Annual Register, Volume 90Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1849 - History |
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... UNITED STATES . - Treaty of Peace with Mexico - Message of the President to Congress on the subject - Discovery of Gold in California - Scene at the " Diggings " -Contest for the Presidency - Election of General Taylor -Opening of ...
... UNITED STATES . - Treaty of Peace with Mexico - Message of the President to Congress on the subject - Discovery of Gold in California - Scene at the " Diggings " -Contest for the Presidency - Election of General Taylor -Opening of ...
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... United States paper , in which it was stated that if the United States did not possess her- self of Cuba , Great Britain would ; and that England had a stronger claim by a hundredfold to Cuba than the United States had to Mex- ico ...
... United States paper , in which it was stated that if the United States did not possess her- self of Cuba , Great Britain would ; and that England had a stronger claim by a hundredfold to Cuba than the United States had to Mex- ico ...
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... United States , Russia , and France , had been allayed only by great forbearance on both sides . However tranquil , therefore , the at- mosphere might be at present , there might be at any time an unforeseen storm ; and he was the more ...
... United States , Russia , and France , had been allayed only by great forbearance on both sides . However tranquil , therefore , the at- mosphere might be at present , there might be at any time an unforeseen storm ; and he was the more ...
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... United Kingdom would be increased by the return this year of 5000 men , if not more , from India ; so that in the course of the summer he expected that we should have a force of 60,000 men in the British islands . As compared with the ...
... United Kingdom would be increased by the return this year of 5000 men , if not more , from India ; so that in the course of the summer he expected that we should have a force of 60,000 men in the British islands . As compared with the ...
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... United Kingdom . He proposed the Property Tax exactly on the same principles as those on which it was proposed by Mr. Pitt , on which it was increased by Lords Grenville and Lansdowne , and on which it was imposed and defended in 1842 ...
... United Kingdom . He proposed the Property Tax exactly on the same principles as those on which it was proposed by Mr. Pitt , on which it was increased by Lords Grenville and Lansdowne , and on which it was imposed and defended in 1842 ...
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Page 274 - An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons' Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia ; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers.
Page 188 - PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR : A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II. ; with a Glossary, by Sir SR MEYRICK.
Page 111 - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44
Page 272 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 427 - This legislation is founded upon principles as ancient as free government itself, and in accordance with them, has simply declared that the people of a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits.
Page 422 - Oregon territory, south of the 49th degree of north latitude, being all that was insisted on by any of my predecessors, has been adjusted ; and New Mexico and Upper California have been acquired by treaty. The area of these several territories, according to a report carefully prepared by the Commissioner of the General Land Office from the most authentic information in his possession, and which is herewith transmitted, contains...
Page 29 - ... no person or persons whatsoever shall repair to his Majesty or both or either of the Houses of Parliament upon pretence of presenting or delivering any petition, complaint, remonstrance or declaration or other addresses accompanied with excessive number of people, nor at any one time with above the number of ten persons...
Page 205 - History of the Battle of Agincourt and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France in 1415, to which is added the roll of the men at arms in the English Army.
Page 422 - Mexico were stationed in proper time and in proper positions to cooperate efficiently with the Army. By this means their combined power was brought to bear successfully on the enemy. The great results which have been developed and brought to light by this war will be of immeasurable importance in the future progress of our country. They will tend powerfully to preserve us from foreign collisions, and to enable us to pursue uninterruptedly our cherished policy of "peace with all nations, entangling...
Page 191 - MA 1814, and was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple Nov.