 | Luther Stearns Cushing - Parliamentary practice - 1849 - 202 pages
...17SO, Mr. Dunning having made a motion, in the house of commons, " that, in the opinion of this house, the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished," Dundas, lord-advocate of Scotland, in order to defeat the motion, proposed to amend,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 680 pages
...weight of the prerogative, but the usurpation of an Oligarchy. No man is now foolish enough to assert, that the influence of the Crown " has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" the popular outcry which carried through the Revolution of 1832 is, that "the influence... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 680 pages
...weight of the prerogative, but the usurpation of an Oligarchy. No man is now foolish enough to assert, that the influence of the Crown " has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" the popular outcry which carried through the Revolution of 1832 is, that "the influence... | |
 | Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) - Finance - 1851 - 600 pages
...called to office, Mr. Dunning, a barrister, moved in the House of Commons his celebrated resolution, " that the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." This was carried by a majority of 233 against 215. The minority imputed to the majority... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 pages
...been vexed by all the turbulence of this reign, and by that absurd vote of the House of Commons, ' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished?'" JOHNSON : " Sir, I have never slept an hour less, nor eat an ounce less meat. I would... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 536 pages
...integrity, moved a resolution which was carried against the minister by a considerable majority,—' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.' This is a full recognition on record of the existence of that evil which the principle... | |
 | Elections - 1852 - 168 pages
...Have we not long outlived the time when the House of Commons thought fit to pass a resolution — " That the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ?" Is it from that quarter, from the exercise of the royal prerogative, that any man,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 976 pages
...long urged, am! succeeded at last in passing, the celebrated resolution drawn ир by Mr. Dunning, "That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be dimim-tlicd." He applies this principle very happily to the present case, by showing that the Commissioners... | |
 | Charles James Fox, Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1853 - 570 pages
...there was not the least tumult." " In Committee of Commons, Dunning opened the debate, by a motion, ' That the Influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished' The Ministers were greatly embarrassed, and had no subterfuge but their old hackneyed... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 518 pages
...his parliamentary efforts, " that it is the opinion of this committee that it is necessary to declare that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." In the session of 1780-81, the legality of the various associations and societies which... | |
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That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"? 
