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S3V0339P0_21739
But I have a third proposition to make, and it is with reference to the action of these gentlemen in connection with the files of newspapers.
1880
null
1,791,334
S3V0204P0_14996
If Her Majesty's Government, with their full knowledge of the facts, had put it to the House that the safety of Ireland required the immediate adoption of remedial measures, no hon.
1870
null
143,250
S3V0174P0_15843
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I have to report that at ten o'clock a. m. on the 1st inst. , two men, names unknown, went into a field in the above townland, where Michael Coughlan, his two brothers, and seven men (in the employment of Coughlan) were ploughing, and told Coughlan 'that he had no right to come there without first settling with John Doorley (the former tenant, who had been evicted from that farm in December last), and that if he did not settle with Doorley, that he, Doorley, would, if it was to go for three or five years, get a man to go into the field and shoot him. '
1860
null
434,076
S3V0324P0_7174
Gentleman had produced, or could produce.
1880
null
1,411,967
S3V0096P0_7748
Gentleman who was now Secretary of State for the Home Department, on that occasion urged the necessity of providing some remedy for the evil, and supported the Motion.
1840
null
798,344
S3V0088P0_4844
In the cultivation of indigo, cotton, lac, and the other products of the soil, the native can only be a labourer.
1840
null
656,808
S3V0339P0_5785
Her Majesty and the Prince of Wales will, no doubt, have the main voice in the disposal of this money, but we are also putting it in the hands of official trustees, and we do not know what views they may take of the manner in which the money is to be allocated in the future.
1880
null
1,775,380
S3V0305P0_25239
Certainty not.
1880
null
943,532
S4V0020P0_9589
Rules which might do very well in London might be simply ridiculous as applied to rural constituencies.
1890
1893-12-28
513,505
S3V0253P0_217
What could he more disastrous to the Church than that, for the first time in our history, there should be drawn a line of demarcation across our old churchyards, and that if a stranger should ask its meaning he should be told that on one side reposed the bodies of English Churchmen and on the other the bodies of English Christians?
1880
null
68,516
S2V0022P0_10474
In other Canal Bills, however, he had certainly had an interest.
1830
null
10,474
S3V0234P0_28445
At one time, however, some boys had been admitted by passing the weak-test examination only, but they were then much wanted in the Service.
1870
null
838,953
S3V0239P0_14475
What strikes me most in connection with the present crisis is the pitiful impotence of European statesmanship.
1870
null
936,242
S3V0138P0_27180
I think it a great thing for the noble Lord opposite to be able to say that there are two Members of his Cabinet whom the House of Commons has not condemned.
1850
null
558,376
S3V0250P0_8503
My first word is an expression of the deepest sympathy on behalf of the Irish people suffering from this distress.
1880
null
8,503
S3V0056P0_2275
The hon.
1840
null
73,143
S3V0343P0_18631
It is perfectly impossible to make any two of them agree.
1890
1890-04-22
79,025
S3V0356P0_2039
This power has been given to a Judge, and, perhaps, also—though this is not free from doubt—to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
1890
1891-07-30
246,224
S3V0126P0_15461
Their condition, he was bound to admit, and happy to admit, was at present somewhat improved as compared with what it had been.
1850
null
292,901
S3V0035P0_16322
It had often been made a complaint against the Dutch, that they paid too narrow an attention to their own interests, in their intercourse with other nations.
1830
null
705,940
S3V0039P0_12910
Possessed, and on the defensive as he is, he will not be obliged to prove his special merit in order to justify the act of legal discretion.
1830
null
783,612
S3V0172P0_12258
He was bound to say that the inconvenience to which he referred had to a great extent been avoided by the moderation and good sense of the old Directors who had seats in Parliament; but the difficulty must have been felt more or less; and when the remodelling of the system was proposed, the House determined by a large majority, upon a review of the whole question, that the members of Council should not have seats in the House.
1860
null
409,800
S3V0337P0_10987
The salary will be as laid down in the Bill as now drawn, and, under the powers of the Bill as asked for by the Government, I do not wish to add another such office of profit, because I believe the money may be easily saved by amalgamating the Office of Board of Works, or that of the Lord President of the Council, with that of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
1880
null
1,751,975
S3V0290P0_25190
That was all very well, and so it might be if it were some charge made in an English Office of some stuff being a yard too short; but here they were dealing with the head of the crimes discovery department in Ireland, and they were dealing with an Irish Member of Parliament and the editor of one of the most powerful and popular journals in the country.
