The Parliamentary Debates, Volume 15Published under the superintendence of T.C. Hansard, 1827 - Great Britain |
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admitted adopted alteration amount Bank Bank of England baronet bill Board of Trade bonded corn Bridgenorth called chancellor charge church circumstances clergy colonies committee complained consideration considered Corn-laws counsel court court of Chancery Crown Dantzic distress duty effect England evil Exchequer existing fact favour feel foreign corn gentleman give grant hoped House House of Commons important increase interest Ireland Irish justice labour land learned friend lord chancellor lordships majesty's government manufacturing means measure ment motion Navy noble earl noble lord object observed occasion opinion opposite parliament period persons petition petitioners ports present price of corn principle prisoner produce proposed proposition protection quarters question reform resolution respect right hon Roman Catholic salary Scotland Secretary session slaves thought tion Treaty of Limerick Vistula vote wheat whole wished
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Page 701 - But authoritative instructions; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote, and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, — these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of our constitution.
Page 1027 - Animadversions on the measures and proceedings of the Honourable Court of Directors, or other public authorities in England, connected with the Government of India, or disquisitions on political transactions of the local administration, or offensive remarks levelled at the...
Page 803 - As long as the necessity for the present amount of revenue subsists, your petitioners cannot expect so important a branch of it as the customs to be given up, nor to be materially diminished, unless some substitute, less objectionable, be suggested. But it is against every restrictive regulation of trade not essential to the revenue— against all duties merely protective from foreign competition — and against the excess of such duties as are partly for the purpose of revenue, and partly for that...
Page 297 - ... or her committal, or such evidence shall be adduced on behalf of the person charged as shall in their opinion weaken the presumption of his or her guilt, but there shall notwithstanding appear to them in either of such cases to be sufficient ground for judicial inquiry into his or her guilt, the person charged shall...
Page 5 - ... be explicitly avowed, and clearly understood, as its leading principle, that no attempt shall be made to influence or disturb the peculiar religious tenets of any sect or description of Christians.
Page 719 - Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish Rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise ; For 'twas their duty, all the learned think, T" espouse his cause by whom they eat and drink.
Page 443 - ... most valuable articles of their furniture. As fuel is abundant, they are warmed more by close stoves than by the shelter of their wooden or mud houses covered by shingles, which admit the piercing cold of the severe weather through abundant crevices. If they have bees and a plot of chicory, their produce serves as a substitute for sugar and coffee ; but too often these must be sent to market to raise the scanty pittance which the tax-gatherer demands. Though the price of...
Page 141 - Tierney) could not have invented a better phrase to designate us than that which he has adopted, for we are certainly to all intents and purposes, a branch ot his majesty's government. Its proceedings, for some time past have proved, that though the gentlemen opposite are in office, we are in power. The measures are ours, but all the emoluments are theirs [cheers, and laughter.] It appears, by the right hon.
Page 1029 - The republication from English or other newspapers of passages coming under any of the above heads, or otherwise calculated to affect the British Power or reputation in India. 4th— Private scandal, and personal remarks on individuals tending to excite dissension in Society.
Page 417 - ... of a house, that the rain may run off, and are covered with a linen cloth. It is thus frequently a long time after the wheat has reached Dantzic, before it is fit to be placed in the warehouses.