| Great Britain - 1806 - 540 pages
...the Subject," — it was wisely and honestly thus enacted — " That no per" son, who has an olfioe or place of profit " under the King, or receives a pension " from the Crown, shall be capable of serv" ing as a Member of the House of Com" mons." — But Mr. Whitbread, it seems, never heard of this... | |
| Caricatures and cartoons - 1807 - 522 pages
...securing the Rights and Liber. *' ties of the Subject,'' — it was wisely and honcftly thus enacted — " That no person, who has an "' office or place of profit...capable of ** serving as a Member of the House of Commons." — But Mr. Whitbread, it seems, never heard of this provision — " for better securing... | |
| 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
...which act, his Majesty's family was raised to the throne of thit kingdom, and which expressly states, " That no person who has an office, or place of profit...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, there'... | |
| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1809 - 540 pages
...which Act only, his Majesty's " Family was raised to the throne of this " kingdom, it is declared, ' That no person " ' who has an office, or place of...capable of " ' serving as 'a Member of the House of "'Commons;' but that, notwithstanding " the wise precaution of this Act, which " is one ot our great... | |
| William Hamilton Reid - 1809 - 228 pages
...Brunswick on the throne of these realms, it was asserted and recognised as the constitutional principle, that no person who " has an office or place of profit...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... | |
| Great Britain - 1809 - 540 pages
...or Hereditaments, from the Craven, to him•< self or to any other or others in Trust for " him. " THAT NO PERSON WHO HAS « AN OFFICE OR PLACE OF PROFIT...CAPABLE OF SERVING .« AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF « COMMONS. " And uliercas the Laws of England are " the Birthright of the People thereof, all " the... | |
| Eaton Stannard Barrett - Great Britain - 1809 - 164 pages
...whoever reads cannot judge amiss. By the act of settlement it was enacted, " that no person, who hath an office, or place of profit under the king, or receives...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
...whoever reads cannot judge amiss. By the act of settlement it was enacted, " that jio person, who hath an office, or place of profit under the king, or receives...be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons." — • This wholesome/ clause was afterwards repealed. — Now, as the ministerial gentry... | |
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