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S3V0029P0_2846

Now, when the Bill of 1807 was introduced, Counsel, clients, mortgagees, owners of estates, ship-owners, all parties engaged in the traffic, even the Corporation of Liverpool—for those venerable bodies took part in the opposition—and Jamaica planters all flocked to the Bar of their Lordships' House, to pray their Lordships not to annihilate their commerce by cutting off the source of their trade.

1830

S3V0026P0_10126

Did not his politics and his agitation, by which he meant his active politics, here stand him in need?

1830

S3V0147P0_7165

said, that it would be difficult to satisfy such a general enemy of Boards as the hon.

1850

S3V0234P0_28074

asked the Secretary of State for War, If he would explain to the House why the Adjutants of Engineer Volunteer Corps are not placed in the same position as regards pay as the Adjutants of Rifle Corps, and why the allowance for forage is altered under the Army and Reserve Forces Circular of 1877; and, why they are debarred from the privilege of recruiting?

1870

S3V0150P0_1585

Eternal enmity against every petty agent concerned against us or our allies will never answer. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

1850

S3V0169P0_8862

Connected with the same matter there was another statement which, coming from the quarter it did, he might perhaps pass unnoticed.

1860

S3V0243P0_23351

Those privileges had been asserted quite as much by the forbearance of hon.

1870

S2V0002P0_22492

He would not, to show the danger of confiding too much in them, appeal to the experience of history; but he would call on the House to look to modern times, and they would see the destinies of one of the chief nations of Europe changed three times, either by the defection or active interference of the military.

1820

S3V0311P0_4661

Members themselves—to appeal to them to consider who they are,

1880

S3V0245P0_16135

I need not add that he kept up an Army solely to maintain the despotism at which he aimed.

1870

S3V0023P0_9649

The present Ministers were, in his opinion, acting on Tory principles, and he repeated, that the people now began to think, that greater concessions would be made to them by a government apparently more violently Tory than the present.

1830

S3V0211P0_25418

said, that on the passing of the English Act infinite trouble was taken to secure the attendance of children during the whole time a school was open, and if they did not attend the religious instruction other instruction was provided.

1870

S3V0334P0_6791

How did Daly obtain Pigott's address?

1880

S3V0127P0_13972

he should be ashamed to bow to those institutions merely for fear some other institution in that more powerful country might possibly be endangered if justice was done to the weaker country.

1850

S4V0043P0_17527

The more a line was used, the more traffic it got, the more permanent it became in its character, for it received more attention.

1890

1896-07-30

S4V0031P0_21843

Friend had alluded to the five years' system.

1890

1895-03-19

S3V0305P0_18038

In the end all the audience were standing on the forms, which led to the remark by someone present—""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""My friends, I think we had better all sit down, and then we shall just be where we began.

1880

S3V0163P0_3559

But their Lordships would learn with no slight degree of surprise and regret (he might, perhaps, have used a stronger word), that when the time of examination appointed came, the answer obtained was not an admission to that competitive examination, but a statement that, in consequence of the varied climates which medical officers of Her Majesty's army had to encounter in the European and Colonial possessions of the British Crown, it was not thought advisable to subject Natives of India to the chances of service, out of their own country, and that in consequence it had been decided that such Native gentlemen should not be permitted to compete for appointments in the general military service.

1860

S3V0216P0_12250

As regarded woods, he knew that in many parts of his county trees were constantly planted for no other purpose than to shelter the land, and were utterly valueless as far as producing an annual return, but inasmuch as through the shelter they afforded the land, the adjoining fields were more productive and consequently were rated higher than they would be without this shelter, it would be unfair to rate such timber separately, as it already indirectly paid rates, and he thought they were entitled to know upon what principle it was proposed to rate that kind of property.

1870

S3V0220P0_6825

Friend must feel that it is rather premature to press me for any more distinct answer to the question than that.

1870

S3V0336P0_23330

It is several thousands of pounds.

1880

S3V0006P0_19076

He did not care whether the Bill passed or not.

1830

S3V0215P0_4510

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1870

S3V0179P0_3143

With regard to making long speeches, he was afraid that was a complaint that was often made of persons who made them other than in revising barristers' courts, and he thought that could hardly be made a ground for committal.

