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Strona 535 - TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY, — We, Your Majesty's...
Strona 533 - On the 25th of June, the Bill was read a third time in the House of Lords, and passed without a division ; and the rejoicing in Birmingham on the success of the movement was both hearty and general.
Strona 534 - ... increasing discontent in the minds of a large portion of the people : and it is therefore expedient, with a view to amend the national representation, that the elective franchise shall be so extended as to include all householders ; that votes shall be taken by ballot ; that the duration of Parliaments shall not exceed three years ; and that the apportionment of Members to population shall be made more equal.
Strona 408 - God is our guide ! No swords we draw, We kindle not war's battle fires ; By union, justice, reason, law, We claim the birthright of our sires. We raise the watchword, Liberty ! We will, we will, we will be free ! Towards the close of the meeting a solemn scene was witnessed.
Strona 408 - Quick at Freedom's holy call ; We come ! we come ! we come ! we come ! To do the glorious work of all And hark ! we raise from sea to sea The sacred watchword, Liberty.
Strona 534 - That this House, as at present constituted, does not fairly represent the population, the property, or the industry of the country ; whence has arisen great and increasing discontent in the minds of a large portion of the people : and it is therefore expedient, with a view to amend the national representation, that the elective franchise shall be so extended as to include all householders ; that votes shall be taken by ballot ; that the duration of...
Strona 598 - The cost of founding and maintaining such schools as may be required, shall be provided out of local rates, supplemented by Government grants. 3. — All schools aided by local rates shall be under the management of local authorities, and subject to Government inspection. 4. — All schools aided by local rates shall be unsectarian. 5. — To all schools aided by local rates admission shall be free.
Strona 540 - Two nights ago I addressed in this hall a vast assembly composed to a great extent of your countrymen who have no political power, who are at work from the dawn of the day to the evening, and who have therefore limited means of informing themselves on these great subjects. Now I am privileged to speak to a somewhat different audience. You represent those of your great community who have a more complete education, who have on some points greater intelligence...
Strona 408 - God is our guide ! from field, from wave, From plough, from anvil, and from loom, We come, our country's rights to save, And speak a tyrant faction's doom : And hark ! we raise from sea to sea, The sacred watchword, Liberty.
Strona 517 - I trust his name will be printed whenever the name of this Corporation appears. What his title is to be I don't know — whether it is to be Town Librarian or Corporation Librarian — but I envy him whatever it may be, and I am glad the Corporation has given itself an officer who represents intellect — that it looks upward deliberately and says, ' We are a Corporation who have undertaken the highest duty that is possible to us ; we have made provision for our people — for all our people —...