Records of the Cape Colony, from February 1793 to April 1831Government of the Cape Colony, 1903 |
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acquaint Acting Governor Algoa Bay answer appear appointed BATHURST to LORD beg leave burgher senators Caffres Cape Town charges CHARLES HENRY SOMERSET circumstances Colonel Bird Colonial Government COLONIAL OFFICE Colonial Secretary commissaries COMMISSIONERS OF ENQUIRY consequence consideration Court of Justice D'Escury Deponent despatch directed District ditto Drostdy duty Earl Bathurst enclosed Enclosure England ESQRE Excellency the Governor Excellency's expense favor feel Graham's Town grant Heads of Parties honor Hope hottentots informed Ingram inhabitants Instructions June labour land Landdrost of Albany Letter from EARL Letter from LORD Location Lord Bathurst LORD CHARLES SOMERSET Lordship Majesty's Government Memorialist ment necessary Oath Office Copy opinion Original Parker persons present received reference request respect Revd Rixdollars ROBERT WILMOT RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN Settlers Signed Simon's Town Sir Rufane Donkin Slave SOMERSET to EARL submit Table Bay THOMAS WILLSON transmit Tulbagh Willson WILMOT HORTON Zuurveld
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Page 304 - That I will bear faith and true allegiance to His Majesty King George and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his person crown or dignity. And I will do my utmost...
Page 321 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 304 - I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, all treasons, and traitorous conspiracies and attempts, which I shall know to be against him, or any of them; and all this I do swear without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation, and renouncing all pardons and dispensations from any power or person whomsoever to the contrary. So help me God.
Page 304 - George and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his person, crown or dignity; and I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty and his successors all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which I shall know to be against him or any of them.
Page 279 - They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Page 304 - Act of Parliament passed in the fourteenth year of Our Reign, intituled, "An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America.
Page 470 - Advertiser would ever most rigidly exclude all personal controversy, however disguised, or the remotest discussion of subjects relating to the policy or administration of the colonial government.
Page 502 - Then addressing the warriors, "There are many of you who do not deserve to eat out of a bowl, but only out of a broken pot ; think on what has been said, and obey without murmuring.
Page 104 - SIR : I am directed by his excellency the governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the...
Page 273 - I have already observed, however, and I here repeat it again, that the general principles on these subjects ought not to be pushed too far, though they should always be kept in view ; and that many cases may occur in which the good resulting from the relief of the present distress may more than overbalance the evil to be apprehended from the remote consequence.