The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volum 5J. Ballantyne and Company, 1814 |
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Side 1
... Establish- ment . Debates in Parliament on some Points connected with the Civil List . Droits of Admiralty . Leeward Island Duties . Provision to the Princesses . • firmly convinced that the system the noble baron had. THE session of ...
... Establish- ment . Debates in Parliament on some Points connected with the Civil List . Droits of Admiralty . Leeward Island Duties . Provision to the Princesses . • firmly convinced that the system the noble baron had. THE session of ...
Side 2
... established in the East . With re- ference to the subsisting relations be- twixt Great Britain and America , it was stated , that , although the affair of the Chesapeake had been finally ad- justed , the other discussions had not yet ...
... established in the East . With re- ference to the subsisting relations be- twixt Great Britain and America , it was stated , that , although the affair of the Chesapeake had been finally ad- justed , the other discussions had not yet ...
Side 5
... established in all quarters ; and mercenaries and foreign- ers , who had been unable to defend their own countries , had been brought over to protect the native land of cou- rage and patriotism . - All these things were uttered with ...
... established in all quarters ; and mercenaries and foreign- ers , who had been unable to defend their own countries , had been brought over to protect the native land of cou- rage and patriotism . - All these things were uttered with ...
Side 8
... established the im- probability of the king's complete and final restoration to health , although the physicians , with one exception , concurred in declaring that they did not entirely despair . Some slight im- provement had taken ...
... established the im- probability of the king's complete and final restoration to health , although the physicians , with one exception , concurred in declaring that they did not entirely despair . Some slight im- provement had taken ...
Side 12
... establish it upon a footing suit , able to the dignity of the crown , and the generosity of the nation , than to add to a revenue , which had been found inadequate to the purposes to which it was destined . The right honourable ...
... establish it upon a footing suit , able to the dignity of the crown , and the generosity of the nation , than to add to a revenue , which had been found inadequate to the purposes to which it was destined . The right honourable ...
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Side 251 - With this evidence of hostile inflexibility in trampling on rights which no independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations.
Side lxiii - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44
Side xliii - Delancy, who was killed by a cannon shot in the middle of the action. This officer is a serious loss to his Majesty's service, and to me at this moment.
Side 193 - June 22, rose in the house of commons ; and after a most eloquent and energetic speech, moved " 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 in Great Britain and Ireland ; with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment, as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom ; to the stability of the protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction...
Side xl - Alten's brigade of cavalry being upon the Tormes at Aldea Lengua. ' During these movements, there have been occasional cannonades, but without loss on our side. ' I have this morning moved the left of the army to the Tormes, where the whole are now concentrated : and I observe that the enemy have also moved towards the same river near Huerta.
Side 279 - We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Britain, a state of war against the United States; and, on the side of the United States, a state of peace towards Great Britain.
Side xlii - Stapleton Cotton, as long as we could find any of them together, directing our march upon Huerta and the fords of the Tormes, by which the enemy had passed on their advance ; but the darkness of the night was highly advantageous to the enemy, many of whom escaped under its cover who must otherwise have been in our hands. ' I am sorry to report that, owing to this same cause, Lieut.
Side xxiv - Rettberg, of the King's German artillery ; and Major Tulloh, of the Portuguese. Adverting to the extent of the details of the ordnance department during this siege, to the difficulty of weather, &c.
Side li - Michilimachinack, which giving spirit and confidence to the Indian tribes in its neighbourhood, part of whom assisted in its capture, determined them to advance upon the rear and flanks of the American army, as soon as they heard that it had entered the province.
Side lxiii - ... fore-yard, all the guns on the quarter-deck and forecastle disabled but two, and filled with wreck, two also on the main-deck disabled, and several shot between wind and water, a very great proportion of the crew killed and wounded, and the enemy comparatively in good order, who had now shot...