1880
null
690,473
S3V0341P0_21601
The question is a very grave one, and one that involves the country in a very large expenditure.
1890
1890-02-27
21,601
S3V0101P0_1596
It so happened that he never was a member of the Anti-Slavery Society; he never even subscribed to it, he never attended their councils.
1840
null
874,626
S3V0261P0_10602
The right hon.
1880
null
154,348
S3V0310P0_3253
These are the monuments of the reign of Queen Victoria.
1880
null
1,036,966
S3V0009P0_11851
thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold; E'en them, who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our fathers worship'd stocks and stones, Forget not.
1830
null
219,602
S3V0228P0_16539
Well, the Navy will cost £11, 289, 000, the Civil Service £13, 309, 000, the Customs £2, 730, 000, and the Post Office Service £3, 120, 000.
1870
null
674,437
S3V0126P0_5847
Well now, Sir, I am not anxious to trouble the House with details of this kind, but I think that this is an occasion on which they ought to be noticed.
1850
null
283,287
S3V0224P0_24093
He hoped, however, it would not be repeated.
1870
null
592,169
S3V0194P0_15244
that if the Government thought it right to reduce the army to the extent of 11, 000 men they have done it in the best manner.
1860
null
923,926
S3V0144P0_28212
I gave my vote on that single issue.
1850
null
720,666
S3V0283P0_22359
He desired to confine his remarks to the question of Public Works—a question second to none in its importance.
1880
null
579,626
S3V0139P0_21324
I will state hereafter why I hold this opinion; and I now want to know, in the first place, whether this Convention has been submitted to the law officers of the Crown, whether they approve of its language and are ready to give their opinions as to its legal meaning and operation?
1850
null
581,133
S3V0032P0_9393
His right hon.
1830
null
643,969
S3V0181P0_25127
With reference to the second part of the Question, the noble Lord was aware that the correspondence had only recently taken place, and, as it was now under the consideration of a Select Committee, he must decline to produce it pending the inquiry.
1860
null
620,681
S3V0280P0_13907
The attitude assumed by the Premier in this matter was one that tended to lower the morality of the House, and to put Irish Members on their mettle.
1880
null
483,127
S3V0342P0_3234
It tells us first to thank the Judges for their impartiality and justice.
1890
1890-03-21
32,914
S3V0244P0_5090
Member who started the question was not a county Member, but a borough.
1870
null
1,037,547
S3V0201P0_13756
Unfortunately, that Bill was brought forward—like all measures relating to Indian affairs—towards the very close of the Session, when the House was remarkable only for empty Benches; and he accordingly determined not to bring forward his Motion under such circumstances, but to postpone it to the present Session.
1870
null
69,667
S3V0191P0_9867
It is very difficult to know which of the two guides we ought to follow in the conduct of the debate; but my feeling on the whole is, that as we may have future opportunities of dealing with the Motion and sentiments of the right hon.
1860
null
830,961
S3V0228P0_7569
said, that the Amendment was not an enacting clause, but merely gave power to Her Majesty to include her colonial dominions and to recognize her colonies as part of her Empire.
1870
null
665,467
S3V0163P0_315
Another cause of much of the mischief which had occurred was to be found in a merely nominal and fictitious extension of English laws to the natives.
1860
null
181,439
S3V0284P0_21425
The men who issued these placards had admitted the illegality of the placards.
1880
null
602,676
S3V0085P0_3563
It was beginning at the wrong end; it would be far better to revise the system of licenses.
1840
null
594,086
S3V0002P0_2670
agreed, that the more proper course was, to abstain from any discussion of the subject at present, nor was it his intention to enter upon it.
1830
null
79,158
S3V0094P0_7441
He was sure that his noble Friend, Lord Stanley, who proposed the measure for that purpose, would not say that he saw any disinclination on his part to diminish a superabundent episcopacy in Ireland.
1840
null
767,843
S3V0290P0_10268
On the other hand, my hon.
1880
null
675,551
S4V0051P0_22703
Question put and agreed to.
1890
1897-07-29
1,128,268
S4V0038P0_4821
But there was always a fear that a reaction would follow large expenditure.
1890
1896-03-05
819,865
S3V0076P0_1505
This rule is unjust to the defendant, for he is punished when he may be innocent, and it is unjust to the public, as it must have a tendency to fetter free discussion, and prevent the disclosure of facts in which the public are interested.
