Financial reform, mr. Cobden's defence of his national budget, letter, by 'One who has whistled at the plough'.1849 |
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a-year ABEL HEYWOOD Admiralty allowances amount annual annum applause appointed army Assistant Britain British Burnby captain Cavalry cent charge CHARLES GILPIN Cheers Civil List classes clerks Clothing Colonel Cobden Colonial-office Commissariat Commissioners committee cost Crown direct taxation Ditto dockyards Dublin duty Earl engines establishment estimates Eurotas Exchequer Excise expenses Financial Reform Association Foot Guards forests frigate GEORGE VICKERS Government governor hear honour horses House of Commons Household Cavalry income increase Ireland Kafir labour land Lieutenant Liverpool London Lord Lord Chamberlain Majesty's Major-General manufactures ment merchants military millions Napier naval navy North John-street officers Ordnance paid Palace Parliament patron pensions pounds present profit Queen's counsel received reduction regiments repairs retired revenue Royal salary Secretary sinecure Sir William smuggling soldier staff steamer stmr taxes timber tion tobacco Tracts trade voted William Symonds
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16. oldal - MEN, high-minded MEN, With powers as far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude: Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain: These constitute a State...
8. oldal - An Act to alter, amend, and consolidate the laws for regulating the pensions, compensations, and allowances to be made to persons in respect of their having held civil offices in his majesty's service.
12. oldal - ... am very anxious upon this subject, not only from the desire which every man must have that so many persons as there are in this army should have the advantage of religious instruction, but from a knowledge that it is the greatest support and aid to military discipline and order. It has, besides, come to my knowledge that Methodism is spreading very fast in the army. There are two, if not three, Methodist meetings in this town, of which one is in the Guards. The men meet in the evening, and sing...
11. oldal - House, and was instituted to administer justice between the King's domestic servants, that they might not be drawn into other courts, and thereby the King lose their service.
11. oldal - It is not known to the army and to strangers, and I am almost ashamed of acknowledging, the small degree (I ought to say nullity) of power of reward which belongs to my situation ; and it is really extraordinary that I have got on so well hitherto without it; but the day must come when this system must be altered.
4. oldal - ... are of English, Irish, or Scotch descent. Of the 2,500,000 inhabitants of the colonies who are not of European race, about 1,400,000 are Cingalese, and other inhabitants of Ceylon, and 1,100,000 are of African origin. In 1844 (the last complete return) the declared value of British produce and manufactures exported to the colonies amounted to about g,ooo,ooo/.
8. oldal - You may here get drunk for a penny, dead drunk for twopence, and have clean straw for nothing.
11. oldal - I, who command the largest British army that has been employed against the enemy for many years, and who have upon my hands certainly the most extensive and difficult concern that was ever imposed upon any British officer, have not the power of making even a corporal!
1. oldal - Also wo are instructed to deduct the expenses of the East India depots at Maidstone and Chatham; and also to deduct the sum of £134,242, which is a fund arising from other sources (hereafter specified) than the taxes of the current year, and available for the army expenditure. After which there stands before us the sum which has been voted by Parliament for the charge of her Majesty's land forces at home and abroad, exclusive of India, namely, £3,836,880.