Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volumes 28-29R. Bagshaw, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... MINISTERS . -1815 . Lord Harrowby Lord Eldon .... Lord Westmoreland Lord Clancarty ... ... Lord Liverpool ... Right ... Minister ) . Chancellor and Under - Treasurer of the Ex- chequer . Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . First Lord ...
... MINISTERS . -1815 . Lord Harrowby Lord Eldon .... Lord Westmoreland Lord Clancarty ... ... Lord Liverpool ... Right ... Minister ) . Chancellor and Under - Treasurer of the Ex- chequer . Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . First Lord ...
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... Ministry , 56 . Ordinance of the King , changing the names of pub- lic places in Paris , 89 , Colleges , 50 . of the Admiralty , respecting the treatment of Na- poleon , 335 . Protest of Napoleon , 338 . RUSSIA . - Manifesto of the ...
... Ministry , 56 . Ordinance of the King , changing the names of pub- lic places in Paris , 89 , Colleges , 50 . of the Admiralty , respecting the treatment of Na- poleon , 335 . Protest of Napoleon , 338 . RUSSIA . - Manifesto of the ...
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... ministers . We are told , in so than half a million of soldiers , who have many words , that we have a right to inter- made war , and are making war upon fere in this way ; that we have a right to Frenchmen , fighting on their own soil ...
... ministers . We are told , in so than half a million of soldiers , who have many words , that we have a right to inter- made war , and are making war upon fere in this way ; that we have a right to Frenchmen , fighting on their own soil ...
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... ministers had a majority of 17 for the grant . On the second division , it was reduced to 12 ; and , on Monday last , thanks to the honest and upright member for Westminster , the persecuted Lord Cochrane , ministers received a most ...
... ministers had a majority of 17 for the grant . On the second division , it was reduced to 12 ; and , on Monday last , thanks to the honest and upright member for Westminster , the persecuted Lord Cochrane , ministers received a most ...
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... Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , Prince TALLEYRAND . Louis , by the grace of God King of France and Oavarre , To all our faithful subjects , health . At the time when the most cruel of enterprizes , second- led us to ...
... Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , Prince TALLEYRAND . Louis , by the grace of God King of France and Oavarre , To all our faithful subjects , health . At the time when the most cruel of enterprizes , second- led us to ...
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Page 281 - Treaty, and to consolidate the connections which at the present moment so closely unite the Four Sovereigns for the happiness of the world, the High Contracting Parties have agreed to renew their Meetings at fixed periods, either under the immediate auspices of the Sovereigns themselves, or by their respective Ministers, for the purpose of consulting upon their common interests, and for the consideration of the measures which at each of those periods shall be considered the most salutary for the...
Page 373 - In these cases, the sufferers are too ignoble to be known; and the mass too indiscriminate to be pitied. But should a philosopher feel and reason thus? should he mistake the cause for the effect? and giving all his pity to the few, feel no compassion for the many, because they suffer in his eyes not individually, but by millions ? The excesses of the people cannot, I repeat, be justified; it would undoubtedly have done them credit, both as men and Christians, if they had possessed their new acquired...
Page 277 - May 1814, as well as of the Additional Articles of that Treaty, signed between Great Britain and France, desiring to render more efficacious the stipulations made thereby, and having determined by two separate Conventions, the line to be pursued on each side for that purpose, the said two Conventions, as annexed to the present Treaty, shall, in order to secure the complete execution of the above-mentioned Articles, have the same force and effect as if the same were inserted, word for word, herein.
Page 277 - In all countries which shall change Sovereigns, as well in virtue of the present Treaty, as of the arrangements which are to be made in consequence thereof, a period of six years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications shall be allowed to the inhabitants, natives or foreigners, of whatever condition and nation they may be? to dispose of their property, if they should think fit so to do, and to retire to whatever country they may choose.
Page 263 - Of course his means are diminished ; so that what is gained on the one hand is lost on the other. And yet, the tenants cannot pay their present rents. At any rate, the present taxes cannot be paid. The yeomanry cavalry, with great...
Page 333 - General, or to persons in his suite, must be delivered to the Admiral or Governor, who will read them, before he suffers them to be delivered to those to whom they are addressed. Letters written by the General or his suite, are subject to the same rule. No letter that does not come to St. Helena, through the Secretary of State, must be communicated to the General or his attendants, if it is written by a person not living in the Island.
Page 13 - I had established at Argenteuil, and that a British corps was likewise moving upon the left of the Seine, towards the Pont de Neuilly, the enemy sent to desire that the firing might cease on both sides of the Seine, with a view to the negociation, at the palace of St.
Page 373 - ... which, under such a government as that of France, must be considered as very singular. They had the power, and were in the constant practice of issuing decrees, without the consent of the crown, and which had the force of laws through the whole of their jurisdiction; and of all other laws, these were sure to be the best obeyed ; for as all infringements of them were brought before sovereign courts, composed of the same persons who had enacted these laws (a horrible system of tyranny !) they were...
Page 11 - ... of St. Cloud and Meudon; but the gallantry of the Prussian troops, under General Ziethen, surmounted every obstacle, and they succeeded finally in establishing themselves on the heights of Meudon, and in the village of Issy. The French attacked them again in Issy, at three o'clock in the morning of the 3d, but were repulsed with considerable loss; and finding that Paris was then open on its vulnerable side, that a communication was opened between the two Allied Armies by a bridge which I had...
Page 279 - Prussia, considering that the repose of Europe is essentially interwoven with the confirmation of the order of things founded on the maintenance of the royal authority and of the constitutional charter, and wishing to employ all their means to prevent the general tranquillity (the object of the wishes of mankind and the constant end of their efforts) from being again disturbed...