Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 20William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1811 - Great Britain |
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... Captain Rogers , in the Affair between the Pre- sident and Little - Belt , 562 . Proclamation of the President for Convening * Congress , 24 July , 305 . Message of the President on the opening of Congress , 5 November , 725 ...
... Captain Rogers , in the Affair between the Pre- sident and Little - Belt , 562 . Proclamation of the President for Convening * Congress , 24 July , 305 . Message of the President on the opening of Congress , 5 November , 725 ...
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... Captain Adam , Col. Green , and Capt . Codring- ton , to Admiral Cotton , commanding in the Me- diterranean , from 5 to 28 June , 237 . Report from Count Suchet to the Prince of Neufchatel , of the Battle and Capture of Sa- guntum , 732 ...
... Captain Adam , Col. Green , and Capt . Codring- ton , to Admiral Cotton , commanding in the Me- diterranean , from 5 to 28 June , 237 . Report from Count Suchet to the Prince of Neufchatel , of the Battle and Capture of Sa- guntum , 732 ...
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... Captain of Engineers , and 20 sappers , furnished with ladders and hatchets , ad- vanced to turn the work , and seize upon the gate , which they had much difficulty in forcing , with axes , & c . whilst a party of the columns applied ...
... Captain of Engineers , and 20 sappers , furnished with ladders and hatchets , ad- vanced to turn the work , and seize upon the gate , which they had much difficulty in forcing , with axes , & c . whilst a party of the columns applied ...
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... Captain of Engineers , Vacane , ordered them to be cut , and afterwards the ladders to be carried from the first fosse into that of the redoubt , which was quickly scaled , as well as the cavalier . The Italian miners shewed on this oc ...
... Captain of Engineers , Vacane , ordered them to be cut , and afterwards the ladders to be carried from the first fosse into that of the redoubt , which was quickly scaled , as well as the cavalier . The Italian miners shewed on this oc ...
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... Captain Squires those on the right of ficers fell ; but the troops continued to that river ; and those officers and the maintain their station till Major - General corps of Engineers have by their conduct Houstoun ordered them to retire ...
... Captain Squires those on the right of ficers fell ; but the troops continued to that river ; and those officers and the maintain their station till Major - General corps of Engineers have by their conduct Houstoun ordered them to retire ...
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Page 729 - ... when it blends with a pursuit of ignominious gain a treacherous subserviency, in the transgressors, to a foreign policy adverse to that of their own country. It is then that the virtuous indignation of the public should be enabled to manifest itself through the regular animadversions of the most competent laws. To secure greater respect to our mercantile flag, and to the honest...
Page 821 - Governor will adopt provisionally and recommend to the confirmation of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty...
Page 731 - Bratlay, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity.
Page 725 - British government, was denied to have taken place ; it was an indispensable condition of the repeal of the British Orders, that commerce should be restored to a footing that would admit the productions and manufactures of Great Britain, when owned by neutrals, into markets shut against them by her enemy; the United States being given to understand that, in the mean time, a continuance of their non-importation act would lead to measures of retaliation.
Page 221 - Given under my hand and seal, this day of , in the year of our Lord , at , in the [county] aforesaid.
Page 729 - An enlarged philanthropy, and an enlightened forecast, concur in imposing on the National Councils an obligation to take a deep interest in their destinies; to cherish reciprocal sentiments of good will ; to regard the progress of events; and not to be unprepared for whatever order of things may be ultimately established...
Page 725 - In the unfriendly spirit of those disclosures indemnity and redress for other wrongs have continued to be withheld, and our coasts and the mouths of our harbors have again witnessed scenes not less derogatory to the dearest of our national rights than vexatious to the regular course of our trade.
Page 785 - Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Page 409 - Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation.
Page 729 - ... the great communities which occupy the southern portion of our own hemisphere and extend into our neighborhood. An enlarged philanthropy and an enlightened forecast concur in imposing on the national councils an obligation to take a deep interest in their destinies, to cherish reciprocal sentiments of good will, to regard the progress of events, and not to be unprepared...