...Mr Dunning's celebrated motion of the 6th of April 1780, when the House of Commons had declared, " that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished," the learned gentleman proceeded to show, by a comparison of our civil and military establishments at...

...Mr Uunning's celebrated motion of the 6th of April 1780, when the House of Commons had declared, " that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished," the learned gentleman proceeded to show, by a comparison of our civil and military establishments at...

...exposed to a struggle, and sometimes to a defeat. The house of Commons adopted Mr Dunning's motion, " That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished :" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by...

...the report in his hand from that memorable Committee of the whole House of Commons, which resolved " That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished." The Mayor's chair, which is of mahogany, and a beautiful piece of carving, was presented to the Corporation...

...remarkahle instance, with effect. This was, the resolution proposed hy Dunning, afterwards lord Ashhurton, " That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to he diminished." The motion passed, as also did another proposed hy the same celehrated advocate, "...

...exposed to a struggle, and sometimes to a defeat. The house of Commons adopted Mr Dunning's motion, " That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers....

...re-established its dominion. Since the celebrated resolutions of Mr. Dunning, declaring that the power of ' the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished,' no successful effort has ever been made in parliament to reform abuses or to resist the influence of...

...its height at the close of the American war, the House of Commons passed a resolution that the power of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ; a resolution that carried with it its own refutation, being itself a decisive proof of the weakness...

...that he voted for the former proposition, because the House had, a short time before that, come to a resolution, that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. The influence was diminished by Mr. Crewe's bill ; * Afterwards earl of llomney. For the debate on...

...overthrown by mere dint of numbers : he concluded therefore, and moved as a resolution of the house, That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. This motion being carried, after a long and violent debate, he next moved, that the house of commons...