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PARLIAMENTARY CENSURE ON LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE

... MR.. BORVSE's a4vice to Ma.oDTNnAs at- ,the time that the bill for the reforr oF the Navy Payoffice had .TUst b.en amiounced.-- If 1. vttere worthy to suggest any line of prudence to that riht honnourable' gen- l' tleman, I would tell hi nt, that the way to avoid. suspicion in the settlemept of pecuniary transaCetions, in lkwhich great ?? haye been very strongly Pjresuriied, is, to attend to ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1805
Newspaper: Cobbett's Weekly Political Register
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 10316 | Page: Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Tags: News 

REFORM OF FINANCIAL ABUSES

... EFOnm oF FlmNANCIAL ABUTYES. LETTrE II.: Stur,- ln my letter of the 1i] tb. I stated generally the defects of the method in use of making up the public accounts. I shall now propeed to expose those defects in de- tail, and to examine the principles on which the public incorae is collected; received from the collectors: paid into the Eache- Sue'r; anrd, finally paid by the state to its ?? most ...

SCOTCH PATRONAGE

... SCOTCH PATRONA GV. SIR,-Though a century has very Dear elapsed, since the union of. England and Scotland, it is surprising to observe how lit- tle the people, qr even the statesmen of the former country, know of, or interest them- aelves in the affairs peculiar to the latter. Various examples of this might be given but 'at present I am only to state one.. We hsave all, or at least many have ...

ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF NAVAL INQUIRY

... ' ELEVENTfl 1 AR T . I I H e COMMISSIONERS OF NAVaL fKQVtUIt, * .alviug understood that, dring the ,tcs war,, bills to,-a very c.onsiderabe na ou:t h~ad beein issued by the Navy BoaTd, for the p[sr- pose of raisug:g rnoney; 304 chji t ransac-tw appearing to. us irregilar, we deeawd iA a fit object for our inquiry. We at the s~we time madea4 investigatio% ;R spn, rdgrQ e connected with the ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1805
Newspaper: Cobbett's Weekly Political Register
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 14683 | Page: Page 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 | Tags: News 

LORD MELVILLE

... L-ItD ?,viELVILL,. . - - . . ? . I I- -- Q;I . I I grantt, yoar Worship that he is ailknave, bir: I yet Gwd forbid, Sir, but a knave should have some countenanice at his frierld's request. The o' honest tman, Sir, is able -to sneak for himself, when a :knave is noc. .hjie scrved yvour Wnr- ftship truly, Sir, this ?? vJ aaritid .n ii I camret;, once nr tmicp it a quarter, be* but - ...

PARLIAMENTARY CENSURE ON LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE

... An ANT ?? whoseforward prate *Contr.ONhd all ?? in debate: Whether be knew the thing oT no, I lis tongue eternal!yrwould go; lnr he had impudence at will, And boasted universal skill, Ambition was his point in view. - Thus, by tdegrees, to pow'r he grew. Behold hi rm now his drift attatn- Hle's madie the treas'rer of the grain. But as their ancient laws are just, Anti punish breach of public ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1805
Newspaper: Cobbett's Weekly Political Register
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 14348 | Page: Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 | Tags: News 

AFFAIRS OF INDIA

... AFFAIRS BOF INDIA, Si.,-Allow me to trouble you with a few linest in addition to my last letter, on the affairs of India.-I am told, that l have misled you in two very material points. That the debts of India, which I state at thirty millions, are only twenty, as allowed by Mr. Francis, and that the revenues of India are above thirteen millions, instead of ten, the sum I give credit for.-I ...

CATHOLICS' PETITION

... 'C.ATHOLICS' PETITION. On Monday, Ithe 25th of 1,;arch, the ?? Petition of the PQmon Cotholic-s of Ireloand I wes laid befdrc the £zvo Houses of Prfia- TO THES. AIGtHT HONOURABLE AND HO-, NOUIIABLE THE' KNIGHTIS, CITIZENS; BURGESSES OF TUlE UNITED KINGDOI4 OF G-REAT BRITAIN AND IAELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, The humble Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, whose names are hereunto ...

SOMERSET-HOUSE ECONOMY

... I so&-ERSBT?mousz' flcowawy, ? SIR.,-I lately troul!ed you 'withi an a count of some of the ruinous. hardships, sn~- tained bv West Itidia-a.proprietors (P. 417 of this vol.), and ampong other topics. I ad- verted to: ?? tdepression, which tb4 price of rum had lately suffered, aid to. the indecent conduct, of the. ?? .o ...

DOMESTIC OFFICIAL PAPERS

... I LOgDON COMMON HALL.- PERCHARD, IJ A Y n R.--Tfn a Meeting or Issembly ,f ithe Mayor, Aldernen, and Li.)verymen oyfche several Companies ofihe Citv of London, en Common Hall asseAi;hked, Jtt ibe GGuildball of the said ivy, on Thnrsday the ISLb Day of Atrril, I1i80. IL SOLVID - ?? it sppeats frorn the ?? ts of the Cor-mImis siriwers for Naval Iaquiry, that ?? Hon. 11enry Dondasm, Vcount ...

MR. CANNING,

... SIR,--I'n the reports of the denate on the resolutions respecting the conduct of Lord Melville and his coautjator, the news- ?? represented that Mr, Canning very bitterly reproached the friends and kindred of Lord St. Vincent and Lord Grey, with ingratitude, for not supporting One noble de- linquent, whose offences 'were the subject of discussion, who had in (what he falsely called) a hard ...

FOREIGN OFFICIAL PAPERS

... . AaIEIRICAN PRESIDENT'S . SPEECH.-- Washiingon, March 4..- This day, at itwve o'clock, Thomas Jeffirsol , Prejident of tbe United States, ?? toe oath of office; and delivered the fillouwing io-l aagural Speech, in ths SenateChambtr, in the presence of the Members. of the two Houses,. and a large -coacourse of -itisfzes. : Pcceding, fellow citizens, to that quali- ?? which she constitution ...