The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 5J. Ballantyne and Company, 1814 - Europe |
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Page 42
... mean time she heard some one call out , “ My lads , work on , " when the hammers went like those in a smith's shop . The ... means of saving his life . On the part of Maples it was stated on oath , by Sarah Raw . son , Ann Rawson , and ...
... mean time she heard some one call out , “ My lads , work on , " when the hammers went like those in a smith's shop . The ... means of saving his life . On the part of Maples it was stated on oath , by Sarah Raw . son , Ann Rawson , and ...
Page 55
... mean time several most inflammatory hand - bills were posted up in the town and neighbourhood . One con- tained a copy of the address of the li- very of London , and another , which was circulated with the greatest in- dustry for many ...
... mean time several most inflammatory hand - bills were posted up in the town and neighbourhood . One con- tained a copy of the address of the li- very of London , and another , which was circulated with the greatest in- dustry for many ...
Page 57
... mean -- The Attorney - General moved for ing , confessed the following particu- a rule to show cause why a criminal lars : That the murder of his mas- information should not be filed against between his the editor of the Brighton ...
... mean -- The Attorney - General moved for ing , confessed the following particu- a rule to show cause why a criminal lars : That the murder of his mas- information should not be filed against between his the editor of the Brighton ...
Page 58
... mean- ings given to the word " reflecting " in Johnson's Dictionary , only two of them argued any thing that could at all be construed in an offensive sense . The learned counsel also objected to execution of the warrant , by armed ...
... mean- ings given to the word " reflecting " in Johnson's Dictionary , only two of them argued any thing that could at all be construed in an offensive sense . The learned counsel also objected to execution of the warrant , by armed ...
Page 69
... mean ? " He then rushed down stairs to the lobby , and was told by the way that Mr Per- ceval was shot . On entering the lobby , he found the prisoner on the bench secured , as described . He also assisted in securing him , and ...
... mean ? " He then rushed down stairs to the lobby , and was told by the way that Mr Per- ceval was shot . On entering the lobby , he found the prisoner on the bench secured , as described . He also assisted in securing him , and ...
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Page 49 - I am to acquaint you, that his royal highness the prince regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty, to approve and confirm the finding -and sentence of the court.
Page 300 - British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects.
Page 57 - Attorney-General moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the editor of the...
Page 157 - Our said Chancellors respectively, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, who are to serve in the said Parliament, to be duly returned to, and give their attendance in, Our said Parliament ; which writs are to be returnable on Thursday the thirtieth day of April next.
Page 305 - ... or views of other powers, and preserving a constant readiness to concur in an honorable re-establishment of peace and friendship, is a solemn question which the constitution wisely confides to the legislative department of the Government. In recommending it to their early deliberations, I am happy in the assurance that the decision will be worthy the enlightened and patriotic councils of a virtuous, a free, and a powerful nation.
Page 225 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm.
Page 301 - ... American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels, in a situation where no laws can operate, but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong...
Page 374 - Humanity may in this case require that the freedom of trade should be restored only by slow gradations, and with a good deal of reserve and circumspection. Were those high duties and prohibitions taken away all at once, cheaper foreign goods of the same kind might be poured so fast into the home market, as to deprive all at once many thousands of our people of their ordinary employment and means of subsistence.
Page 301 - Against this crying enormity, which Great Britain would be so prompt to avenge if committed against herself, the United States have in vain exhausted remonstrances and expostulations...
Page 206 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...