The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volum 5J. Ballantyne and Company, 1814 |
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... British , 700 or 800 Spanish troops . Colonel Skerrett speaks in the strong . est terms of the admirable conduct of the troops under his command . He particularly praises Colonel Lord Pro- by , second in command , and Lieut . Col. Gough ...
... British , 700 or 800 Spanish troops . Colonel Skerrett speaks in the strong . est terms of the admirable conduct of the troops under his command . He particularly praises Colonel Lord Pro- by , second in command , and Lieut . Col. Gough ...
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... British or Irish made spirits into Great Britain or Ireland respec- tively ; and for granting certain du- ties on worts , or wash made from su- gar , during the prohibition of distilla- tion from corn or grain in Great Bri- tain to an ...
... British or Irish made spirits into Great Britain or Ireland respec- tively ; and for granting certain du- ties on worts , or wash made from su- gar , during the prohibition of distilla- tion from corn or grain in Great Bri- tain to an ...
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the Prince Regent , announcing that he has created Lord Wellington a British earl , and recommending that an additional annuity of 2000l . be granted to his lordship . 21st . - A Cadiz Mail arrived on Wednesday with advices to the 4th ...
the Prince Regent , announcing that he has created Lord Wellington a British earl , and recommending that an additional annuity of 2000l . be granted to his lordship . 21st . - A Cadiz Mail arrived on Wednesday with advices to the 4th ...
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... British . Several captured vessels are said to have arrived there , most of which , with their cargoes , were purchased on account of Mi- randa . It was reported at Antigua , that , in consequence of the facilities afforded by Miranda ...
... British . Several captured vessels are said to have arrived there , most of which , with their cargoes , were purchased on account of Mi- randa . It was reported at Antigua , that , in consequence of the facilities afforded by Miranda ...
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... British , killed ; 213 officers , 153 serjeants , 1983 rank and file , wounded . " The Portuguese loss consists of about 170 killed , and more than 500 wounded . " The Earl of Wellington speaks in the highest terms of the gallantry and ...
... British , killed ; 213 officers , 153 serjeants , 1983 rank and file , wounded . " The Portuguese loss consists of about 170 killed , and more than 500 wounded . " The Earl of Wellington speaks in the highest terms of the gallantry and ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 57 - Attorney-General moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the editor of the...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...