The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 1J. Ballantyne and Company, 1810 - Europe |
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... military commanders . The motion was opposed upon this fair ground , that however important the service , and however ably performed , it was not of a nature to justify so high a distinction . Where , said Lord Hol- land , were the ...
... military commanders . The motion was opposed upon this fair ground , that however important the service , and however ably performed , it was not of a nature to justify so high a distinction . Where , said Lord Hol- land , were the ...
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... military disasters had rendered that peace necessary . Out of twenty dispatches received from our ambassador with the empe- ror , there was not one in which he did not say , " send assistance , or Russia will fail you : make a diver ...
... military disasters had rendered that peace necessary . Out of twenty dispatches received from our ambassador with the empe- ror , there was not one in which he did not say , " send assistance , or Russia will fail you : make a diver ...
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... military commanders , before Copenhagen , previous to the attack , and for the substance and dates of all information transmitted by his majesty's ministers at the court of Denmark during the last year , re- specting the naval force of ...
... military commanders , before Copenhagen , previous to the attack , and for the substance and dates of all information transmitted by his majesty's ministers at the court of Denmark during the last year , re- specting the naval force of ...
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... Military Co - operation on the Continent . Mr Whitbread's Motion on the Mediation of Russia and Austria . Orders in Council , and Com- mercial Licences . THE ministers , while they contrast- ed the success of their expedition to ...
... Military Co - operation on the Continent . Mr Whitbread's Motion on the Mediation of Russia and Austria . Orders in Council , and Com- mercial Licences . THE ministers , while they contrast- ed the success of their expedition to ...
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... military assistance to Russia ; the refusal to facilitate the negociation of a loan in this country , and the vexations suffered by the commerce of Russia . Of these three charges , the last only was repelled in his majesty's ...
... military assistance to Russia ; the refusal to facilitate the negociation of a loan in this country , and the vexations suffered by the commerce of Russia . Of these three charges , the last only was repelled in his majesty's ...
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Page ci - WP VAN NESS. NATHANIEL PENDLETON, Esq. In the evening of the same day I received from him the following answer : No. XI June 26, 1804. SIR, I have communicated the letter which you did me the honour to write to me of this date, to General Hamilton.
Page 457 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Page xxvi - Privy Council, to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that...
Page lvi - Indies, in favour of his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy; and...
Page xliii - Article 2. There shall be peace and friendship between His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and of Nejd and its Dependencies.
Page xxxix - President be authorized to give such instructions to the officers of the revenue, and of the navy and revenue cutters of the United States, as shall appear best adapted for carrying the same into full effect...
Page xxxi - Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of - His Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1.
Page xc - All the places and forts in the kingdom of Portugal, occupied by the French troops, shall be delivered up to the British army, in the state in which they are at the period of the signature of the present Convention.
Page lxv - We have it in command from his Majesty to express to you the great satisfaction which he derives from being enabled, by putting an end to the present session of parliament, to terminate the laborious attendance which the public business has required of you.
Page xxiv - And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty...