The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 8J. Ballantyne and Company, 1817 - Europe |
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Page 37
... seemed to be nearly agreed on by all parties . Indeed it appeared to be proved by the reports and the evidence , that with out some alteration in the existing laws , we must be undersold by foreign- ers in our own markets . The growers ...
... seemed to be nearly agreed on by all parties . Indeed it appeared to be proved by the reports and the evidence , that with out some alteration in the existing laws , we must be undersold by foreign- ers in our own markets . The growers ...
Page 47
... seemed some- what inconsistent to tell the House , that the effectual way to lower the price was to acquiesce in a measure expressly intended to raise it . But how ( he asked ) is this moderation and uniformity of price to be produced ...
... seemed some- what inconsistent to tell the House , that the effectual way to lower the price was to acquiesce in a measure expressly intended to raise it . But how ( he asked ) is this moderation and uniformity of price to be produced ...
Page 53
... seemed to feel . Grain was not higher in proportion in this country to what it was in foreign countries , now , than it was sixty years ago . On this subject he confessed he was not possessed of such ample information as he could have ...
... seemed to feel . Grain was not higher in proportion in this country to what it was in foreign countries , now , than it was sixty years ago . On this subject he confessed he was not possessed of such ample information as he could have ...
Page 82
... seemed that the audacity of the rioters increased with the for- bearance of the soldiery , who con- ducted themselves with the most un- common temper and discretion ; hard- ly assuming even the blameless li- cense of self - defence ...
... seemed that the audacity of the rioters increased with the for- bearance of the soldiery , who con- ducted themselves with the most un- common temper and discretion ; hard- ly assuming even the blameless li- cense of self - defence ...
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... seemed to furnish a favourable opportunity to regain what ground Sir Francis might have lost in the opinion of the good people of Westminster . When he rose in his place on the 10th to present the peti- tion against the corn bill , he ...
... seemed to furnish a favourable opportunity to regain what ground Sir Francis might have lost in the opinion of the good people of Westminster . When he rose in his place on the 10th to present the peti- tion against the corn bill , he ...
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Page cxlix - Ghent, that all territory, places, and possessions whatsoever, taken by either party from the other during the war, or which may be taken after the signing of this treaty, excepting only the islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any of the artillery or other public property originally captured in the said forts or places, and which shall remain therein upon the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, or any slaves...
Page cliv - Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such ratification, and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations respectively, all the possessions, rights and privileges which they may have enjoyed, or been entitled to in 1811, previous to such hostilities.
Page cli - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page cli - The said commissioners shall, by a declaration or report under their hands and seals, decide to which of the two contracting parties the several islands aforesaid do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.
Page cliii - The said commissioners shall, by a report or declaration under their hands and seals, designate the boundary aforesaid, state their decision on the points thus referred to them, and particularize the latitude and longitude of the most north-western point of the Lake of the Woods, and of such other parts of the said boundary as they may deem proper.
Page xv - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.
Page clii - Commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, or declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or statements, shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly...
Page clii - Andrews, in the province of New Brunswick, and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit.
Page cl - Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page cliv - Majesty, and his subjects, upon the ratification of the present treaty being notified to such tribes or nations, and shall so desist accordingly.