Cobbett's Political Register, 8. köideWilliam Cobbett William Cobbett, 1805 |
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... Ships trading with the Enemy Proclamation issued at Gibraltar , May 22 King's Visits . Letter from Lord Hawkesbury to the Mayor of Bristol Pensions granted by the Crown , between May 1 , 1804 , and April 1 , 1805 Articles of Impeachment ...
... Ships trading with the Enemy Proclamation issued at Gibraltar , May 22 King's Visits . Letter from Lord Hawkesbury to the Mayor of Bristol Pensions granted by the Crown , between May 1 , 1804 , and April 1 , 1805 Articles of Impeachment ...
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... ship Goolan , Captain Ayscough , of Cape " Sarana and St. Domingo , to whom Cap- " tain Marshali communicated the ... ships of the Of Lord Nelson , who has about 10 sail of the line under him , it is said , that he was at Madeira , on ...
... ship Goolan , Captain Ayscough , of Cape " Sarana and St. Domingo , to whom Cap- " tain Marshali communicated the ... ships of the Of Lord Nelson , who has about 10 sail of the line under him , it is said , that he was at Madeira , on ...
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... ship from taking on board , or causing to be taken on board , any goods or merchandizes whatsoever , except in cases ... ships was , by the order of Admiral Duckworth , loaded with a great quantity of goods and merchandizes , in direct ...
... ship from taking on board , or causing to be taken on board , any goods or merchandizes whatsoever , except in cases ... ships was , by the order of Admiral Duckworth , loaded with a great quantity of goods and merchandizes , in direct ...
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... ships of war from being carriers of wine , or other goods , or engaging them- selves , or his Majesty's ships under their command , in any meicantile employments . 2. To preserve to the owners and captains of merchants ' ships those ...
... ships of war from being carriers of wine , or other goods , or engaging them- selves , or his Majesty's ships under their command , in any meicantile employments . 2. To preserve to the owners and captains of merchants ' ships those ...
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... ship's right to apply to the Lord Chief Jus- tice what Othello applied to an old man with a sword in his hand nobody can be much disposed to question , though it would , I think , be very difficult to show , that there was much either ...
... ship's right to apply to the Lord Chief Jus- tice what Othello applied to an old man with a sword in his hand nobody can be much disposed to question , though it would , I think , be very difficult to show , that there was much either ...
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Page 643 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 733 - Chief, the loss of a Hero, whose name will be immortal, and his memory ever dear to his country, but my heart is rent with the most poignant grief for the death of a friend, to whom, by many years intimacy, and a perfect knowledge of the virtues of his mind, which inspired ideas superior to the common race of men, I was bound by the strongest ties of affection; a grief to which even the glorious occasion in which he fell, does not bring the consolation which, perhaps, it ought...
Page 733 - I fear the numbers that have fallen will be found very great, when the returns come to me; but it having blown a gale of wind ever since the action, I have not yet had it in my power to collect any reports from the ships. The Royal Sovereign, having lost her masts, except the tottering foremast, I called the Euryalus to me, while the...
Page 731 - I cannot resist the pleasure I have in making it known to their lordships. The Temeraire was boarded by accident, or design, by a French ship on one side and a Spaniard on the other ; the contest was vigorous ; but in the end the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted in their places.
Page 733 - Commander-in-chief, who fell in the action of the 21st, in the arms of Victory, covered with glory, — whose memory will be ever dear to the British Navy and the British Nation, whose zeal for the honour of his King and for the interest of his Country, will be ever held up as a shining example for a British seaman...
Page 731 - His plan of defence was as well conceived and as original as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson, certain of a triumphant issue to the day, asked Blackwood what he should consider as a victory.
Page 731 - M northward, and formed their line of battle with great closeness and correctness ; but as the mode of attack was unusual, so the structure of their line was new, — it formed a crescent convexing to leeward, so that in leading down to their centre, I had both their van and rear abaft the beam.
Page 729 - Lord Viscount Nelson, who, in the late conflict with the enemy, fell in the hour of victory, leaves to me the duty of informing my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that on the 19th instant, it was communicated to the...
Page 637 - Parliament, do pray that it may be declared and enacted that all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration are the true, ancient and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this Kingdom...