| Great Britain - 1806 - 540 pages
...son who has an office or place of profit " under the king, or receives a pension from " the crbu-n, shall be capable of serving as " a member of the House of Commons ;" that judges shall only be removable by address of both houses of parliament ; and that no... | |
| Caricatures and cartoons - 1807 - 522 pages
...honcftly thus enacted — " That no person, who has an "' office or place of profit under the King, or receives " a pension from the Crown, shall be capable...serving as a Member of the House of Commons." — But Mr. Whitbread, it seems, never heard of this provision — " for better securing the Rights and " Liberties... | |
| Great Britain - 1807 - 542 pages
...any other, or others in ,. " THAT NO PERSON WHO HAS *---' *' ' UNDER THli K.fNG,.OR A PENSION EROM .THE CROWN. SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSJi ,OF COMMONS. " And whereaSi.the Lawn of. England ate /A* Birtht^lkt.'of. tUe 'People thereof,... | |
| Benjamin Flower - 1808 - 514 pages
...declares, that no person holding an office, or place oiprujit, under the King, or having a pension Jrorn the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons. And, gentlemen, if you consider the duties which members of parliament have to perform, you... | |
| Benjamin Flower - 1809 - 646 pages
...it is declared, " That " no person who has an office or *' place of profit under the King, or •' receives a pension from the crown, "shall be capable...a •' member of the house of Commons." . — But that, •notwithstanding the wise precautions of this act, which is one of our great constitutional... | |
| Sir Francis Burdett, Francis Burdett - Great Britain - 1809 - 34 pages
...Constitutional principle, that no person who " has au 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." 6. That it appears, by a Report laid on the Table of the House of Commons in June last, that... | |
| Eaton Stannard Barrett - Great Britain - 1809 - 164 pages
...settlement it was enacted, " that no person, who hath 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from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons."— This wholesome clause was afterwards repealed.—Now, as the ministerial gentry have made... | |
| Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1809 - 458 pages
...settlement it was enacted, " that jio person, who hath 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." — • This wholesome/ clause was afterwards repealed. — Now, as the ministerial gentry... | |
| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1809 - 540 pages
...and which expressly states, " 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:" — A radical Reform in the Representation of the Commons House of Parliament is, therefore,... | |
| William Hamilton Reid - 1809 - 228 pages
...constitutional principle, 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." V. That it appears by a Report laid on the table of the House of Commons, in June last, that... | |
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