Memoirs of the life of colonel Warle; with the public spirit of 1809 as dispalyed in the patriotic proceedings |
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... town , city , and county , to take the state of the representation into consideration , and urgently , but temperately , to apply to Parliament to adopt such measures as shall secure to the nation the rea lity and uses of representation ...
... town , city , and county , to take the state of the representation into consideration , and urgently , but temperately , to apply to Parliament to adopt such measures as shall secure to the nation the rea lity and uses of representation ...
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... Town Hall . The crowd was so great , that it was found ne- cessary to adjourn to the Grand Jury Room ; but most of the persons present stood in the open air , in the front of the Grand Jury Room , from the windows of which , several ...
... Town Hall . The crowd was so great , that it was found ne- cessary to adjourn to the Grand Jury Room ; but most of the persons present stood in the open air , in the front of the Grand Jury Room , from the windows of which , several ...
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... town I was born ; he treats for the patronage of a cadetship in the East India ser- vice , which he must know the Directors are , by their oath , precluded from selling : they , perhaps , did not themselves sell them ; but the intention ...
... town I was born ; he treats for the patronage of a cadetship in the East India ser- vice , which he must know the Directors are , by their oath , precluded from selling : they , perhaps , did not themselves sell them ; but the intention ...
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... Town Hall , Reading , Sir Theophilus Metcalfe , Bart . High Sheriff , in the chair . Sir John Throckmorton observed that , being one of those who had signed the requisition , he was called upon to propose some resolutions relative to ...
... Town Hall , Reading , Sir Theophilus Metcalfe , Bart . High Sheriff , in the chair . Sir John Throckmorton observed that , being one of those who had signed the requisition , he was called upon to propose some resolutions relative to ...
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... Town Hall , on the 25th of April . The Mayor , J. Martyn , Esq . stated that he had called the meeting in compliance with a requisition from six respectable persons , to con- sider the propriety of returning thanks to G. L. Wardle , Esq ...
... Town Hall , on the 25th of April . The Mayor , J. Martyn , Esq . stated that he had called the meeting in compliance with a requisition from six respectable persons , to con- sider the propriety of returning thanks to G. L. Wardle , Esq ...
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adopted approbation April Bart Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough censure chair Chairman Cobbett Colonel Wardle Common Hall conduct Constitution corrupt practices COUNTY MEETING Crown declared drank Duke of York duty effectual endeavours exertions express favour feel firm freeholders friends G. L. Wardle gentlemen Glasgow gratitude Gwyllim Lloyd Wardle High Sheriff honest honour House of Commons independent inhabitants Jacobin King KINGSTON UPON HULL late Commander-in-chief late inquiry late investigation Lord Castlereagh Lord Folkstone Lord Viscount Milton Mayor meeting be given meeting was held Mellish ment Ministers minority of 125 nation observed occasion opinion Parlia patriotic perseverance persons Peter Grant Powlett present proposed proved public abuses quiry Reform in Parliament Renfrew County representation representatives requisition resolutions respect Royal Highness Samuel Whitbread Sir Francis Burdett speech Thomas Thomas Turton three times three tion toast virtue Viscount Mahon voted Waithman Wardle's motion Whitbread William William Wilberforce worthy
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Page 120 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or received a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 140 - Ministers, in the election of Members of Parliament ; that, by the same great standard of our liberties, it is declared that the election of Members of Parliament ought to be free...
Page 119 - And in this manner, according to the present state of the representation, two hundred and ninetyfour of your honourable members are chosen, and, being a majority of the entire house of commons, are enabled to decide all questions in the name of the whole people of England and Scotland.
Page 121 - That so long as the People shall not be fairly represented, corruption will increase; our debts and taxes will accumulate ; our resources will be dissipated ; the native energy of the People will be depressed ; and the country deprived of its best defence against foreign foes. 12. That to remedy the great and glaring evils of which we complain, it is not necessary to have recourse...
Page 55 - Wednesday Morning, Feb. 1st, 1809." " Dear Sir, " I yesterday saw Mr. Wardle ; he " had a letter yesterday from your " friend Glass, begging him not to take " any business in hand, where his name " is mentioned : and he asks for you "also. He was Tutor to Wardle. "Now Mr. Wardle assures me, by " every thing honourable, that if you " speak candidly. and fairly to the fact