1860

S3V0277P0_24517

He thought the right hon. and learned Gentleman had already made a mistake in the first concession he had made to the hon.

1880

S3V0336P0_3306

As the Chancellor of the Exchequer said in November, unless we have a large proportion of Scotch Members on the Committee for the purpose, this matter, in which the Scotch people take the keenest interest, will not receive adequate investigation.

1880

S3V0272P0_7533

Members opposite; but it went a great deal too far for all of those who had a strong desire to see the Act successfully worked.

1880

S3V0038P0_22148

It was also worthy of remark, that another anomaly had taken place, and that Mr. Urquhart, who was on his way home, and who was not in the diplomatic service, had been taken out of the situation to which he was originally appointed in that country, and placed at the head of a department of considerable importance at Constantinople.

1830

S3V0169P0_20263

Remembering, as I do, bow earnestly and cordially the noble Viscount at the head of the Government, has in days past advocated the Greek cause, I cannot but feel assured, that had he now held the seals of the Foreign Office, the present difficulties would not have occurred, and I am even led to doubt whether the noble Viscount really knows the whole truth in regard to the conduct of that Department.

1860

S3V0201P0_13637

He need not say that the moral effects of these improvements would also be very great.

1870

S3V0335P0_20768

They toss about in their beds, and they are sleepless for nearly a week.

1880

S4V0070P0_8512

I do not propose to lay the correspondence before the House, but the honourable Member can see it at the Colonial Office if he desires to do so.

1890

1899-04-27

S3V0185P0_3266

Fugitives heard of in many districts.

1860

S3V0327P0_23654

Member for North Aberdeen, and if it were carried, he should feel it his duty to resist by every possible means the passing of the Bill.

1880

S3V0206P0_20304

Have we a right to say that we have abundance, and are likely to enjoy abundance for the rest of our lives, and therefore we decline to put ourselves to inconvenience for the sake of those who are to come after us, no matter whether it is our duty to do so or not?

1870

S3V0083P0_16736

Gentleman's speech on the silk trade, in which the principle of free trade was enunciated, as well as another speech in which a contrary principle was maintained on the subject of corn.

1840

S3V0167P0_17934

He could not but think, that if the noble Lord the First Minister were now living in privacy, they would be inclined in the embarrassment brought upon them to do all which they could to withdraw him from his retirement, and to seek him of all men as the fittest to decide for them this difficult question.

1860

S3V0110P0_12339

, still speaking on the question of order, wished to ask whether, having given notice of a Motion on the question of the Speaker leaving the chair, and having distinctly stated that although the hon.

1850

S3V0259P0_18342

Now, he, for one, entirely disagreed with that proposal, and would point out that the Volunteer Force was formed for the defence of this country, and for that alone.

1880

S3V0322P0_10518

Gentlemen thought he had gone too far in saying that that melancholy incident was against those deep-lying principles, he had on his side the high authority of Mr. Burke, who in 1793 said— ''If the hearts of the people are not with the hands of the soldiery, you may call your Constitution what you please; hut, in reality, it merely consists of three parts—Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery, and nothing else.

1880

S3V0181P0_13448

No copy of those proceedings has reached me, and of course it is not in my power to express any opinion with respect to them.

1860

S3V0261P0_14930

There was, in his opinion, nothing more dangerous than that a Government should extort from Parliament the unconstitutional powers they now possessed—for many Conservative Members were unwilling to intrust them with the exercise of those powers—and show that they were afraid to put them in operation.

1880

S3V0025P0_8621

The latter was the just and natural result of the neglect which had been shown of the interests of Ireland.

1830

S3V0244P0_1371

The practice of ordinary burial has become interwoven with the legislative arrangements of the country, and is closely connected with various safeguards respecting death, with the statistics of death, and with the evidence of death. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

1870

S3V0044P0_14699

Baronet abandoned that part of his proposition; thus leaving, as it were, to the Governor-general the sole power of proposing, or rather of originating, such laws as might be deemed necessary for the government of the province.

1830

S3V0239P0_19414

He had made inquiries that day of a large firm of tobacco brokers in the City, and he ascertained from their circulars that in 1863 the price of tobacco stalks varied from 2 10 to 3 2 ; whereas in April, 1868, the price of the same qualities was put down at 2 to 3

1870

S2V0024P0_2852

After this explanation, he thought it could not be maintained that the Act of Parliament was not sufficiently distinct and definite on the subject.

