The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860: With a New Supplementary Chapter, 1861-1871, by Sir Thomas Erskine May, Հատոր 1Armstrong, 1895 |
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... electors . The Crown could no more change the con- stitution of the House of Lords by admitting a life - peer to a seat in Parliament , than it could change the representa- tion of the people , by issuing writs to Birkenhead and Sta ...
... electors . The Crown could no more change the con- stitution of the House of Lords by admitting a life - peer to a seat in Parliament , than it could change the representa- tion of the people , by issuing writs to Birkenhead and Sta ...
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... electors at all ; that ninety members were returned by forty - six places with less than fifty electors ; and thirty - seven members by nineteen places , having not more than one hundred electors.2 Such places were returning members ...
... electors at all ; that ninety members were returned by forty - six places with less than fifty electors ; and thirty - seven members by nineteen places , having not more than one hundred electors.2 Such places were returning members ...
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... electors . - De Tocqueville , i . 264 , & c . - 2 " Both the Court and particulars went greater lengths than in any preceding times . In truth , the corruption of electors met , if not exceeded , that of candidates . " Walp Mem . i . 42 ...
... electors . - De Tocqueville , i . 264 , & c . - 2 " Both the Court and particulars went greater lengths than in any preceding times . In truth , the corruption of electors met , if not exceeded , that of candidates . " Walp Mem . i . 42 ...
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... electors were purchased elsewhere by the most lavish bribery . The contest for the borough of North- ampton was stated to have cost the candidates " at least 30,000l . a side . " Nay , Lord Spencer is said to have spent the incredible ...
... electors were purchased elsewhere by the most lavish bribery . The contest for the borough of North- ampton was stated to have cost the candidates " at least 30,000l . a side . " Nay , Lord Spencer is said to have spent the incredible ...
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... electors who belonged to it , ha ... rejected their votes . This case was too gross to be lightly treated ; and an act was passed to disfranchise the members of the club , eighty - one in number , and to admit to the fran- chise , all ...
... electors who belonged to it , ha ... rejected their votes . This case was too gross to be lightly treated ; and an act was passed to disfranchise the members of the club , eighty - one in number , and to admit to the fran- chise , all ...
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Էջ 21 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Էջ 444 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation, the three estates of the realm are alike concerned; but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Էջ 392 - Johnson long afterwards owned that, though he had saved appearances, he had taken care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it...
Էջ 214 - ... such persons only as have just claims on the royal beneficence, or who, by their personal services to the crown, by the performance of duties to the public, or by their useful discoveries in science, and attainments in literature and the arts, have merited the gracious consideration of their Sovereign, and the gratitude of their country.
Էջ 418 - But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you; to any man, or to any set of men living.
Էջ 180 - ... by his command, signified by word of mouth, the royal signature by means of a stamp. In order to prevent the possibility of any abuse of this power, it was provided that the stamp should not be affixed to any instrument, unless a memorandum describing its object had been indorsed upon it, signed by the Lord Chancellor, the President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Secretaries of State, or any three of them. The seal was directed to be kept in the custody...
Էջ 67 - That it is now necessary to declare, that to report any opinion, or pretended opinion of his Majesty upon any bill or other proceeding depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanour, derogatory to the honour of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the Constitution of this country.
Էջ 453 - ... whatever the acuteness of the bar, the dignity of the senate, or the morality of the pulpit, could furnish, had not been equal to what that House had that day heard in Westminster Hall.
Էջ 449 - that to guard for the future, against an undue exercise of that power by the Lords, and to secure to the Commons their rightful control over taxation and supply, this House has in its own hands, the power so to impose and remit taxes, and to frame bills of supply, that the right of the Commons as to the matter, manner, measure, and time, may be maintained inviolate.
Էջ 295 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.