The Political Register for ...J. Almon, 1770 |
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Page 31
... Representatives in Parliament . It is figned by 5137 , which is a refpec- table Majority . Besides the above , petitions have been prefented from the town of Berwick upon Tweed , and the borough of Southwark . In the course of this ...
... Representatives in Parliament . It is figned by 5137 , which is a refpec- table Majority . Besides the above , petitions have been prefented from the town of Berwick upon Tweed , and the borough of Southwark . In the course of this ...
Page 58
... Representatives of the people , fo to be fummoned as aforesaid , to make , conftitute and ordain Laws , Statutes and Ordinances for the public Peace , Welfare , and good Govern- ment of our faid Colonies , and of the People and ...
... Representatives of the people , fo to be fummoned as aforesaid , to make , conftitute and ordain Laws , Statutes and Ordinances for the public Peace , Welfare , and good Govern- ment of our faid Colonies , and of the People and ...
Page 63
... Representatives were fixed as well as the places they were to be chofen forThe qualifications differed from those prescribed by the approved ordinance only as to the time the Elector was to have been in poffeffion of his freehold ,, and ...
... Representatives were fixed as well as the places they were to be chofen forThe qualifications differed from those prescribed by the approved ordinance only as to the time the Elector was to have been in poffeffion of his freehold ,, and ...
Page 68
... Representatives Nor is this idea fo chimerical or abfurd- They may be even com- manded by the fame prerogative to chufe them uneducated and uninformed . Their lordships love of liberty will be estimated by the share they have dealt out ...
... Representatives Nor is this idea fo chimerical or abfurd- They may be even com- manded by the fame prerogative to chufe them uneducated and uninformed . Their lordships love of liberty will be estimated by the share they have dealt out ...
Page 109
... representative . " But it was carried in the negative by a majority of eighty - nine to thirty - fix : the numbers in another place were two hundred and fifty - four to one hundred and thirty- eight . Sir G. S. declared in a certain ...
... representative . " But it was carried in the negative by a majority of eighty - nine to thirty - fix : the numbers in another place were two hundred and fifty - four to one hundred and thirty- eight . Sir G. S. declared in a certain ...
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Popular passages
Page 59 - 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 58 - Representatives of the people so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, 'and ordain laws, statutes, and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our said colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the laws of England...
Page 339 - Permit me, sire, further to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour, by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the City of London in particular, and to withdraw your confidence in and regard for your people, is an enemy to your Majesty's person and family, a violator of the public peace, and a betrayer of our happy constitution, as it was established at the glorious Revolution.
Page 73 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 31 - I have stated to you will certainly take place, and that it will never be departed from ; and so determined am I for ever to abide by it, that I will be content to be declared infamous, if I do not, to the last hour of my life, at all times, in all places, and upon all occasions, exert every power with which I either am, or ever shall be legally invested, in order to" obtain and maintain for the continent of America that satisfaction which I have been authorized to promise this day...
Page 339 - Most gracious Sovereign, will your Majesty be pleased so far to condescend as to permit the mayor of your loyal City of London to declare in your royal presence, on behalf of his fellow-citizens, how much the bare apprehension of your Majesty's displeasure would at all times affect their minds. The declaration of that displeasure has already filled them with inexpressible anxiety, and with the deepest affliction. Permit me, sire, to assure your Majesty...
Page 67 - His Britannic Majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the liberty of the Catholic religion to the inhabitants of Canada ; he will, consequently, give the most precise and most effectual orders that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion, according to the rites of the Romish Church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit.
Page 64 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Page 58 - ... within the said governments respectively, in such manner and form as is used and directed in those colonies and provinces in America which are under our immediate government. And we have also given power to the said governors, with the...
Page 17 - If any man, for example, were to accuse him of taking his stand at a gaming-table, and watching, with the soberest attention, for a fair opportunity of engaging a drunken young nobleman at piquet...