The Parliamentary Register: Proceedings and Debates, Volume 6J. Debrett., 1802 - Great Britain |
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... ports along the north - east coast of England , you have actually subsisting a dangerous commo- tion among large bodies of sea - faring persons , occasioned by many lawless proceedings of the press - gang ; and every day's post brings ...
... ports along the north - east coast of England , you have actually subsisting a dangerous commo- tion among large bodies of sea - faring persons , occasioned by many lawless proceedings of the press - gang ; and every day's post brings ...
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... ports in this king- dom , with a view to ascertain the interests and opinions of navy people universally ; besides the cost of a voluminous correspondence by letter , on the subject ; and , Sir , whatever may be the fate of this bill ...
... ports in this king- dom , with a view to ascertain the interests and opinions of navy people universally ; besides the cost of a voluminous correspondence by letter , on the subject ; and , Sir , whatever may be the fate of this bill ...
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... port , during the time of eight regulating captains , that I am assured the impressed men here , who were delivered to the guard - ships , lay in forty pounds a man , great numbers making their escape , even whole tenders ' crews ; and ...
... port , during the time of eight regulating captains , that I am assured the impressed men here , who were delivered to the guard - ships , lay in forty pounds a man , great numbers making their escape , even whole tenders ' crews ; and ...
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... ports , they were all ob- viated in a revised edition ; therefore Mr. Luttrell did not mention those objections . Mr. Luttrell then acquainted the House , that as the authenticity of so material a parchment as he would next produce ...
... ports , they were all ob- viated in a revised edition ; therefore Mr. Luttrell did not mention those objections . Mr. Luttrell then acquainted the House , that as the authenticity of so material a parchment as he would next produce ...
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... ports with all dispatch . SECTION . II . And be it also enacted , that every ordinary seaman , who shall , from and after [ the passing of this act ] voluntarily offer himself , and shall be received , to serve on board the royal navy ...
... ports with all dispatch . SECTION . II . And be it also enacted , that every ordinary seaman , who shall , from and after [ the passing of this act ] voluntarily offer himself , and shall be received , to serve on board the royal navy ...
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Page 77 - ... threats, promises, or otherwise won to his designs and employs them to bring in such who have promised beforehand what to vote and what to enact.
Page 409 - An Act for the more effectual preventing of Frauds and Abuses committed by Persons employed in the Manufacture of Hats, and in the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, Iron, Leather, Fur, Hemp, Flax, Mohair, and Silk Manufactures, and for preventing unlawful Combinations of Journeymen Dyers and Journeymen Hotpressers, and of all Persons employed in the said several Manufactures, and for the better Payment of their Wages ;' and by certain provisions of an act passed in the s
Page 373 - You are now at the mercy of every little German chancery; and the pretensions of France will increase daily, so as to become an avowed party in either peace or war. We have tried for unconditional submission: try what can be gained by unconditional redress. Less dignity will be lost in the repeal than in submitting to the demands of German chanceries. We arc the aggressors.
Page 343 - That an humble address be presented to His Majesty, to return His Majesty the thanks of this House for his most gracious message to this House, signified by His Grace the Lord Lieutenant.
Page 372 - Come, take.'" [Here he read his motion.] '"That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, most dutifully representing to his royal wisdom that this House is deeply penetrated with the view of impending ruin to the kingdom from the continuation of an unnatural war against the British colonies in America; and most humbly to advise his Majesty to take the most speedy and effectual measures for putting a stop to such fatal hostilities, upon the only just and solid foundation, namely, the removal...
Page 176 - ... safety. Whether hanging ever did, or can, answer any good purpose, I doubt: but the cruel exhibition of every execution day, is a proof that hanging carries no terror with it. And I am confident that every new sanguinary law operates as an encouragement to commit capital offences ; for it is not the mode, but the certainty of punishment, that creates terror. What men know they must endure, they fear ; what they think they can escape, they despise.
Page 133 - that having been in this session of parliament expelled this house, he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament.
Page 136 - And be it further enacted, that for the support of his majesty's household, and of the honour and dignity of the crown...
Page 179 - ... of a father, who was all their support; the law deprived the woman of her life, and the children of their remaining parent, exposing them to every danger, insult, and merciless treatment, that destitute and helpless orphans suffer. Take all the circumstances together, I do not believe that a fouler murder was ever committed against law, than the murder of this woman by law.
Page 373 - Parliament sincerely disposed. Yet still much must be left to treaty. Should you conquer this people, you conquer under the cannon of France ; under a masked battery then ready to open. The moment a treaty with France appears, you must declare war, though you had only five ships of the line in England; but France will defer a treaty as long as possible.