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... minister who at that time ( 1790 ) was at the head of affairs in England , did not foresee any danger to the peace of other states from that change , may be in- ferred from all his measures , even up to the year 1792 , when , on the ...
... minister who at that time ( 1790 ) was at the head of affairs in England , did not foresee any danger to the peace of other states from that change , may be in- ferred from all his measures , even up to the year 1792 , when , on the ...
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... minister at Paris . Struck with the pleasing manners and promising talents of his youthful countryman , Dr. Warner mentioned him to the ambassador - to whom Dr. Gem was well known , both personally and by reputation - in terms of such ...
... minister at Paris . Struck with the pleasing manners and promising talents of his youthful countryman , Dr. Warner mentioned him to the ambassador - to whom Dr. Gem was well known , both personally and by reputation - in terms of such ...
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... Minister . Mr. Huskisson accompanied Lord Gower and his family to England . We insert a letter , written shortly after he reached England , which explains his reasons for quitting Paris at this time , rather than continuing there as his ...
... Minister . Mr. Huskisson accompanied Lord Gower and his family to England . We insert a letter , written shortly after he reached England , which explains his reasons for quitting Paris at this time , rather than continuing there as his ...
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... minister was not there till an hour later than his time , and only staid during dinner ; at which the conversation turned entirely upon business , and gave rise to the accidental circumstance which has called me to my present situation ...
... minister was not there till an hour later than his time , and only staid during dinner ; at which the conversation turned entirely upon business , and gave rise to the accidental circumstance which has called me to my present situation ...
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... Ministers . His attention was particularly directed to their financial measures ; and in the month of July he moved a string of resolutions relating to public ac- counts , which were approved of , and agreed to , by the then Chancellor ...
... Ministers . His attention was particularly directed to their financial measures ; and in the month of July he moved a string of resolutions relating to public ac- counts , which were approved of , and agreed to , by the then Chancellor ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amount appeared assertion attention Bank of England Bill Board of Trade bullion Canning's Catholic cent Chancellor charge Chichester circulation circumstances coin Colonial commercial Committee commodities conduct consequence consideration considered continued Corn Laws course currency debt declared depreciation Duke of Wellington duty Eartham East Retford effect exchange Exchequer existing favour feelings felt foreign gold Government guineas honourable gentleman hope House of Commons Huskisson important increase interest Ireland issues kisson labour loan Lord Granville Lord Liverpool Lord Palmerston manufacturing measure ment millions Ministers nation nature necessary never object occasion opinion paper Parliament party payment period person political present principles proportion proposed question received Resolutions respect revenue right honourable friend right honourable gentleman Secretary at War session silver Sinking Fund speech taxes tion Whigs whilst whole WILLIAM HUSKISSON wish
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 48 - Observations on the Principles which Regulate the Course of Exchange; and on the Present Depreciated State of the Currency.
Seite 264 - An Act for making Wet Docks, Basons, Cuts and other Works, for the greater Accommodation and Security of Shipping, Commerce, and Revenue within the Port of London; and to make Regulations relating to the said Docks.
Seite 178 - That in order to revert gradually to this security, and to enforce meanwhile a due limitation of the paper of the bank of England, as well as of all the other bank paper of the country, it is expedient to amend the act which suspends the cash payments of the bank, by altering the time till which the suspension shall continue, from six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, to that of two years from the present time.
Seite 99 - Our true policy would surely be to profess, as the object and guide of our commercial system, that which every man who has studied the subject must know to be the true principle of commerce, the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit We may rest assured that it is not in the nature of commerce to enrich one party at the expense of the other. This is a purpose at which, if it were practicable, we ought not to aim ; and which, if we aimed at, we could not accomplish.
Seite 236 - Britain ; and shall be issued at the receipt of the Exchequer to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, to be by them placed to the account of the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt...
Seite 41 - COMMITTEE appointed to enquire into the cause of the High Price of Gold Bullion, and to take into consideration the state of the Circulating Medium, and of the Exchanges between Great Britain and Foreign Parts...
Seite 141 - In the first grief on his friend's loss, he uttered expressions which were certainly received as a pledge that he would never enter office in conjunction with those who had left Mr Canning in the lurch. His words, as avowed by himself, were, ' that his wounds were too green and too fresh to admit of his serving in the same cabinet with those who had deserted the service of the country,, at the time his friend's administration was formed.
Seite 303 - That this House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take into consideration the Distressed St,,te of the Agriculture of the United Kingdom.
Seite 177 - THAT the Promissory Notes of the Bank of England are stipulations to pay,' on demand, the Sum in Pounds Sterling, respectively specified in each of the said Notes.
Seite 55 - Whoever buys, gives, whoever sells, receives such a quantity of pure gold or silver as is equivalent to the article bought or sold; or if he gives or receives paper instead of money, he gives or receives that which is valuable only as it stipulates the payment of a given quantity of gold or silver. 22 Financial Pamphlets. 580. "Most unquestionably,