The Whistler at the Plough: Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery and Agricultural Customs in Most Parts of England: with Letters from Ireland: Also "Free Trade and the League;" a Biography History, Volume 2J. Ainsworth; London, W. French, 1853 - Free trade |
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... chairman and Dr Bowring secretary . To the labours of this commission Mr Thomson brought the most valuable assistance , and succeeded at length in forcing upon our public offices the mercantile system of double entry and the general ...
... chairman and Dr Bowring secretary . To the labours of this commission Mr Thomson brought the most valuable assistance , and succeeded at length in forcing upon our public offices the mercantile system of double entry and the general ...
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... chairman , has done me the honour , in proposing my health as one of your representatives , to allude to the particular subject to which I have always lent my best advocacy - the advancement of liberal principles of commercial policy ...
... chairman , has done me the honour , in proposing my health as one of your representatives , to allude to the particular subject to which I have always lent my best advocacy - the advancement of liberal principles of commercial policy ...
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... chairman then entered at length into a consideration of the nature , operations , and effects of the corn laws of 1815 and 1828 , with notices of the nugatory statute of 1822. He quoted passages from Mr Canning's speeches , delivered in ...
... chairman then entered at length into a consideration of the nature , operations , and effects of the corn laws of 1815 and 1828 , with notices of the nugatory statute of 1822. He quoted passages from Mr Canning's speeches , delivered in ...
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... chairman adverted to the new poor law , as a great relief and permanent advantage to the landed interest ; to the permanent commutation of tithes act , converting tithe into a fixed land tax , and exempting from this tax all future ...
... chairman adverted to the new poor law , as a great relief and permanent advantage to the landed interest ; to the permanent commutation of tithes act , converting tithe into a fixed land tax , and exempting from this tax all future ...
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... Chairman then read the draft of the petition , as follows : - " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . " The petition of the President , Vice - President , Directors , and Members of the ...
... Chairman then read the draft of the petition , as follows : - " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . " The petition of the President , Vice - President , Directors , and Members of the ...
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