The Bubbles of CanadaR. Bentley, 1839 - 332 strán (strany) |
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... granted to it than any other of our American colonies : unpopular officers have been removed ; obnoxious governors have been recalled ; con- stitutional points abandoned to them ; all rea- sonable changes made ( or , as they would ex ...
... granted to it than any other of our American colonies : unpopular officers have been removed ; obnoxious governors have been recalled ; con- stitutional points abandoned to them ; all rea- sonable changes made ( or , as they would ex ...
Strana 39
... granted to nobles and respectable families , or to officers of the army , large tracts of land , termed seigni- ories , the proprietors of which were termed seigniors ; and held immediately from the King en fief , or en roture , on ...
... granted to nobles and respectable families , or to officers of the army , large tracts of land , termed seigni- ories , the proprietors of which were termed seigniors ; and held immediately from the King en fief , or en roture , on ...
Strana 45
... granted in Lower Canada amounts to upwards of 7,000,000 acres - while under the seigniorial grants there are nearly 11,000,000 acres held by a vast number of small proprie- tors . It is very difficult to conceive how the states- man who ...
... granted in Lower Canada amounts to upwards of 7,000,000 acres - while under the seigniorial grants there are nearly 11,000,000 acres held by a vast number of small proprie- tors . It is very difficult to conceive how the states- man who ...
Strana 48
Thomas Chandler Haliburton. munication with the mother country , but such as might be granted by the Americans or their Gallic neighbours . If the persons who framed that act had compared the state of the revolted colonies with that of ...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton. munication with the mother country , but such as might be granted by the Americans or their Gallic neighbours . If the persons who framed that act had compared the state of the revolted colonies with that of ...
Strana 85
... granted , and then on the specific appropriation , had excited and consolidated the party , they took the higher ground of dis- puting the right of the crown to those revenues which were secured to it by permanent grants . In order that ...
... granted , and then on the specific appropriation , had excited and consolidated the party , they took the higher ground of dis- puting the right of the crown to those revenues which were secured to it by permanent grants . In order that ...
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Strana 166 - Britain; and that in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil rights, resort shall be had to the laws of Canada as the rule for the decision of the same...
Strana 33 - Realm; and that the Clergy of the said Church may hold, receive, and enjoy, their accustomed Dues and Rights, with respect to such Persons only as shall profess the said Religion.
Strana 304 - Such, Sir, is my idea of the constitution of the British empire, as distinguished from the constitution of Britain ; and on these grounds I think subordination and liberty may be sufficiently reconciled through the whole ; whether to serve a refining speculatist, or a factious demagogue, I know not ; but enough surely for the ease and happiness of man.
Strana 29 - Court are to determine agreeable to Equity, having Regard nevertheless to the Laws of England, as far as the Circumstances and present Situation of Things will admit, until such Time as proper Ordinances for the Information of the People can be established by the Governor and Council, agreeable to the Laws of England.
Strana 89 - Treasury, or any three or more of them for the Time being, shall...
Strana 27 - ... for the hearing and determining all causes, as well criminal as civil, according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Strana 165 - ... inapplicable to the state and circumstances of the said province, the inhabitants whereof amounted at the conquest to above sixtyfive thousand persons professing the religion of the Church of Rome, and enjoying an established form of constitution and system of laws, by which their persons and property had been protected, governed and ordered, for a long series of years, from the first establishment of the said province of Canada...
Strana 272 - The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one.
Strana 26 - February last, and being desirous that all our loving Subjects as well of our Kingdoms as of our Colonies in America, may avail themselves, with all convenient speed, of the great benefits and Advantages which must accrue therefrom, to their Commerce, Manufactures, and Navigation...
Strana 91 - America, or relates thereto it has been declared, 'that the King and Parliament of Great Britain will not impose any duty, tax, or assessment whatever, payable in any of His Majesty's colonies, provinces, and plantations in North America or the West Indies, except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce...