The History of England from the Year 1830-1874, Volume 3Chapman and Hall, 1874 - Great Britain |
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... Position of the Reform Ques- Defeat and Resignation of the tion • Ministry . • 137 Appointment of their Suc- of 1860 • cessors 140 Mr. Cobden 142 Frequent Changes of Ministries The Budget Liverpool Financial Reform Association 143 Bill ...
... Position of the Reform Ques- Defeat and Resignation of the tion • Ministry . • 137 Appointment of their Suc- of 1860 • cessors 140 Mr. Cobden 142 Frequent Changes of Ministries The Budget Liverpool Financial Reform Association 143 Bill ...
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... position of the different powers , that if the objects for which the war was com- menced were to be attained , the next move was to attack the place where the Black Sea fleet was shel- tered . The decision to do so having been made ...
... position of the different powers , that if the objects for which the war was com- menced were to be attained , the next move was to attack the place where the Black Sea fleet was shel- tered . The decision to do so having been made ...
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... position they were destined to occupy - a work which was farther impeded by the heavy and continued fire which the Russians kept up on the besiegers . At length , on the 17th of October , the allies made a tremendous and simultaneous 467.
... position they were destined to occupy - a work which was farther impeded by the heavy and continued fire which the Russians kept up on the besiegers . At length , on the 17th of October , the allies made a tremendous and simultaneous 467.
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... positions which the allies were obliged to occupy . Thus the allies were not only unable to invest Sebas- topol , but were , to a certain extent , themselves besieged in that corner of the Crimean peninsula which they occupied , and ...
... positions which the allies were obliged to occupy . Thus the allies were not only unable to invest Sebas- topol , but were , to a certain extent , themselves besieged in that corner of the Crimean peninsula which they occupied , and ...
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... position , hoping to get possession of the harbours and to cut the allies off from their supplies , or at any rate to de- stroy the stores which had already been landed . The part of the works on which the Russian troops first came was ...
... position , hoping to get possession of the harbours and to cut the allies off from their supplies , or at any rate to de- stroy the stores which had already been landed . The part of the works on which the Russian troops first came was ...
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Page 392 - ... carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction to war-like use.
Page 392 - A neutral Government is bound — First. — To use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Page 392 - Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 71 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 280 - Queen of a great realm, or the wife of one of your labouring men — who can keep alive in her heart a great sorrow for the lost object of her life and affection, is not at all likely to be wanting in a great and generous sympathy with you.
Page 172 - ... progress of useful and ornamental arts, to describe the rise of religious sects and the changes of literary taste, to portray the manners of successive generations, and not to pass by with neglect even the revolutions which have taken place in dress, furniture, repasts, and public amusements. I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history, if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors.
Page 207 - That as soon as practicable, this society shall proceed to arrange the powers of production, distribution, education, and government, or in other words to establish a self-supporting home colony of united interests, or assist other societies in establishing such colonies.
Page 121 - Bill at the present time, has not felt it to be their duty to make some reply to the important Despatch received from the French Government, dated Paris, January 20th, 1858, and which has been laid before Parliament.
Page 85 - ... the papers which have been laid upon the table fail to establish satisfactory grounds for the violent measures resorted to at Canton in the late affair of the Ai-row, and that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the state of our commercial relations with China.
Page 292 - That it be an instruction to the Committee that they have power to alter the law of rating ; and to provide that in every Parliamentary borough the occupiers of tenements below a given rateable value be relieved from liability to personal rating, with a view to fix a line for the borough franchise, at and above which all occupiers shall be entered on the rate-book, and shall have equal facilities for the enjoyment of such franchise as a residential occupation franchise.