1830

S3V0309P0_7080

But after all, Mr. Courtney, it is not the law we complain of so much—

1880

S3V0224P0_10489

The course which the Government were taking in trying to force the hon.

1870

S3V0185P0_2179

still it allowed the landlord to prevent any claim by restraining the tenant from making any particular improvement.

1860

S3V0199P0_3149

They have suddenly assumed that a great change was about to occur in their condition—a change which, if it should be accomplished, would weaken and perhaps destroy the amount of civilization which they already possess, and which, if carried to its last consequences, would resolve society into its original elements.

1870

S4V0033P0_9597

There were a large number of gentlemen who, though very strongly in favour of abolishing what they called the privileges of the Church, were not in favour of taking away her property; and it was passible that other gentlemen might take a precisely converse view.

1890

1895-05-06

S3V0200P0_22770

In this way, at the end of 30 years, £300, 000, 000 of debt would be paid off, which, added to the Terminable Annuities expiring in that time, one-half the existing National Debt would be cleared off.

1870

S3V0166P0_6804

She would, no doubt, be a very valuable and very efficient vessel for our Channel defences.

1860

S3V0266P0_15268

Then, after the Crimean War, came the Indian Mutiny; then successive European wars, as well as the great American War, terminating, in 1870, with the Franco-German War.

1880

S3V0087P0_5243

The rule was, undoubtedly, that no person in that Parliament who was not present could protest.

1840

S3V0083P0_20852

Baronet the Member for Southwark was still more calculated to excite uneasiness.

1840

S4V0036P0_6647

He was sorry there were no more of such harbours and breakwaters on our coast, and therefore he appealed to the hon.

1890

1895-08-20

S3V0281P0_16516

Member the information.

1880

S3V0002P0_4713

It is this: —That the pensions should be taken by seniority according to the date of the grant, and that those which amount to 75, 000 , standing at the head of the whole number, shall be placed on the Civil List; so that the public shall gain the advantage as the others fall in.

1830

S3V0280P0_6501

I shall be perfectly prepared to place all the materials which are in the possession of myself and others in the hands of the Prime Minister, in order that he may judge of their nature, if he will only tell me the character of the tribunal which he purposes shall make the Inquiry?

1880

S2V0010P0_5934

and gallant officer, formerly a member of that House, a man as highly respected as he was universally known—he meant sir Herbert Taylor.

1820

S3V0124P0_8859

In truth, these men were not the persons whom the hon.

1850

S3V0229P0_21942

Gentleman stated that the position of affairs was critical, and I am sure that I have no desire to press the Government for any explanations which might cause them any embarrassment in the present condition of affairs; but, at the same time, it seems to me that Her Majesty's Government might be willing, and possibly anxious, to afford to the House some opportunity of becoming aware of the course which they have hitherto pursued, and of giving them some explanation as to their policy and as to the state of our relations upon this subject with the other Powers of Europe.

1870

S3V0288P0_25490

There are certain charges on account of special expenditure in the Soudan which have come in course of payment during the current year, as well as the proposed expenditure for gratuity and medals.

1880

S3V0245P0_5261

It was not his intention that in regard to current leases any fresh or new remedies should be given to landlords.

1870

S3V0293P0_1522

M. Emile Laveleye had given names of districts, names of victims, and names of murderers, and had stated that in some cases the victims had had their noses and ears cut off, the skin of their arms torn away, their eyes pecked out, and had then been cut to pieces.

1880

S3V0280P0_28210

I do not believe that the desire for change has arisen from any dissatisfaction or discontent with the manner in which Scotch Business has been traditionally transacted by the persons who have held the high Office of Lord Advocate.

1880

S3V0259P0_20251

He thought that no argument in favour of that improvement could be proposed of a stronger nature than that used by the Secretary to the Admiralty himself tonight, when he showed the large proportion of skilled artizans on board our great fighting vessels in comparison with the number of bluejackets—by which, he presumed, were meant the ordinary sailors.

