Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates, During the ... Session of the ... Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Kingdom of Great Britain ..., Volume 14R. Bagshaw, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... proper colours . The hon . baronet con- Establishment in the appointment of the cluded with moving , " That there be laid Lords of the Treasury , or in that of the Com- before the house , copies of all Returns missioners of Excise , as ...
... proper colours . The hon . baronet con- Establishment in the appointment of the cluded with moving , " That there be laid Lords of the Treasury , or in that of the Com- before the house , copies of all Returns missioners of Excise , as ...
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... proper quarter , whilst by been read , the bill was recommitted on the being sent into the adjoining counties , they motion of lord Castlereagh , for the purpose would have but a march of five or six miles of introducing several ...
... proper quarter , whilst by been read , the bill was recommitted on the being sent into the adjoining counties , they motion of lord Castlereagh , for the purpose would have but a march of five or six miles of introducing several ...
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... proper . which it might not be expedient to draw upon it . If , again , the article only meant that we were to consider any person , even Joseph Buonaparté , should the choice of the Spanish nation appear to appoint him the sovereign of ...
... proper . which it might not be expedient to draw upon it . If , again , the article only meant that we were to consider any person , even Joseph Buonaparté , should the choice of the Spanish nation appear to appoint him the sovereign of ...
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... proper to make choice of Ferdi- nand in place of his father , were we to acknowledge and sanction the propriety of that choice ? It was true , Ferdinand would , in the course of things , have suc- ceeded his father as the lawful succes ...
... proper to make choice of Ferdi- nand in place of his father , were we to acknowledge and sanction the propriety of that choice ? It was true , Ferdinand would , in the course of things , have suc- ceeded his father as the lawful succes ...
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... proper mode of proceeding . His hon . friend ( Mr. Whitbread ) had said , that the house might watch over the proceedings of the committee . But the house could not know what the committee was about till they reported . He gave the ...
... proper mode of proceeding . His hon . friend ( Mr. Whitbread ) had said , that the house might watch over the proceedings of the committee . But the house could not know what the committee was about till they reported . He gave the ...
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Page 629 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person. Where it is otherwise, every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of such aggravation, some present or perquisite to himself.
Page 807 - To THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
Page 287 - Parliament their famous motion, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty that he would be graciously pleased to remove the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole...
Page 943 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:
Page 3 - I fall back upon my resourses, upon Lisbon ; cover a country where there is a British interest; act as a diversion in favour of Spain, if the French detach a force against me; and am ready to return to the assistance of the Spaniards, should circumstances again render it eligible.
Page 177 - Matter put in issue upon such indictment or information ; and shall not be required or directed, by the court or judge before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, to find the defendant or defendants guilty merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant or defendants of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in such indictment or information.
Page 941 - That this House will, early in the next session of parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws affecting his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects...
Page 609 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to give instructions that a monument be erected -in the church of St.
Page 553 - The validity of this most infamous and stupid defence, arises from that defect in the law which I seek to remedy. Animals are considered as property only— to destroy or to abuse them, from malice to the proprietor, or with an intention injurious to his interest in them, is criminal: but the animals themselves are without protection—the law regards them not substantively —they have no rights...
Page 627 - ... assistance whatever to the production. When years, perhaps, of care and toil have matured an improvement ; when the husbandman sees new crops ripening to his skill and industry ; the moment he is ready to put his sickle to the grain, he finds himself compelled to divide his harvest with a stranger. Tithes are a tax not only upon industry, but upon that industry which feeds mankind ; upon that species of exertion which it is the aim of all wise laws to cherish and promote...