The history, and proceedings, of the Derbyshire loyal true blue club, by the editor of the 'Derbyshire courier' |
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... Lord . Of these , John Archer was the first president . The animosity that in later years has pursued the True Blue Club , showed itself almost at its commencement : it was not to be expected in those days any more than now , that an ...
... Lord . Of these , John Archer was the first president . The animosity that in later years has pursued the True Blue Club , showed itself almost at its commencement : it was not to be expected in those days any more than now , that an ...
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... Lord Scarsdale , who was elected on the 21st of May ; several other gentlemen , magistrates of the county , and possessing both wealth and influence , were elected about the same time ; of these , we would only mention the names of ...
... Lord Scarsdale , who was elected on the 21st of May ; several other gentlemen , magistrates of the county , and possessing both wealth and influence , were elected about the same time ; of these , we would only mention the names of ...
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... Lord the King , - ( in silence . ) Prince Regent , three times three . Queen and royal family . Navy and army . The immortal memory of the Right Honourable William Pitt , ( in silence . ) Duke of Wellington , and the cause he has so ...
... Lord the King , - ( in silence . ) Prince Regent , three times three . Queen and royal family . Navy and army . The immortal memory of the Right Honourable William Pitt , ( in silence . ) Duke of Wellington , and the cause he has so ...
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... Lord Scarsdale , and Sir H. Wilmot , patrons , -Mr . Eaton , president , — Mr. Stevens , vice - president , -and Mr. George Wallis , secretary . At the same meeting it was resolved , that a cup of the same value as that presented to the ...
... Lord Scarsdale , and Sir H. Wilmot , patrons , -Mr . Eaton , president , — Mr. Stevens , vice - president , -and Mr. George Wallis , secretary . At the same meeting it was resolved , that a cup of the same value as that presented to the ...
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... Lord Nelson . Symptoms of discontent having about this time begun to manifest themselves in some quarters among the lower orders , we find the Club testifying its attachment to order , and showing its zeal in the public service , by the ...
... Lord Nelson . Symptoms of discontent having about this time begun to manifest themselves in some quarters among the lower orders , we find the Club testifying its attachment to order , and showing its zeal in the public service , by the ...
Common terms and phrases
anniversary applause Arkwright Bainbrigge Bart C. S. Hope catholic emancipation chair chairman then gave Charles church consider Curzon Derby DERBYSHIRE COURIER Derbyshire Loyal True drank with three Duke of Wellington duty E. M. Mundy Eaton elected exertions expressed feel firm flattering Frederick Curzon gentlemen glorious constitution Godfrey Meynell Harrison Heathcote Henry Fitz Herbert honour immortal memory John John Wallis King line of policy Lord Loud cheering loyal subjects Loyal True Blue loyalty Majesty's government Majesty's ministers meeting nation occasion opinion parliament patriotic patrons person petition petitioners Pitt Club pleasure political present principles of Pitt propose the health prosperity protestant ascendancy religion respect returned thanks Richard Arkwright Roman catholics rose Sir George Crewe Sir Henry Fitz Sir Robert Wilmot Sleath Sovereign Spencer Perceval spirit Thomas three times three throne toast True Blue Club unanimous United Kingdom vice-president virtues voted Wallis Whiston William
Popular passages
Page 101 - House that we did feel it an incumbent duty upon us to propose a measure on the part of Government which, under the circumstances of the union so happily effected between the two countries, we thought of great public importance and necessary to complete the benefits likely to result from that measure : we felt this opinion so strongly that, when we met with circumstances which rendered it impossible for us to propose it as a measure of Government, we equally felt it inconsistent with our duty and...
Page 50 - To the King's Most Excellent Majesty Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the...
Page 36 - Another event, indeed, has intervened, in itself of a most painful nature, but powerful in aiding and confirming the impressions which the assembling and the proceedings of Parliament were calculated to produce. I mean the loss which the nation has sustained by the death of a Sovereign, with whose person all that is venerable in monarchy has been identified in the eyes of successive generations of his subjects ; a Sovereign whose goodness, whose years, whose sorrows and sufferings, must have softened...
Page 36 - Europe with astonishment beheld him filling the first place in the councils of his country, and managing the vast mass of its concerns with all the vigour and steadiness of the most matured wisdom. Dignity— strength — discretion — these were among the masterly qualities of his mind at its first dawn. He had been nurtured a statesman, and his knowledge was of that kind which always lay ready for practical application.
Page 101 - I think that the introduction of a certain proportion of catholics into the imperial parliament would be likely to be productive of any influence or effect detrimental or injurious to the welfare of the state, or the safety and security of the constitution.
Page 36 - Monarchy has been identified in the eyes of successive generations of his subjects ; a Sovereign, whose goodness, whose years, whose sorrows and sufferings, must have softened the hearts of the most ferocious enemies of kingly power ; — whose active virtues, and the memory of whose virtues, when it pleased Divine Providence that they should be active no more, have been the guide and guardian of his people through many a weary and many a stormy pilgrimage...
Page 101 - Government, we equally felt it inconsistent with our duty and our honour any longer to remain a part of that Government. What may be the opinion of others I know not, but I beg to have it understood to be a measure which, if I had remained in Government, I must have proposed.
Page 6 - AMONG the liberal donations of our countrymen to the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the brave men who fell in the...
Page 101 - Son, vol. vp 262. and unfettered. I certainly was of opinion that under a united Parliament those privileges might be granted under proper guards and conditions, so as not to produce any danger to the Established Church or the Protestant Constitution...
Page 37 - Unallured by dissipation, and unswayed by pleasure, he never sacrificed the national treasure to the one, or the national interest to- the other. To his unswerving integrity the most authentic of all testimony is to be found in that unbounded public confidence which followed him throughout the whole of his political career. Absorbed as he was in the pursuits of public life, he did not...