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In 1841 the Liberals lost office to the Conservative Party under Sir Robert Peel, but their period in opposition was short, because the Conservatives split over the repeal of the Corn Laws, a free trade issue, and a faction known as the Peelites ( but not Peel himself, who died soon after ), defected to the Liberal side.
Robert Peel was able to reconcile the new industrial class to the Tory landed class by persuading the latter to accept the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846.
However, repeal of the Corn Laws came too late to stop Irish famine, partly because it was done in stages over three years.
This was exacerbated after the repeal of the Corn Laws in mid-century, when Britain adopted a free trade policy, and grain imports from America undermined the profitability of crop production.
Corn was used to make all kinds of dishes, from the familiar cornbread and grits, to liquors such as whiskey and moonshine ( which were important trade items ).
During the Middle Ages, export was administered mostly by German merchants living by the squares Kornhamnstorg (" Corn Harbour Square ") and Järntorget (" Iron Square ") on the southern corner of the city.
In Britain in the nineteenth century the inflated price of bread due to the Corn Laws caused major political and social divisions, and was central to debates over free trade and protectionism.
The historian Boyd Hilton argues Peel knew from 1844 he was going to be deposed as Conservative leader — many of his MPs had taken to voting against him and the rupture within the party between liberals and paternalist which had been so damaging in the 1820s, but masked by the issue of reform in the 1830s was brought to the surface over the Corn Laws.
As an aside in reference to the Repeal of the Corn Laws, Peel did make some moves to subsidise the purchase of food for the Irish, but this attempt was small and had little tangible effect.
The repeal of the Corn Laws was more political than humanitarian.
Speaking to the cabinet in 1844, Peel argued that the choice was maintenance of the 1842 Corn Law or total repeal.
Corn soup is a soup traditionally made of corn ( typically sweetcorn ) It was normally made in corn-producing areas of the world, but is now widespread because of greater corn distribution.
* Podlaskie Zakłady Zbożowe S. A. was established on 1 July 2000 as a result of privatizing The Regional Establishment of Corn and Milling Industry ' PZZ ' in Białystok.
Corn was a staple food for the Pueblo people.
She appeared in the stage production, Miss Moffat, a musical adaptation of her film The Corn is Green, but after the show was panned by the Philadelphia critics during its pre-Broadway run, she cited a back injury and abandoned the show, which closed immediately.
Exacerbating matters were the Corn Laws, the first of which was passed in 1815, imposing a tariff on foreign grain in an effort to protect English grain producers.
There was an adaptation story to the cartoon called " Mrs. Cackles's Corn " from Walt Disney's Story Land: 55 Favorite Stories.
In 1966, the interchange at SH 358 was complete, as were the mainlanes to Corn Products Road, west of the SH 358 interchange.
Corn was rather essential to Aztec life and thus the importance of Centeotl cannot be overlooked.
The Corn Laws enhanced the profits and political power associated with land ownership ; their abolition was a significant increase of free trade.
During 1827 the landlords rejected Huskisson's proposals for a sliding scale and during the next year Huskisson and the new Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, devised a new sliding scale for the Importation of Corn Act 1828 whereby when domestic corn was 52 shillings per quarter or less, the duty would be 34 shillings, 8 pence and when the price increased to 73 shillings the duty decreased to 1 shilling.
Peel's acolyte Monckton Milne MP said of Villiers at the time of this concession during 1842 that he was " the solitary Robinson Crusoe sitting on the rock of Corn Law repeal ".
Karl Marx said: " The campaign for the abolition of the Corn Laws had begun and the workers ' help was needed.

Corn and originally
Corn flakes are a popular breakfast cereal originally manufactured by Kellogg's through the treatment of maize.
In December 2004, the theatre celebrated its centenary with events that included performances of the original programme by amateur dramatic groups and a production of Michael West's Dublin By Lamplight, originally staged by Annie Ryan for The Corn Exchange company at the Project Arts Centre in November 2004.
When breeding in Eurasia, the Corn Crake's habitats would originally have included river meadows with tall grass and meadow plants including sedges and irises.
In the centre of the market stands the Leicester Corn Exchange ( 1850 ), originally built as a trading centre, but now serving as a bar / restaurant.
A semblance of competition returned to the baseball card market in the 1970s when Kellogg's began producing " 3-D " cards and inserting them in boxes of breakfast cereal ( originally Corn Flakes, later Raisin Bran and other Kellogg's brands ).
Corn salad was originally foraged by European peasants until the royal gardener of King Louis XIV, de la Quintinie, introduced it to the world.
The building was originally used as a corn exchange and was previously named the Corn & Produce Exchange, and subsequently The Triangle.
Their big hit was named Green Corn, originally by Huddie Leadbetter, a blues singer and twelve-string guitar player.
He originally sold them to tavern owners to be given away free to their patrons as a snack that would be great with beer, calling them Olin's Brown Jug Toasted Corn.
* Bears: an area featuring black bears sits below a viewing deck, where visitors can throw Corn Pops cereal ( originally marshmallows ) to them.
Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn is a brand of popcorn made originally by Chester Inc. which was owned by Charles F. Bowman and Orville Redenbacher ( who starred in nearly all the commercials up to his death in 1995 ).
The song " Corn Riggs " is a cover of a song from the 1973 film The Wicker Man, originally sung by Paul Giovanni with Magnet.
Grace Everdeen, originally slated to be Corn Maiden for her fiancé Roger Penrose, had developed a disfiguring disease.

Corn and dominant
Corn became the dominant crop, outselling apples by almost $ 500, 000 in 1900.

Corn and type
On either side of this marketplace, considerably larger than the present square, was on its eastern side Koggabron ( named after, cogs, a type of medieval merchant vessel ) and today superseded by Skeppsbron, and on its western side was Kornhamn (" Corn Harbour ") receiving the ships from Lake Mälaren, located near today's Kornhamnstorg.
Corn pone ( sometimes referred to as " Indian pone ") is a type of cornbread made from a thick, malleable cornmeal dough ( which is usually egg-less and milk-less ) and baked in a specific type of iron pan over an open fire ( such as a frontiersman would use ), using butter, margarine, or cooking oil.
Corn and pellet stoves and furnaces are a type of biofuel stove.
* Reaper-binder, a type of farm equipment or implement, also known as a Corn Binder
* Anchusa officinalis L.: True Alkanet, Bugloss, Common Bugloss, Corn Bugloss, Field Bugloss ( type species )

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