1880

S3V0345P0_25886

Member who has knowledge of the labouring classes in London whether there is not grievous complaint of the interference in the daily life of the poorer population which is gradually being arrogated to itself by the Police Force.

1890

1890-06-20

S3V0305P0_21157

Successive Ministers tried their hands.

1880

S3V0059P0_2432

I feel that I have no right to shrink from the task thus imposed upon me.

1840

S3V0279P0_1822

According to this ratio, one month in a decade, the true standard will be reached in 80 years, or towards the middle of the 20th century.

1880

S3V0282P0_18764

moved, as an Amendment, to leave out, after 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1880

S2V0024P0_4053

When that was refused, were they not bound to try other means of returning to their own country; and when they ascertained that a large island still obeyed their own sovereign, that was their country, and to that they were bound to steer.

1830

S3V0079P0_3154

But he was about to state what induced the Government in 1794–5 to listen to the memorial of the Roman Catholic Prelates, and to establish the institution which they were now considering.

1840

S3V0283P0_16776

The right hon.

1880

S3V0162P0_22335

—[3 lxxvii.

1860

S3V0232P0_1843

But I think, my Lords, that if the policy of the Government is impugned—and directly impugned—

1870

S3V0160P0_2311

There is no intention whatever on the part of the home authorities to interfere directly or indirectly with the power to be exercised by the Governor General over the army in India, and I believe Her Majesty's Government are fully impressed with the belief that to attempt any such interference would be one of the most dangerous steps that could be adopted.

1860

S3V0250P0_17311

There was a very important Bill relating to the distress in Ireland among the Orders of the Day, and he hoped they would be allowed to proceed with that Bill.

1880

S4V0004P0_16451

I would suggest that we should imitate our French neighbours and impose a Stamp Duty on bill posters.

1890

1892-05-16

S4V0050P0_20449

[ Opposition cheers. ]

1890

1897-06-08

S3V0070P0_15345

I have no doubt the judges may have given a strictly legal interpretation of that franchise; but I contend, if it is the case that some of those who were parties to the Reform Bill did not understand the words introduced in the bill to have the legal meaning which they were afterwards ascertained to have, and if it is found by practice that the franchise is restricted to such an extent that the county voters in Ireland will be reduced in a few years to a very small body, I say that is a reason for reconsidering the whole question of the franchise, and making it in reality equal.

1840

S3V0199P0_10305

These contracts were, in some aspects, of a one-sided character, as had been described by the Vice President of the Board of Trade, and it was right that the public should have protection in reference to them.

1870

S3V0270P0_15826

they proved everything, and were incontestable.

1880

S3V0211P0_678

thought the objection made by his noble and learned Friend on the Woolsack a reasonable one, and suggested that the nomination of the Committee should be postponed till to-morrow.

1870

S3V0060P0_13860

Looking at the number of railway speculations, at the speculations in joint-stock banks, at the application of capital to every variety of speculative enterprise can we be sure that this 40, 000, 000 . , asserted to have been sunk, is the ultimate extent of the national loss?

1840

S3V0011P0_10510

It had been advanced in that House, because certain persons had already disobeyed the law, that, therefore, they should be released from further obedience to it.

1830

S4V0042P0_9239

in the pound.

1890

1896-07-01

S3V0076P0_1086

In 1801 there were 4, 047, 000 lbs.

1840

S3V0267P0_26732

There is the objection that, resulting as it does in the protection of home industries, it destroys all stimulus and competition.

1880

S3V0243P0_21807

The right hon.

1870

S3V0296P0_3518

Gentleman had been in such a hurry to get to bed—

1880

S4V0046P0_18596

Members opposite oppose this Instruction?

1890

1897-02-25

S3V0237P0_16814

He did not know if any hon.

1870

S3V0253P0_15399

said, the money would be paid into the Exchequer.

1880

S3V0335P0_13063

Gentleman, by his smiles and yawns, encourages the police thus to act, and whereas only one house was fired last night, we shall, as a consequence, have 30 or 90 fired to-night.

1880

S3V0041P0_7132

Member brought forward such a motion with respect to some other branch, it would cause the greatest confusion. '

1830

S3V0280P0_26258

said, that the Prime Minister, in the few observations he had delivered, had given them a good reason why Progress should now be reported, and he did not think that anything which had been said had removed that reason.

1880