The Speeches of the Right Honorable William Huskisson: With a Biographical Memoir, Supplied to the Editor from Authentic Sources...J. Murray, 1831 - Great Britain |
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... intercourse with the Mother Country . They were not allowed to dispose of any of their produce , otherwise than by sending it in British vessels to this country . They were equally restricted from receiving any articles necessary for ...
... intercourse with the Mother Country . They were not allowed to dispose of any of their produce , otherwise than by sending it in British vessels to this country . They were equally restricted from receiving any articles necessary for ...
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... relating to its trade with foreign countries . Accordingly , almost every State established a different rule of commercial intercourse with this country . The general character , how- 1826. ] 11 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM .
... relating to its trade with foreign countries . Accordingly , almost every State established a different rule of commercial intercourse with this country . The general character , how- 1826. ] 11 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM .
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... intercourse with this country . The general character , how- ever , of their legislation , was conceived in a spirit of pecu- liar hostility ( not unnatural , perhaps , so soon after the ex- asperation excited by civil discord ) against ...
... intercourse with this country . The general character , how- ever , of their legislation , was conceived in a spirit of pecu- liar hostility ( not unnatural , perhaps , so soon after the ex- asperation excited by civil discord ) against ...
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... intercourse between the two coun- tries has been placed ; namely , equality of all charges upon the ships belonging to either country in the ports of the other , and a like equality of duty upon all articles the production of the one ...
... intercourse between the two coun- tries has been placed ; namely , equality of all charges upon the ships belonging to either country in the ports of the other , and a like equality of duty upon all articles the production of the one ...
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... intercourse , like that which alone can exist under the present law , the open- ing of the ports being sudden , and , in most cases , uncertain , till the quarterly average is declared , it is almost impos- sible that the trade , when ...
... intercourse , like that which alone can exist under the present law , the open- ing of the ports being sudden , and , in most cases , uncertain , till the quarterly average is declared , it is almost impos- sible that the trade , when ...
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Page 585 - I candidly confess, that I have ever looked on Cuba . as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our / system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Page 288 - That this house will, early in the next session of parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws affecting his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland ; with a view to such a final -and conciliatory adjustment, "as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom ; to the stability of the protestant establishment ; and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his Majesty's subjects.
Page 436 - A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shatter'd splendour renovate, Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and Fate?
Page 537 - ... poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state. The progressive state is in reality the cheerful and the hearty state to all the different orders of the society. The stationary is dull; the declining melancholy.
Page 584 - We begin to broach the idea that we consider the whole Gulf Stream as of our waters, in which hostilities and cruising are to be frowned on for the present, and prohibited so soon as either consent or force will permit us.
Page 560 - Arms may leave this country as matter of merchandise ; and however strong the general inconvenience, the law does not interfere to stop them. It is only when the elements of armaments are combined that they come within the purview of the law ; and, if that combination does not take place until they have left this country, we have no right to interfere with them.
Page 583 - You know that the navigation cannot be practised without a port, where the sea and river vessels may meet and exchange loads, and where those employed about them may be safe and unmolested. The right to use a thing, comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless.
Page 13 - And be it enacted that Goods the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, shall not be imported into the United Kingdom to be used therein; in Foreign Ships, unless they be the Ships of the Country in Asia, Africa, or America, of which the goods are the produce and from which they are imported...
Page 556 - That on the arrival of the naval force sent to Terceira, in pursuance of these instructions, the commanding officer found that island in possession of, and governed by, the authorities above mentioned. " That in the beginning of January, 1829, a number of Portuguese subjects or soldiers of her said Majesty, voluntarily left this country with a view of repairing to the said island, and that their departure and destination were known to His Majesty's Government ; that they appear to have embarked and...
Page 583 - ... and narrow slip of land, called the Island of New Orleans. The idea of ceding this, could not be hazarded to Spain, in the first step ; it would be too disagreeable at first view ; because this island, with its town, constitutes, at present, their principal settlement in that part of their dominions, containing about ten thousand white inhabitants of every age and sex. Reason and events, however, may, by little and little, familiarize them to it.