The Parliamentary Debates, Volume 14Published under the superintendence of T.C. Hansard, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... pound notes . It had passed a law to allow of country banks issuing them . The measure per- mitting this was the measure of ministers . As far as the present evil arose from the bankers issuing such notes , to this degree it had been ...
... pound notes . It had passed a law to allow of country banks issuing them . The measure per- mitting this was the measure of ministers . As far as the present evil arose from the bankers issuing such notes , to this degree it had been ...
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... pound notes , notes which , from the smallness of their amount , necessarily circulated among the poorer classes of society , upon whom they en- tailed the heaviest affliction when the time of revulsion and stoppage arrived . When one ...
... pound notes , notes which , from the smallness of their amount , necessarily circulated among the poorer classes of society , upon whom they en- tailed the heaviest affliction when the time of revulsion and stoppage arrived . When one ...
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... pound notes . chancellor of the Exchequer had carried them back to former years in the course of his speech , but had forgotten to point out what appeared to be the principal cause of all the distress about which he had occasion to ...
... pound notes . chancellor of the Exchequer had carried them back to former years in the course of his speech , but had forgotten to point out what appeared to be the principal cause of all the distress about which he had occasion to ...
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... pound notes was so great an evil as seemed to be imagined . On the contrary , he was satisfied that their circulation had been beneficial to the public . Whatever might be said of country banks , a great part of the prosperity of the ...
... pound notes was so great an evil as seemed to be imagined . On the contrary , he was satisfied that their circulation had been beneficial to the public . Whatever might be said of country banks , a great part of the prosperity of the ...
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... notes or not . If he did not like them , he might take them to their banking - house and compel them to pay him in ... pound notes as a remedy for the present distress . It would have been preposterous for him to do so ; because he ...
... notes or not . If he did not like them , he might take them to their banking - house and compel them to pay him in ... pound notes as a remedy for the present distress . It would have been preposterous for him to do so ; because he ...
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Page 113 - British vessels, and the same duties shall be paid on the importation into the ports of any of His Britannic Majesty's Territories in Europe, of any article, the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States, whether such importation shall be in British vessels or in vessels of the United States.
Page 113 - ... so long as they behave peaceably and commit no offence against the laws; and in case their conduct should render them suspected, and the respective Governments should...
Page 111 - Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : — ARTICLE I.
Page 119 - The present convention shall be in force for the term of ten years from the date hereof ; and further, until the end of twelve months after • either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same; each of the high contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other, at the end of the said term of ten years...
Page 115 - In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Washington, the fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
Page 111 - Majesty's dominions, than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country ; nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed in the...
Page 767 - That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market, and selling in the dearest, which regulates every merchant in his individual dealings, is strictly applicable as the best rule for the trade of the whole nation. That a policy founded on these principles would render the commerce of the world an interchange of mutual advantages, and diffuse an increase of wealth and enjoyments among the inhabitants of each state.
Page 445 - Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the President of the Board of Trade.
Page 115 - Granada in convenient and adequate places to be appointed and established by themselves for that purpose, with the knowledge of the local authorities...
Page 111 - The subjects and citizens of the two countries, respectively, shall have liberty freely and securely to come, with their ships and cargoes, to all such places ports, and rivers, in the territories aforesaid, to which other foreigners are or may be permitted to come, to enter into the same, and to remain and reside...