History of the Westminster Election ...1784 - 574 pages |
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... carry the bill up to the Lords . The following is an exact Copy of that celebrated Bill . A BILL for vefting the Affairs of the EAST INDIA COMPANY , in the Hands of certain COMMISSIONERS , for the Benefit of the PROPRIETORS , and the ...
... carry the bill up to the Lords . The following is an exact Copy of that celebrated Bill . A BILL for vefting the Affairs of the EAST INDIA COMPANY , in the Hands of certain COMMISSIONERS , for the Benefit of the PROPRIETORS , and the ...
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... carried without a division . Mr. Erfkine then moved the following Refolution : Ref ved , " That it is neceffary to the most effential interefts of the kingdom , “ and peculiarly incumbent to this House , to pursue with unremitting ...
... carried without a division . Mr. Erfkine then moved the following Refolution : Ref ved , " That it is neceffary to the most effential interefts of the kingdom , “ and peculiarly incumbent to this House , to pursue with unremitting ...
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... carried with them fuch an avowed and open attack on the noble Lord , that it was become indifpenfibly requifite to take up the subject by the nobleman to whom they were applied . Lord Temple therefore waited on his Sovereign , and ...
... carried with them fuch an avowed and open attack on the noble Lord , that it was become indifpenfibly requifite to take up the subject by the nobleman to whom they were applied . Lord Temple therefore waited on his Sovereign , and ...
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... carried without a divifion . Mr. Fox then , after a fhort preface , moved , " That it is the opi- " nion of the Committee , that there fhould be laid before them an " account of all fums of money expended for the use of the public ...
... carried without a divifion . Mr. Fox then , after a fhort preface , moved , " That it is the opi- " nion of the Committee , that there fhould be laid before them an " account of all fums of money expended for the use of the public ...
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... carried . The Earl of Surrey then ftated to the House , that from what had happened in the other Houfe of Parliament , and what had been urged by an honourable General that day , of a Lord of the Bedchamber en- deavouring to bias his ...
... carried . The Earl of Surrey then ftated to the House , that from what had happened in the other Houfe of Parliament , and what had been urged by an honourable General that day , of a Lord of the Bedchamber en- deavouring to bias his ...
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