| William Cobbett - 1809 - 540 pages
...th« Throae " of these Realms, it was asserted and re" cognised as the Constitutional principle, " ' That no person who has an Office or " ' Place of Profit under the King, or re" ' ceives a Pension from the Crown, shall " ' be capable of serving as a Member of " ' the House... | |
| William Cobbett - 1810 - 700 pages
...the principle of this decree. For, in the Act ot Setilemenl, before-mentioned, it is provided, thnt " No person, who has an "office, or place of profit,...receives a pension from the Crown, "shall be capable of scrcing at a Member " tfthc House of Commons." (See Act 12 and 13 William III. Chap. 2.) It is true,... | |
| John Cartwright - 1810 - 118 pages
...the people are best maintained by" • — By what * 12 and 13 Will. III. cap. 2. which declares " that no person who has an " office or place of profit...receives a pension from the crown, " shall be capable uf serving as a member of the House of Commons," think you, reader ? By real representatives ? By the... | |
| 1810 - 538 pages
...the throne of these realms; and, amongst these conditions there is this: " That no "person, who hat an office or place of profit " under the king, or receives a pension front " tite Crown, shall bt^apable of serving as a " member of the House of Commons." Now, this provision... | |
| William Cobbett - 1810 - 538 pages
...of Brunswick shall enjoy the throne of these realms; and, amongst these conditions there is this: " That no. " person, who has an office or place of profit " under tlte king, or receives a pension from " tlie Crown, shall be capable of serving as a, " member of the... | |
| 1815 - 930 pages
...the Privy Council as shall advise and consent to die same." By die same act it was farther decreed, " That no person who has an office or place of profit under the king, or receives a pension from die crown, shall be capable ot serving as a member of the House of Commons." These two provisions of... | |
| William Coxe - 1816 - 430 pages
...of the dominions of England, Scotland, or Ireland, without the consent of parliament. 8. No pefson who has an office or place of profit under the king,...pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons. Judges commissions shall be made quam Burnet, whose reflections on... | |
| William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 pages
...parliament, they secured the independence and integrity of that body after its election, by enactmg, that " no person who has an office, or place of profit,...pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons." 12th W. 3. ch. 2. Having thus secured the purity and independence... | |
| Alexander M'Laren - 1817 - 168 pages
...basis, the " rights of the crown, and the privileges of the people : And " that, in all time coming, no person who has an office or " place of profit under...from *' the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the " House of Commons." Now, Gentlemen, the meaning of all this taken together, is, that... | |
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