The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volum 3J. Ballantyne and Company, 1812 |
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Side 18
... given as a loan to be expended . At present there was no question about raising any general confederacy against France . That would be an idle speculation . But if any country was resolved to make an effort to break its chains , that ...
... given as a loan to be expended . At present there was no question about raising any general confederacy against France . That would be an idle speculation . But if any country was resolved to make an effort to break its chains , that ...
Side 24
... given them . This , however , was not the present subject . It was enough for him to have shewn that Lord Wellington had arrested the progress of the French armies into the south of Spain , and procured a breathing time for Portugal ...
... given them . This , however , was not the present subject . It was enough for him to have shewn that Lord Wellington had arrested the progress of the French armies into the south of Spain , and procured a breathing time for Portugal ...
Side 26
... given him . " If Lord Wel- lington's liberality , " he said , “ had brought him into difficulty or debt , who was it they called upon to free him from the incumbrance ? The peo- ple , -who already owed debts enough , not in consequence ...
... given him . " If Lord Wel- lington's liberality , " he said , “ had brought him into difficulty or debt , who was it they called upon to free him from the incumbrance ? The peo- ple , -who already owed debts enough , not in consequence ...
Side 32
... given proper instructions or adequate pro- vision to that force which they did send . He dwelt upon the impor- tance of supporting Spain to the ut- most , pointing out the perilous faci- lities for the invasion of Ireland which Cadiz ...
... given proper instructions or adequate pro- vision to that force which they did send . He dwelt upon the impor- tance of supporting Spain to the ut- most , pointing out the perilous faci- lities for the invasion of Ireland which Cadiz ...
Side 38
... given to the public in the manner that was now proposed . Unfortu- nately , however , the case was diffe- rent , and the house stood in the eye of the public in a very opposite situ- ation . They stood before the coun- try under ...
... given to the public in the manner that was now proposed . Unfortu- nately , however , the case was diffe- rent , and the house stood in the eye of the public in a very opposite situ- ation . They stood before the coun- try under ...
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Side 251 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, which fact the President of the United States shall declare by proclamation and if the other nation shall not within three months thereafter so revoke or modify her edicts in like manner...
Side 253 - In this new state of things, I am authorized to declare to you, sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the 1st of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their orders in council, and renounce the new principles of blockade, which they have wished to establish; or that the United States, conformably to the act you have just communicated, shall cause their rights to be respected by...
Side xii - ... a liberal system of commerce, founded upon the basis of reciprocity and mutual convenience, which by discontinuing certain prohibitions and prohibitory duties might procure the most solid advantages on both sides to the national productions and industry, and give due protection at the same time to the public revenue, and to the interests of fair and legal trade.
Side xxv - The solemn Ratifications of the present Treaty, expedited in good and due Form, shall be exchanged between the contracting Parties in the Space of Six Months, or sooner, if possible, to be computed from the Day of the Signature of the present Treaty.
Side xxiv - ... so long as they behave peaceably and commit no offence against the laws; and in case their conduct should render them suspected, and the respective Governments should...
Side 113 - February, 1769, was ordered to be expunged from the journals as " subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom.
Side 530 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Side 295 - Abyssinia, consists only of balls of coffee mixed with butter : a lump of this composition, about the size of a billiard ball, keeps them, they say, in strength and spirits during a whole day's fatigue, better than a loaf of bread or a meal of* meat.
Side v - An act to enable the commissioners of his majesty's treasury to issue exchequer bills, on the credit of such aids or supplies as have been or shall be granted by parliament for the service of Great Britain for the year 1814.
Side viii - An act for granting to his Majesty certain sums of money out of the consolidated fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain monies therein mentioned, for the service of the year 1812, and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this session of parliament.