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... Charges against the Duke of York - Traffic in East India appointments - Corrupt practices respecting seats in Parliament , and bill for their prevention - Budget - Dutch commissioners - Plan of reform- Prorogation - Rupture between ...
... Charges against the Duke of York - Traffic in East India appointments - Corrupt practices respecting seats in Parliament , and bill for their prevention - Budget - Dutch commissioners - Plan of reform- Prorogation - Rupture between ...
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... charge of them , when urged to that duty by the solicitations of the court . Lord Hawkesbury was offered the post of premier , but he # deemed it too arduous , and on retiring from office 59 6 [ 1806 . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... charge of them , when urged to that duty by the solicitations of the court . Lord Hawkesbury was offered the post of premier , but he # deemed it too arduous , and on retiring from office 59 6 [ 1806 . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... charge was nearly 27,500,000l . The requisite supplies on ac- count of Great Britain were estimated at 43,618,472l .; and among the proposed ways and means , the most considerable were a loan of 18,000,000l . and an aug- mentation of ...
... charge was nearly 27,500,000l . The requisite supplies on ac- count of Great Britain were estimated at 43,618,472l .; and among the proposed ways and means , the most considerable were a loan of 18,000,000l . and an aug- mentation of ...
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... charges . The first was , that before the 10th of January , 1786 , he had applied to his private use and profit various sums of public money intrusted to him as treasurer of the navy . The second was , that in violation of the act of ...
... charges . The first was , that before the 10th of January , 1786 , he had applied to his private use and profit various sums of public money intrusted to him as treasurer of the navy . The second was , that in violation of the act of ...
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... charges , but on four of the articles the majority in his favour did not amount to double the number of those who gave a ... charge exceeded the revenue by 2,851,7451 .; that a great diminution had taken place in the annual account , and ...
... charges , but on four of the articles the majority in his favour did not amount to double the number of those who gave a ... charge exceeded the revenue by 2,851,7451 .; that a great diminution had taken place in the annual account , and ...
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Strona 65 - I have not money enough for gunpowder," are well known. These difficulties were, however, overcome, and on the recommendation of a committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the...
Strona 339 - Can we be said to do unto others as we would that they should do unto us if we wantonly inflict on them even the smallest pain?
Strona 380 - Accordingly we find, that, in every kingdom, into which money begins to flow in greater abundance than formerly, everything takes a new face : labour and industry gain life ; the merchant becomes more enterprising, the manufacturer more diligent and skilful, and even the farmer follows his plough with greater alacrity and attention.
Strona 326 - French minister, the following important notification; — that their august masters, being called upon by the 20th article of the treaty of Paris to examine, in concert with the King of France, whether the military occupation of a part of the French territory, stipulated by that treaty, ought to cease at the termination of the third year, or be prolonged to that of the fifth ; had recognised with satisfaction, that the order of things established by the restoration of the legitimate and constitutional...
Strona 260 - The powers consequently declare, that Napoleon Bonaparte has placed himself without the pale of civil and social relations, and that as an enemy and disturber of the tranquillity of the world, he has rendered himself liable to public vengeance.
Strona 193 - Your Majesty will perceive that several strong circumstances of this description have been positively sworn to by witnesses, who cannot, in our judgment, be suspected of any unfavourable bias, and" whose veracity, in this respect, we have seen no ground to question.
Strona 56 - The bill enacted that no vessel should clear out for slaves from any port within the British dominions after the 1st of May 1807, and that no slave should be landed in the colonies after the 1st of March 1808. In 1807 the African Institution...
Strona 59 - That it is contrary to the. first duties of the confidential servants of the Crown to restrain themselves by any pledge, expressed or implied, from offering to the King any advice which the course of circumstances may render necessary for the welfare and security of any part of his Majesty's extensive empire.
Strona 354 - They have led to proceedings incompatible with the public tranquillity, and with the peaceful habits of the industrious classes of the community ; and a spirit is now fully manifested, utterly hostile to the constitution of this kingdom, and aiming not only at the change of those political institutions which have hitherto constituted the pride and security of this country, but at the subversion of the rights of property and of all order in society.
Strona 98 - That this house having appointed a committee to investigate the conduct of the duke of York, as commander-in-chief, and having carefully considered the evidence which came before the said committee, and finding that personal corruption, and connivance at corruption, have been imputed to his said royal highness, find it expedient to pronounce a distinct opinion upon the said imputation, and are accordingly of opinion that it is wholly without foundation.