr Heath that the holding of private arms must be ■ made illegal Ulster, although he did not say how such law could. be enforced. political uniforms must be banned. Then, after ...

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... pointless (5) 3 A disfigured nose ages (4) 4—Attempt to get round tea-blending agreement (6) 5 Peel read out what he did to the Corn Laws (8) Present-day conclusion? (7). 7 Resistance leader whose aim was perfec- CRYPTIC PUZZLE •—Brief wanting gi—.y?' anon IJ-ff ...

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... political views estranged him from his father for many years, supported Catholic emancipation and abolishing die slave trade and corn laws. He also had an educated interest in art and science. He married for the second time in 1831, to Lady Cecilia Letitia Underwood ...

... March! ] . A few may abstain. Cynically more than one\forecast a somersault a few years hence as drastic as, the repeal the Corn Laws. Looking for precedents, holder spirits can be heard quoting Minister Kdmund Burke’s familiar duty follow his own judgment—in ...

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