A History of the Thirty Years' Peace, A.D. 1816-1846, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1877 - Great Britain |
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... passed - The King's Vacillation - The Bill becomes Law - Irish ' Forties ' - Clare Election - Prospects of Ireland CHAPTER VIII . Admission of Catholic Peers - Changes in the Cabinet - Parlia- mentary Reform - Lord Blandford - Duel ...
... passed - The King's Vacillation - The Bill becomes Law - Irish ' Forties ' - Clare Election - Prospects of Ireland CHAPTER VIII . Admission of Catholic Peers - Changes in the Cabinet - Parlia- mentary Reform - Lord Blandford - Duel ...
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... passed permitting the circulation of small notes beyond the date originally fixed . This extension of time tempted the bankers to increase their issues , instead of providing for the withdrawal of some of their paper . In 1825 , there ...
... passed permitting the circulation of small notes beyond the date originally fixed . This extension of time tempted the bankers to increase their issues , instead of providing for the withdrawal of some of their paper . In 1825 , there ...
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... passed . Part of the retribution of the national folly lay in the decline of the character of the House of Commons , too many of whose members acted , in regard to these bills , with a recklessness which subjected them to a suspicion ...
... passed . Part of the retribution of the national folly lay in the decline of the character of the House of Commons , too many of whose members acted , in regard to these bills , with a recklessness which subjected them to a suspicion ...
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... passed with a gloomy face , and a bank - note clutched in his hand ; there a woman wrung her hands , and wept ; and an actual wail of many voices was heard amidst the hubbub of the place . The bank of the district had stopped payment ...
... passed with a gloomy face , and a bank - note clutched in his hand ; there a woman wrung her hands , and wept ; and an actual wail of many voices was heard amidst the hubbub of the place . The bank of the district had stopped payment ...
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... passed by a large majority , by which the Bank of England was enabled to continue stamping small notes during the interval till the 10th of October . This liberty did not affect the term fixed for the circulation of small notes ; and ...
... passed by a large majority , by which the Bank of England was enabled to continue stamping small notes during the interval till the 10th of October . This liberty did not affect the term fixed for the circulation of small notes ; and ...
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