...weight of the prerogative, but the usurpation of an Oligarchy. No man is now foolish enough to assert, that the influence of the Crown " has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" the popular outcry which carried through the Revolution of 1832 is, that "the influence...

...called to office, Mr. Dunning, a barrister, moved in the House of Commons his celebrated resolution, " that the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." This was carried by a majority of 233 against 215. The minority imputed to the majority...

...integrity, moved a resolution which was carried against the minister by a considerable majority,—' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.' This is a full recognition on record of the existence of that evil which the principle...

...been vexed by all the turbulence of this reign, and by that absurd vote of the House of Commons, ' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished?'" JOHNSON : " Sir, I have never slept an hour less, nor eat an ounce less meat. I would...

...friends hail long urged, am! succeeded at last in passing, the celebrated resolution drawn ир by Mr. Dunning, "That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be dimim-tlicd." He applies this principle very happily to the present case, by showing that the Commissioners...

...Have we not long outlived the time when the House of Commons thought fit to pass a resolution — " That the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ?" Is it from that quarter, from the exercise of the royal prerogative, that any man,...

...his parliamentary efforts, " that it is the opinion of this committee that it is necessary to declare that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." In the session of 1780-81, the legality of the various associations and societies which...

...there was not the least tumult." " In Committee of Commons, Dunning opened the debate, by a motion, ' That the Influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished' The Ministers were greatly embarrassed, and had no subterfuge but their old hackneyed...

...sentiments which the Whigs expressed in their celebrated resolution (drawn up by Mr. Dunning himself), that " the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and OUGHT то BE DIMIN1 The reader will be iutcrested in the following beautiful tribute to the memory of Lord...

...This may be Toryism ; but it is not patriotic, still less is it constitutional conduct. (Vol. i., p. 6p p T ЈQ- Q 6 c K ")˄ 2r ) dG e uex <H?B BHxT b 5 kv 4[2 ބv ; @ G w meantime, the pretensions of the Opposition, and their indisposition to such a compromise as they had...