The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons [and of the House of Lords] Containing an Account of the Interesting Speeches and Motions ... During the 1st Session of the 14th [-18th] Parliament of Great Britain

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Page 170 - ' mittee, that they had come to feveral refolutions, " which they had directed him to report to the " Houfe ; and he read the report in his place, and " afterwards delivered it in at the table, where the ** fame was read, and the refolutions of the Com...
Page 547 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military...
Page 671 - PITT moved the order of the day for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of ways and means for raifing a fupply, which palled.
Page 7 - Speaker is enabled to issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new Writs for the Election of Members of the House of Commons in certain Cases during the Recess of Parliament, after giving Fourteen Days...
Page 742 - House for any or either of the purposes aforesaid, a previous application shall be made to the owners, or reputed owners, and occupiers of the lands through which any...
Page 656 - Till now I never understood the reason of the policy and prudence of the Spaniards in suffering the Inquisition among them; and certainly it will never be well with us till something like unto the Spanish Inquisition be in England.
Page 63 - ... constitution which has already overturned the errors of superstition and monarchy in France, and which now prepares a similar fate for all foreign tyrannies. I declare that I will no longer enter into any other temple than the Sanctuary of the Laws ; that I will acknowledge no other God than Liberty, no other worship than that of my country, no other Gospel than the Republican Constitution : such is my profession of moral and political faith.
Page 107 - Without disputing any of his premises, for the present, I will grant the noble lord, not only his principle, but the foundation upon which he builds it. I agree with him, that it is contrary to the eternal and unalterable laws of nature, and to the decrees of the Maker of man and of nations...
Page 284 - November 30, it was refolved, that the houfe would the next morning refolve itfelf into a committee of the whole houfe, to confider of ways and means for...
Page 742 - Navigation, or to such variation abridgement extension or enlargement, be deposited for public inspection at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace of every County Riding or Division^ in...

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