| Great Britain. Parliament - 1805 - 642 páginas
...doing so, the act of parliament was violated. " the provisions of the 2jth Geo.III. cap. 31, has been guilty " of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty." That an indiscriminate power of drawing from the bank was given by me to Mr. Trotter, I conceive, cannot... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1805 - 760 páginas
...of the best talents, and the most tried integrity in the empire, and they had declared Lord Melville guilty of a gross violation of the law and a high breach of duty. Respectable however as their authority was, it was not that alone which guided the JeterminaVOL. II.... | |
| 1806 - 302 páginas
...placed to his account in the Bank, according to the provisions of the 25th Geo. 3, c. 31, has been guilty of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty. Ordered, That the Attorney-General ba directed to take such measures as may appear to him to be most... | |
| Henry Dundas Melville (Viscount) - 1806 - 268 páginas
...placed to his account in the Bank, according to the provisions of the 25th Geo. 3, c. 31, has been guilty of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty. Ordered, That the Attorney-General bs directed to take Such measures as may appear to him to be most... | |
| William Pitt - 1808 - 460 páginas
...the eleventh; upon which Mr. Pitt moved an amendment to leave out the concluding words " has beeil guilty of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty," and to insert the Words " has acted contrary to the intentions of the said act." This amendment, after... | |
| John Richards Green - 1809 - 980 páginas
...is, that, in that case, the resolution of the House of Commons of the time, pronouncing his Lordship guilty of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty, was a violation of the first principles of justice, and of the most sacred maxims of the Constitution.... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 778 páginas
...associate, came to a series of resolutions, in which it was declared, that Lord Melville " had been guilty of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty," On this momentous question, the Speaker, Mr. Abbot, gave the casting vote, the numbers on each side,... | |
| 1805 - 634 páginas
...supporters. The four members of the. city, who hud ail agreed in the vote, that Lord Melville wa;i guilty of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty, were present upon this occasion ; received the applauses of their fellow citizens ; and declared their... | |
| Charles James Fox - 1815 - 684 páginas
...placed to his account in the bank, according to the provisions of the 25th Geo. III. chap. 31. has been guilty of a gross violation of the : law, and a high...appointment of Lord Melville, as treasurer of the navy, in 1784, and during the time he held that office, large sums of money issued for the. service of the navy,.... | |
| Chronological account - 1816 - 348 páginas
...Melville, to whom he waa at the same time private agent; and therefore tbat Lord Melville has been guilty of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty.— Mr. Pitt moved, as an amendment, tlmt a Committee be appointed to consider the tenth report of the... | |
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