1840
null
401,066
S3V0339P0_20442
I am afraid that the introduction of a new word which actually means the same thing will only lead to confusion.
1880
null
1,790,037
S3V0335P0_29738
HALLEY STEWART (Lincolnshire, Spalding) :
1880
null
1,710,315
S3V0103P0_8530
The House had been told that it was not likely that other countries would year after year keep their ports hermetically sealed.
1840
null
911,890
S3V0324P0_20056
Friend is always in the belief that the majority of the people are inclined to go wrong—that the majority of the people do not know what is best for them—and, in these circumstances, he wants to secure some plan by which superior persons of prominence and ability—who are not popular enough to get elected
1880
null
1,424,849
S3V0085P0_7933
Now, it is to be recollected, that although these Commissioners were very good judges with regard to the state of Ireland as it then was, and with regard to what they knew of its wants, they were not equally good judges with respect to a system of outdoor relief: a system of outdoor relief having never been established in Ireland, I think it was not likely that they, having no experience on that subject, should be able to tell all the evils of that system.
1840
null
598,456
S3V0183P0_19556
Member said that the difference between £50 and £10 was too great, that he was not pledged to £10, and that if the general feeling was in favour of a £20 franchise, he would bring in a Bill proposing that amount; and a voice in a crowd said, """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""And quite low enough.
1860
null
673,160
S3V0204P0_23898
For a long time the mummery of fines and recoveries existed, by which, when a man desired to settle his estate, he had first, by a legal fiction, to see it forfeited to the Crown, and by a second legal fiction to see it re-granted, both processes involving considerable expense.
1870
null
152,152
S3V0147P0_17695
c. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
1850
null
793,753
S3V0340P0_8291
I think it due to the Committee that I should at once utter a few words in regard to this Amendment.
1880
null
1,807,069
S3V0136P0_3937
As regards the Crimean medal, it is intended, as explained the other day, that all those concerned with this campaign, from the first down to the present time, should receive that medal.
1850
null
477,582
S3V0327P0_11874
Member for Flintshire (Mr. S. Smith) had in bringing forward this clause.
1880
null
1,500,050
S3V0320P0_3091
I beg to move the following New Clause:— """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
1880
null
1,310,684
S3V0266P0_36
Throughout these transactions Abdurrahman has shown himself to be anxious to be on friendly relations with the British Government.
1880
null
238,175
S3V0067P0_7896
thought that most of the reductions mentioned by the hon.
1840
null
293,904
S3V0324P0_12452
You must look at the number of years' purchase which land will fetch, and not merely at the annual value.
1880
null
1,417,245
S3V0245P0_7099
The question of appeal was extremely important; but then there was this difficulty—that if they gave the prisoner the right of appeal, they must give it also to the other side—the Crown; and the question altogether was so large and difficult, that he thought it would have been bettor not to have introduced it into the present measure, but to have dealt with it by a separate Bill; the same observation would apply to the provisions for new trials.
1870
null
1,068,814
S4V0001P0_10575
Member for South Tyrone will find that there have been exceedingly few cases in which the labourers have been prosecuted and evicted for non-payment of rent.
1890
1892-02-17
276,108
S3V0224P0_12678
He feared that if the measure were passed, so far from forming a basis for a local budget, the question of the amount to be advanced to the local authorities would be brought more immediately and directly under the control of party and political influences, and henceforth money would be advanced or withheld, not according to the merits of the case, but according as the Representatives of the borough seeking to borrow were supporters or the op-posers of the Government of the day.
1870
null
580,754
S3V0128P0_14579
In reply to Question 2, 528 of the Report, Sir Erskine Perry, when asked his opinion with respect to the amalgamation of the two systems, stated that he was favourable to the amalgamation, if it could be done in a large and comprehensive measure forming a part of an organic change in the system of government, and, above all, passed in this country.
1850
null
330,873
S3V0278P0_5483
It is not the case, Sir, that the veterinary surgeon refused to pass the mules in question.
1880
null
420,425
S3V0016P0_11225
Would they put a stop to noon-day murder and midnight assassination?
1830
null
348,157
S3V0097P0_17525
He wished that those hon.
1840
null
828,105
S3V0341P0_2229
The great majority of the House, I may say the House unanimously, has always been desirous to find a reasonable road, if it could be found, out of the necessity of taking notice of these breaches of privilege.
1890
1890-02-11
2,229
S3V0024P0_9399
They were not responsible for his disagreement with the Government.
