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... issue as well as banks of deposit ; and the clearing house system was already so far in opera- tion ; but there were but few cheques in circulation , and the number of persons having banking accounts was miserably small . In Scotland ...
... issue as well as banks of deposit ; and the clearing house system was already so far in opera- tion ; but there were but few cheques in circulation , and the number of persons having banking accounts was miserably small . In Scotland ...
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... issue ordinances prohibit- ing the importation into Spain of cotton velvets and other cotton fabrics . Spanish manufactures now and then obtained fresh life and vigour , but the effort was in the end transient and unsuccessful . With a ...
... issue ordinances prohibit- ing the importation into Spain of cotton velvets and other cotton fabrics . Spanish manufactures now and then obtained fresh life and vigour , but the effort was in the end transient and unsuccessful . With a ...
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... issue was never contemplated when Mr. Grenville made the modest request that the Americans should be made to pay , at least , a small portion of the heavy expenses incurred for their protection . But matters had advanced too far . The ...
... issue was never contemplated when Mr. Grenville made the modest request that the Americans should be made to pay , at least , a small portion of the heavy expenses incurred for their protection . But matters had advanced too far . The ...
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... issue assignats , or states notes , on the guarantee of the crown and church pro- perty , they entered into that fatal course which could not fail to end in a complete and irretrievable bankruptcy . With the politics of the French ...
... issue assignats , or states notes , on the guarantee of the crown and church pro- perty , they entered into that fatal course which could not fail to end in a complete and irretrievable bankruptcy . With the politics of the French ...
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... issue such bills to an amount not exceeding 5,000,000l . , in sums of 1907. , 50 % . , and 20 / . , to bear an inte- rest of two and a half per cent . per day , and to be payable one - fourth on August 31 next , one - fourth in November ...
... issue such bills to an amount not exceeding 5,000,000l . , in sums of 1907. , 50 % . , and 20 / . , to bear an inte- rest of two and a half per cent . per day , and to be payable one - fourth on August 31 next , one - fourth in November ...
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Page 279 - THE EXHIBITION of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions.
Page 109 - Majesty's ships of war and privateers shall be, and are hereby, instructed to warn every neutral vessel coming from any such port, and destined to another such port, to discontinue her voyage, and not to proceed to any such port; and...
Page 153 - ... if any person shall by violence to the person or property of another, or by threats or intimidation, or by molesting or in any way obstructing another, force or endeavour to force any manufacturer or person carrying on any trade or business, to make any alteration in his mode of regulating, managing, conducting or carrying on such manufacture, trade or business, or to limit the number of his apprentices, or the number or description of his journeymen, workmen or servants...
Page 315 - May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures
Page 84 - British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
Page 153 - Person to belong to any Club or Association, or to contribute to any common Fund, or to pay any Fine or Penalty, or on account of his not belonging to any particular Club or Association, or not having contributed or having refused to contribute to any common Fund, or to pay any Fine or Penalty, or on account of his not having complied or of his refusing to comply with any Rules, Orders, Resolutions or Regulations...
Page 104 - November, 1793, we signified, that they should stop and detain all ships laden with goods, the produce of any colony belonging to France, or carrying provisions or other supplies for the use of any such colony, and should bring the same, with their cargoes, to legal adjudication.
Page 334 - That the uncertainty of the law and of the duties in such a matter, gives rise to differences of opinion between neutrals and belligerents which may occasion serious difficulties, and even conflicts ; That it is consequently advantageous to establish a uniform doctrine on so important a point; That the Plenipotentiaries assembled in Congress at Paris cannot better respond to the intentions by which their Governments are animated, than by seeking to introduce into international relations fixed principles...
Page 160 - Tell me not of rights — talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property.
Page 331 - To preserve the commerce of neutrals from all unnecessary obstruction, her majesty is willing, for the present, to waive a part of the belligerent rights appertaining to her by the law of nations. It is impossible for her majesty to forego the exercise of her right of seizing articles contraband of war, and of preventing neutrals from bearing the enemy's despatches...