Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates, During the ... Session of the ... Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Kingdom of Great Britain ..., Volumen 16R. Bagshaw, 1812 |
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... tion , and in the execution of it , the two governments should lend each other their mutual support . For if , as he trusted , the Slave Trade had been proved to be con- trary to justice and humanity , then it must also be contrary to ...
... tion , and in the execution of it , the two governments should lend each other their mutual support . For if , as he trusted , the Slave Trade had been proved to be con- trary to justice and humanity , then it must also be contrary to ...
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... tion they had come to . The question was , if the House of Commons had a right to imprison a person not a member of that House , for an offence punishable by the ordinary course of law , and by a vote for that purpose , deprive the ...
... tion they had come to . The question was , if the House of Commons had a right to imprison a person not a member of that House , for an offence punishable by the ordinary course of law , and by a vote for that purpose , deprive the ...
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... tion the power of their superiors , but " the judges must betray their reputation " and their knowledge of the laws , if they " should own a jurisdiction which former " times and their predecessors were unac- quainted with . " Whereupon ...
... tion the power of their superiors , but " the judges must betray their reputation " and their knowledge of the laws , if they " should own a jurisdiction which former " times and their predecessors were unac- quainted with . " Whereupon ...
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... tion , that there was no probability of any libel appearing against that House . In fact , no such thing having occurred , no precedent could be cited of any committal many other privileges , beside that under discussion , which it had ...
... tion , that there was no probability of any libel appearing against that House . In fact , no such thing having occurred , no precedent could be cited of any committal many other privileges , beside that under discussion , which it had ...
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... tion now made need not follow , as the re- lease of Jones must be the immediate con- sequence of the House agreeing in the re- solution . He confessed that , even then , he for one would vote against the resolu- tion , as tending to ...
... tion now made need not follow , as the re- lease of Jones must be the immediate con- sequence of the House agreeing in the re- solution . He confessed that , even then , he for one would vote against the resolu- tion , as tending to ...
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Página 145 - England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the king, state and defence of the realm and of the church of England, and the maintenance and making of laws and redress of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in Parliament: and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every member of the House of Parliament hath and of right ought to have freedom of speech to propound, treat, reason and bring...
Página 781 - ... subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom.
Página 145 - ... speaking, reasoning, or declaring of any matter or matters touching the parliament or parliament business ; and that, if any of the said members be complained of and questioned for...
Página 7 - First, that whatever is exceptionable in the conduct of public affairs is not to be imputed to the king, nor is he answerable for it personally to his people...
Página 7 - The king can do no wrong : which ancient and fundamental maxim is not to be understood, as if everything transacted by the government was of course just and lawful, but means only two things. First, that whatever is exceptionable in the conduct of public affairs, is not to be imputed to the king, nor is he answerable for it personally...
Página 501 - And this is the reason that judges ought not to give any opinion of a matter of parliament, because it is not to be decided by the common laws, but secundum legem et consuetudinem parliamenti, and so the judges in divers parliaments have confessed.
Página 9 - He (Lord Bute) does authorise me to say that he declares upon his solemn word of honour, that he has not had the honour of waiting on his majesty but at his levee or drawing-room ; nor has he presumed to offer an advice or opinion concerning the disposition of offices or the conduct of measures, either directly or indirectly, by himself or any other, from the time when the late Duke of Cumberland was consulted in the arrangement of a ministry, in 1765, to the present hour...
Página 19 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:
Página 173 - ... to subject the law of England to the votes of the house of commons.