The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons [and of the House of Lords] Containing an Account of the Interesting Speeches and Motions ... During the 1st Session of the 14th [-18th] Parliament of Great BritainJ. Almon, 1784 - Great Britain |
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Page 233 - in a manner repugnant to the honour and policy of ' this nation, and thereby brought great calamities on India, ' and enormous expences on the Eaft-India Company, it is '• the duty of the Directors of the faid Company, to purfue ( all legal and effectual means for the removal of the faid
Page 75 - to whom, from whom ? Appeal from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and one of the principal Secretaries of State, for the time being, to the King in his council ? What, will not the King in his council
Page 75 - to India in commercial matters, where they think the revenue is concerned. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, and one of the Secretaries of State may do this. But if the Company
Page 243 - deliver the fame to the agent or " agents of the party or parties requiring the fame, which " faid agent or agents (or, in cafe of his or their death, the
Page 34 - and the fame fhall be acknowledged under the hands and feals of the Governor General and Council of Bengal, and the Governor and Select Committee of Bombay, as binding upon all the governments in India; and
Page 70 - of high rank in this country. He was happy when he heard, that his name was included in it with theirs. So highly did he
Page 6 - That leave be given to bring in a " bill for the better regulation and management of the
Page 243 - the fame to one of the clerks in Court, of His Majefty's " Court of King's Bench, in the public office, and make
Page 71 - of their country ?—He knew that the authority of this man was not without weight; but he had an infinitely higher authority to
Page 68 - to enable His Majefty to grant to the heirs of the former proprietors, upon certain terms and conditions, the forfeited eftates in Scotland, which were put under