A Descriptive and Statistical Account of the British Empire: Exhibiting Its Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and Religious Institutions, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 - Great Britain |
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... called " Peel's Act , " from its having been introduced by Sir Robert Peel , which provided for the return to cash payments by the Bank of England at the old standard . These were resumed in 1821 . Much difference of opinion has ...
... called " Peel's Act , " from its having been introduced by Sir Robert Peel , which provided for the return to cash payments by the Bank of England at the old standard . These were resumed in 1821 . Much difference of opinion has ...
Page 47
... called gold of 23 carats fine ; and so on . Diamond Weight . Diamonds and pearls are also weighed by carats of four grains ; but 5 diamond grains are only equal to 4 troy grains . This weight is nearly the same all over the globe , -1 ...
... called gold of 23 carats fine ; and so on . Diamond Weight . Diamonds and pearls are also weighed by carats of four grains ; but 5 diamond grains are only equal to 4 troy grains . This weight is nearly the same all over the globe , -1 ...
Page 59
... called upon to pass an Act authorising private parties to execute a railway or other public work , it is bound to provide , in as far as practicable , that the public interests shall not be prejudiced by such Act , and that it shall be ...
... called upon to pass an Act authorising private parties to execute a railway or other public work , it is bound to provide , in as far as practicable , that the public interests shall not be prejudiced by such Act , and that it shall be ...
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... called the Limerick Navigation , and is partly a canal , and partly a river navigation . Exclusive of the above , a very large sum has been expended in im- proving the navigation of the Shannon between Portumna and Athlone ; but it is ...
... called the Limerick Navigation , and is partly a canal , and partly a river navigation . Exclusive of the above , a very large sum has been expended in im- proving the navigation of the Shannon between Portumna and Athlone ; but it is ...
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... called slop- built , ships ; and there cannot be a doubt that it tended materially to depreciate the character of our mercantile marine , and to multiply shipwrecks , which have increased to a frightful extent . We are , therefore ...
... called slop- built , ships ; and there cannot be a doubt that it tended materially to depreciate the character of our mercantile marine , and to multiply shipwrecks , which have increased to a frightful extent . We are , therefore ...
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Page 93 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal. 3. That the commission for erecting the late Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.
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Page 143 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Page 93 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 443 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 213 - That James VII, being a professed papist , did assume the royal power, and acted as king , without ever taking the oath required by law, and had by the advice of evil and wicked counsellors , . invaded the fundamental constitution of the kingdom, and altered it from a legal limited monarchy to an arbitrary despotic power...
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Page 643 - ... by reason of some defects in the law, poor people are not restrained from going from one parish to another and therefore do endeavour to settle themselves in those parishes where there is the best stock, the largest commons or wastes to build cottages, and the most woods for them to burn and destroy, and when they have consumed it, then to another parish, and at last become rogues and vagabonds to the great discouragement of parishes to provide stocks where it is liable to be devoured by strangers...