 | William Henry Ireland - Chronology, Historical - 1826 - 720 pages
...was deposed. 13. The city of Caraccas wag taken by the independents. 15. Sir F. Burdett having; moved in the house of commons for a committee to inquire into the massacre at Manchester, his motion was negatived. A riot took place in the Almonry, between a party... | |
 | Rogers Ruding - Coinage - 1840 - 542 pages
...formed, experienced an alteration of its value in the market On the 5th of December, Mr. Nicholls moved, in the house of commons, for a committee to inquire into the state of the gold coinage, but was opposed by Lord Hawkesbury, and the motion was negatived.3 1801.... | |
 | Edward Thornton - India - 1842 - 604 pages
...meet before Christmas.* It had met on the AD 1766. Hth November; and on the 25th, a motion was made in the House of Commons, for a committee to inquire into the state and condition of the Company. It was carried, upon a division, by one hundred and twenty-nine... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1845 - 788 pages
...He said, " Yes, I think I can ; but (said he) I think the best thing you can do is to make a Motion in the House of Commons for a Committee, to inquire into the working; of what is called the Inner, or Secret Office, of the Post Office." 1 accordingly gave notice... | |
 | Charles Wesley - 1849 - 556 pages
...cause of his death. Oglethorpe justly concluded that this was not a solitary case, and therefore moved, in the House of Commons, for a Committee to inquire into the state of the jails in England. The proposal was accepted : a large and efficient Committee was appointed,... | |
 | 1850 - 782 pages
...but feel grateful to him for showing them their duty." SIR TE COLXBROOKK, whilst moving, last night, in the House of Commons, for a committee to inquire into the rights of the allied and dependent princes of India, was seized with a sudden indisposition, and became... | |
 | Archibald Prentice - Manchester (Eng.) - 1851 - 456 pages
...evening of the day on which disturbances were commenced at Accrington, Mr. Whitmore brought on his motion in the House of Commons for a committee to inquire into the operation of the corn-laws. It was strenuously opposed by Mr. Huskisson. He had promised, in the previous... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - 1859 - 206 pages
...writings. On the 7th May, 1782, Mr. William Pitt, shortly afterwards Prime Minister, made a motion in the House of Commons for " a Committee to inquire into the State of the Representation in Parliament •" which, having been supported by Fox and opposed by Burke,... | |
 | Sir Henry William Peek - Commons - 1867 - 468 pages
...in the view which has already been adverted to. Early in the Session of 1865, Mr. Doulton, MP, moved in the House of Commons for a committee to inquire into the condition of the Commons and Open Spaces in the neighbourhood of the Metropolis. In the discussion... | |
 | Richard Cobden - Depressions - 1868 - 542 pages
...not be confined to the electric effects of state convulsions, which shock simultaneously the frame ot neighbouring empires. The tranquil and unostentatious...of its waste lands ; a Swiss journal informed us, tho other day, that, at a recent meeting of the Vorort of that country, a member called for a municipal... | |
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A motion was made in the House of Commons for a "committee to inquire into the proceedings of the judges in Westminster Hall, particularly in cases relating to the liberty of the press. 
