The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volumer 1-2;Volum 5Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1814 |
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Side 43
... officers , such as Generals Stewart , Money , Sir Robert Wilson , and Lords Moira and Hutchinson , all men of great expe- rience , had expressed their marked dis- approbation of this mode of punish- ment . The members who spoke on the ...
... officers , such as Generals Stewart , Money , Sir Robert Wilson , and Lords Moira and Hutchinson , all men of great expe- rience , had expressed their marked dis- approbation of this mode of punish- ment . The members who spoke on the ...
Side 44
... officers thus unfairly upon their trial , it would be far better at once to make a new law . Nothing but the most trying necessity could justify the discussion of military af- fairs by the legislature , and yet the present was the third ...
... officers thus unfairly upon their trial , it would be far better at once to make a new law . Nothing but the most trying necessity could justify the discussion of military af- fairs by the legislature , and yet the present was the third ...
Side 57
... officers are created , when an incumbent drops off , or when a son is to be provided for in the civil or military service of the ho- nourable company . They care mighty little for the distant result of wise mea- sures and free ...
... officers are created , when an incumbent drops off , or when a son is to be provided for in the civil or military service of the ho- nourable company . They care mighty little for the distant result of wise mea- sures and free ...
Side 81
... officer as this might be apparent ; though even then there ought to be a formal appointment , that the officer might be responsible . This was an important view of the subject , and de- served the most serious attention . If the time ...
... officer as this might be apparent ; though even then there ought to be a formal appointment , that the officer might be responsible . This was an important view of the subject , and de- served the most serious attention . If the time ...
Side 85
... officers of any description at such an expense . This nation is in debt many hundreds of millions . It raises every year to pay the interest and charges attending that debt an enor- mous sum , of which a poundage is to be paid to these ...
... officers of any description at such an expense . This nation is in debt many hundreds of millions . It raises every year to pay the interest and charges attending that debt an enor- mous sum , of which a poundage is to be paid to these ...
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Side 249 - 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 190 - Disraeli's motion, that the House should resolve itself into a committee to take into consideration the state of the nation, was negatived by a majority of 296 to 156.
Side 277 - 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 lix - 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 xlix - George and the enemy, upon the river Canard, which uniformly terminated in his being repulsed with loss. I judged it proper to detach a force down the river Thames, capable of acting in conjunction with the garrison of Amherstburg offensively, but Captain Chambers, whom 1 had appointed to direct this detachment, experienced difficulties that frustrated my intentions. The intelligence received from that quarter admitting...
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 xxxvi - D'Urban's cavalry were left at Cabrerizos, on the right of the Tormes, as the enemy had still a large corps on the heights above Babilafuente, on the same side of the river ; and I considered it not improbable, that, finding our army prepared for them in the morning, on the left of the Tormes, they would alter their plan, and manœuvre by the other bank.
Side 127 - I certainly am the last person in the kingdom to whom it can be permitted to despair of our Royal Father's recovery.
Side liii - Government, I do hereby announce to all the Inhabitants of the said Territory, that the Laws heretofore in existence shall continue in force until His Majesty's pleasure be known or so long as the peace and safety of the said Territory will admit thereof.
Side xlvii - 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.