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... existing Provident Societies for the working classes ; also of Government security being afforded to the industrial classes who wish to provide an annuity in old age , or an allowance in sickness . The committee re- commend that the ...
... existing Provident Societies for the working classes ; also of Government security being afforded to the industrial classes who wish to provide an annuity in old age , or an allowance in sickness . The committee re- commend that the ...
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... existing , laws , subject to confirmation at the next annual meeting . success . " The Council , in taking upon themselves the conduct of the seventh annual meeting , must express their thanks to the local officers and Reception ...
... existing , laws , subject to confirmation at the next annual meeting . success . " The Council , in taking upon themselves the conduct of the seventh annual meeting , must express their thanks to the local officers and Reception ...
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... existing law and practice by which a per- son may be kept in prison for a period longer than that for which he could be sentenced on conviction . The code of criminal pro- cedure has many very great defects . The practice of subjecting ...
... existing law and practice by which a per- son may be kept in prison for a period longer than that for which he could be sentenced on conviction . The code of criminal pro- cedure has many very great defects . The practice of subjecting ...
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... existing tenures under which the land is held ; secondly , by the entails to which a considerable por- tion of that territory is subject ; and , thirdly , by the titles of sellers , although ostensibly regular and complete , being ...
... existing tenures under which the land is held ; secondly , by the entails to which a considerable por- tion of that territory is subject ; and , thirdly , by the titles of sellers , although ostensibly regular and complete , being ...
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... land , as a subject of sale , by the existing entail law of Scotland ? In the year 1848 , it was estimated that from a half to a third of the territory of Scotland was excluded from commerce by entails 32 32 LORD CURRIEHILL'S ADDRESS .
... land , as a subject of sale , by the existing entail law of Scotland ? In the year 1848 , it was estimated that from a half to a third of the territory of Scotland was excluded from commerce by entails 32 32 LORD CURRIEHILL'S ADDRESS .
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Page xiv - ... rends its kindred throne! You have said, my lords, you have willed — the Church and the King have willed — that the Queen should be deprived of its solemn service! She has, instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble supplications at the throne of mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of its rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to...
Page 100 - It must not be inferred from what has been said that the Scottish Kegister may not be applied with security to many statistical inquiries into the public health.
Page xiii - My lords, I pray you to pause. I do earnestly beseech you to take heed ! You are standing upon the brink of a precipice — then beware ! It will go forth your judgment, if sentence shall go against the Queen. But it will be the only judgment you ever pronounced, which, instead of reaching its object, will return and bound back upon those who give it.
Page xiv - ... Throne ! You have said, my lords, you have willed — the Church and the King have willed — that the Queen should be deprived of its solemn service. She has instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble supplications at the Throne of Mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of its rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice ! [Mr.
Page xiv - ... from the roots and the stem of the tree. Save that country, that you may continue to adorn it; save the Crown, which is in jeopardy, the aristocracy, which is shaken; save the altar, which must stagger with the blow that rends its kindred throne!
Page 332 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 54 - Legislature is alone to blame, by having passed a delusive law, which, while it would seem to provide that the children employed in factories shall be educated, contains no enactment by which that professed end can be secured. It provides nothing more than that the children shall, on certain days of the week, and for a certain number of hours...
Page 348 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Page 287 - England has erected no churches, no hospitals,* no palaces, no schools; England has built no bridges, made no high roads, cut no navigations, dug out no reservoirs. Every other conqueror of every other description has left some monument, either of state or beneficence, behind him. Were we to be driven out of India this day, nothing would remain, to tell that it had been possessed, during the inglorious period of our dominion, by any thing better than the ourang-outang or the tiger.
Page xxiv - The Association aims to bring together the various societies and individuals who are engaged or interested in furthering these objects ; and, without trenching upon independent exertions, seeks to elicit by discussion the real elements of truth, to clear up doubts, to harmonise discordant opinions, and to afford a common ground for the interchange of trustworthy information on the great social problems of the day.