The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 7J. Ballantyne and Company, 1816 - Europe |
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... Lieut . - Colonel the right honourable Charles Hope , paraded , according to orders , in the Meadow Walk , to the number of upwards of 600 , and , being formed , marched to the grounds of Heriot's Hospital , where , being pla ced in ...
... Lieut . - Colonel the right honourable Charles Hope , paraded , according to orders , in the Meadow Walk , to the number of upwards of 600 , and , being formed , marched to the grounds of Heriot's Hospital , where , being pla ced in ...
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... Lieut . - General Sir Charles Green commanded the troops . So early as eight o'clock , lines of carriages proceeded along Pall - Mall and the Strand , with Peeresses and other ladies of rank , to St Paul's . The procession of the House ...
... Lieut . - General Sir Charles Green commanded the troops . So early as eight o'clock , lines of carriages proceeded along Pall - Mall and the Strand , with Peeresses and other ladies of rank , to St Paul's . The procession of the House ...
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... Lieut . - Colonel Lamb was on his passage from Southampton to the Sussex coast , in his pleasure- boat , accompanied only by one man , either in shifting the boom , or by a sudden jirk of the sail , he was forced overboard unperceived ...
... Lieut . - Colonel Lamb was on his passage from Southampton to the Sussex coast , in his pleasure- boat , accompanied only by one man , either in shifting the boom , or by a sudden jirk of the sail , he was forced overboard unperceived ...
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... Lieut . Pritchard deposed , that in 1809 he sailed with him in the Plantagenet , and that the command of the ship was obliged to be given up to the first lieutenant , in consequence of the unsettled state of Mr Bradley's mind ; and that ...
... Lieut . Pritchard deposed , that in 1809 he sailed with him in the Plantagenet , and that the command of the ship was obliged to be given up to the first lieutenant , in consequence of the unsettled state of Mr Bradley's mind ; and that ...
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... Lieut . Eversfield , Lord Com- bermere , Lord Edw . Somerset , and others , gave evidence in support of the charges ; a part of which went to shew that Colonel Quintin not only held back his men in action , but also retired himself into ...
... Lieut . Eversfield , Lord Com- bermere , Lord Edw . Somerset , and others , gave evidence in support of the charges ; a part of which went to shew that Colonel Quintin not only held back his men in action , but also retired himself into ...
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Page 131 - Resolved, that an humble address be presented to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions...
Page 17 - An act to enable his Majesty to accept the services of a proportion of the militia of the city of London, out of the united kingdom, for the vigorous prosecution of the war.
Page 58 - Nort'i moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill "for the better regulating the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Page cccxlv - In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias...
Page cclx - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44
Page lxxxvii - It is not however the grandeur of military success, which has alone fixed our admiration or commanded our applause; it has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know, that the day of battle was always a day of victory; that moral courage and enduring fortitude which, in perilous times when gloom and doubt had beset ordinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken ; and that ascendancy of character, which uniting the energies of jealous...
Page ccclxxiv - An act for continuing to his Majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain ; and on pensions, offices, and personal estates, in England; for the service of the year 1816.
Page cxxii - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous. sail.
Page cccvi - Thornton, esq., his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to his majesty the king of Sweden ; .and his majesty the king of Sweden...
Page ccclxx - Revolutionary struggle defeated his unrighteous projects. His threats and his barbarities, instead of dismay, will kindle in every bosom an indignation not to be extinguished but in the disaster and expulsion of such cruel invaders.