Review of the Proceedings of the Legislature of Lower Canada in the Session of 1831: With an Appendix Containing Some Important Documents Now First Given to the Public ... |
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... petitions of grievances . 3d . - A Committee of Courts of Justice , to take into con- sideration , and report their opinions and observations on all questions which may arise in the House , and be referred to them relating to Courts of ...
... petitions of grievances . 3d . - A Committee of Courts of Justice , to take into con- sideration , and report their opinions and observations on all questions which may arise in the House , and be referred to them relating to Courts of ...
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... petition was re- jected as contumelious . It is not necessary for the purposes of the present enquiry to enter into any critical examination of the evidence offered in support of the petition , nor into the question , how far it was ...
... petition was re- jected as contumelious . It is not necessary for the purposes of the present enquiry to enter into any critical examination of the evidence offered in support of the petition , nor into the question , how far it was ...
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... petition of Robert Christie , Esquire , referred to this Committee is false , contumelious and vexatious , and is an attack by the said Robert Christie against the honour and privileges of this House . 2. - Resolved - That it is the ...
... petition of Robert Christie , Esquire , referred to this Committee is false , contumelious and vexatious , and is an attack by the said Robert Christie against the honour and privileges of this House . 2. - Resolved - That it is the ...
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... petition to state them here . The case of Wilkes then is one , which , however familiar to all men in the slightest degree conversant with the constitu- tional history of England , is by far of too OF THE ASSEMBLY . 35.
... petition to state them here . The case of Wilkes then is one , which , however familiar to all men in the slightest degree conversant with the constitu- tional history of England , is by far of too OF THE ASSEMBLY . 35.
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... petition from several freeholders of the county of Middlesex having been presented against Mr. Luttrel on the 29th of April , the House of Commons voted , on the 8th of May , " That Henry Lawes Luttrel , Esquire , is duly elected a ...
... petition from several freeholders of the county of Middlesex having been presented against Mr. Luttrel on the 29th of April , the House of Commons voted , on the 8th of May , " That Henry Lawes Luttrel , Esquire , is duly elected a ...
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Page 255 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 169 - Kingdom, then and in that case it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty, his heirs and successors, to...
Page 75 - King, assigned to keep the peace in the said county, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors...
Page 75 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 78 - Republic, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown, and dignity.
Page 194 - Majesty's colonies, provinces, and plantations in North America or the West Indies, except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce, the net produce of such duties to be always paid and applied to and for the use of the colony, province, or plantation in which the same shall be respectively levied, in such manner as other duties collected by the authority of the respective General Courts or General Assemblies of such colonies, provinces, or plantations are...
Page 260 - Absence residing within our said Province of New York, shall take upon him the Administration of the Government and Execute our said Commission and Instructions, and the several powers and Authorities therein contained, in the same manner and to all intents and purposes, as other our Governor or Commander in Chief should or ought to do, in case of Your Absence, until Your Return, or in all cases until our further pleasure be known therein.
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Page 36 - No. 45, is a false, scandalous, and seditious libel, containing expressions of the most unexampled insolence and contumely towards his majesty, the grossest aspersions against both Houses of Parliament, and the most audacious defiance of the authority of the whole legislature...