1830
null
495,847
S3V0246P0_1402
It seems to me they utterly deceive themselves; and neither reflect with care upon the slender means which exist for the attainment of their purpose, nor the urgent motives which may lead the authorities of Russia to defeat it.
1870
null
1,091,312
S4V0036P0_12744
The Commission laid down a scale, and that was that the salaries should begin at £150 and increase to £300.
1890
1895-08-26
777,961
S3V0038P0_17310
Member for Tamworth, who said, do not get rid of this tax—
1830
null
763,058
S3V0052P0_4778
What were those grounds?
1840
null
23,050
S3V0280P0_9757
He understood the hon. and learned Solicitor General was opposed to the second reading of the Bill.
1880
null
478,977
S3V0246P0_4781
Sir, a partial Return, such as the hon.
1870
null
1,094,691
S2V0008P0_18169
He would net trespass on the time of the House by referring particularly to the papers on the table.
1820
null
156,312
S3V0181P0_24944
said, he rose to move certain Amendments of Standing Orders and certain new Standing Orders of which he had given notice.
1860
null
620,498
S4V0028P0_4104
Friend thinks the information incorrect I will make further inquiry.
1890
1894-08-03
606,549
S3V0312P0_13178
I do not intend to occupy much of the time of the Committee, not more than five minutes; but, as I represent a Dockyard constituency, I should like to be allowed to say just half-a-dozen words.
1880
null
1,105,363
S4V0046P0_6002
Member for Northampton was perfectly justified in his assumption that the proposed addition to the Army was directly connected with the occupation of Egypt.
1890
1897-02-12
1,011,514
S3V0169P0_21133
I will prove it, because one attack which has been made upon the Government is that we did not let the Greeks know that by our diplomatic engagements, and by considerations of our own, Prince Alfred could not accept the crown of Greece, and that we did not thus prevent his election.
1860
null
336,748
S4V0042P0_650
He held that it would be far better not to put into operation the proposed provision for the prohibition of the sale of fish unless they could obtain a general agreement among all the Towers fishing in the North Sea to the establishment of sanctuaries in the sea where these small fish might grow to maturity unharmed.
1890
1896-07-06
920,944
S3V0141P0_22991
Then follow a series of truisms, which were truisms months before, and 1645 might just as well have suggested themselves then to the noble Lord's imagination— """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""It is plain that without assistance the whole Turkish force in Asia must be destroyed or captured.
1850
null
639,947
S3V0160P0_8364
He believed that where prejudices did exist in the minds of such men they were generally in the right direction.
1860
null
100,999
S3V0339P0_24656
Before the sittings of the Commission there was the O'Donnell trial, and I presume these experts were consulted in reference to that trial, for the Attorney General declared that he had the best information that could be got in respect to the letters.
1880
null
1,794,251
S3V0006P0_12835
The freemen of Newcastle had declared, that although they regretted such a clause had been introduced into the Bill, yet if a retention of their privileges was considered a bar to its passing, they were willing to resign all their own views to ensure its success.
1830
null
170,988
S3V0243P0_396
I put it to your Lordships whether that paragraph was not likely to lead to the erroneous impression that Lord North-brook desired to make an engagement somewhat similar to that which the Ameer desired, but before doing so he referred home for permission; that he got instructions, which were opposed to his proposal; that, therefore, he did not give the assurances which he wished to give, and that he postponed the discussion to a more convenient season?
1870
null
1,004,489
S3V0040P0_12085
Member for Cockermouth, for the recovery of tenements, ought also to be referred to the same Committee, as the subject of all the three Bills was intimately connected.
1830
null
803,360
S4V0076P0_740
He has filled a most important position during a time of exceptional difficulty, and has shown on more than one occasion how much can be done by a High Commissioner in South Africa merely through force of character.
1890
1899-08-07
1,399,884
S3V0180P0_13026
and learned Gentleman said that the appointment of Mr. Bethell was announced on the 24th; but two days afterwards the Lord Chancellor announced that he would do nothing for his son.
1860
null
592,414
S3V0185P0_19063
said, that some nights ago, in Committee of the House, a sum of £6, 000 was voted for excess of expenditure, and he wanted to ask the Secretary of the Treasury what this was for?
1860
null
702,296
S3V0091P0_12160
Such an example ought to be a warning to those who were inclined by (so called) liberal opinions to promote the separation of the Church from the State of this country; a measure which, whilst it would impair the efficiency of the Church, would unchristianize the State; and such was the tendency of the Bill before the House.
1840
null
715,255