Annual Register, Volume 86Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1845 - History |
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... Labour in Factories - A Bill is brought in by Sir James Graham - Lord Ashley proposes a further limitation of the hours of la- bour - His Speech - It is answered by Sir James Graham - Speeches of Mr. Gibson , Mr. Stuart Wortley , Mr ...
... Labour in Factories - A Bill is brought in by Sir James Graham - Lord Ashley proposes a further limitation of the hours of la- bour - His Speech - It is answered by Sir James Graham - Speeches of Mr. Gibson , Mr. Stuart Wortley , Mr ...
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... labour has relieved in a corre- sponding degree many classes of my faithful subjects from suffer- ings and privations , which at former periods I have had occasion to deplore . " For several successive years the annual produce of the ...
... labour has relieved in a corre- sponding degree many classes of my faithful subjects from suffer- ings and privations , which at former periods I have had occasion to deplore . " For several successive years the annual produce of the ...
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... labour , pressing on all ranks of the com- munity , but especially on the working classes , is a principal cause of the existing distress , and that a reduction of the same is absolutely necessary for the relief of Her Majesty's loyal ...
... labour , pressing on all ranks of the com- munity , but especially on the working classes , is a principal cause of the existing distress , and that a reduction of the same is absolutely necessary for the relief of Her Majesty's loyal ...
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... labours have enlight- ened the world ; and I trust that the two countries will never again have occasion to meet in those fields of warfare which , however they may produce deeds of bril- liancy and glory , cannot , in the end , but be ...
... labours have enlight- ened the world ; and I trust that the two countries will never again have occasion to meet in those fields of warfare which , however they may produce deeds of bril- liancy and glory , cannot , in the end , but be ...
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... labour is diminished and wages reduced , and the profits of manufacturing and commercial industry deeply injured ; that the burden of gene- ral taxation has been increased to an intolerable extent , by an extra- vagant expenditure in ...
... labour is diminished and wages reduced , and the profits of manufacturing and commercial industry deeply injured ; that the burden of gene- ral taxation has been increased to an intolerable extent , by an extra- vagant expenditure in ...
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Page 396 - An Act for amending an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of His late Majesty, intituled " An Act for the better administration of justice in His Majesty's Privy Council, and to extend its jurisdiction and powers.
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Page 415 - An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act of His present Majesty for encouraging the art of making new models and casts of busts and other things therein mentioned, and for giving further encouragement to such arts.
Page 396 - An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons' Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia ; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers.
Page 421 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, on addresses from the houses of the Parliament of Canada, and from the houses of the respective legislatures of the colonies or provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia, to admit those colonies or provinces, or any of them, into the Union...
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Page 471 - China, being desirous of putting an end to the misunderstandings and consequent hostilities which have arisen between the two countries, have resolved to conclude a treaty for that purpose, and have therefore named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart. a MajorGeneral in the service of the East India Company, &c. &c. And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China...
Page 414 - An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints, by vesting the Properties thereof in the Inventors or Engravers during the Time therein mentioned...
Page 405 - An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James M'Gauley with Elizabeth Rowlands, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
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