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... kind of trustee for the public interests ; in all cases represents the sovereignty of the kingdom ; and is the only authority which can sue or be sued in any manner on behalf of the kingdom in any court of justice . A governor of a ...
... kind of trustee for the public interests ; in all cases represents the sovereignty of the kingdom ; and is the only authority which can sue or be sued in any manner on behalf of the kingdom in any court of justice . A governor of a ...
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... kinds , shows likewise an increase of 14 and 7 per cent , compared to the year 1842 ; but this value has decreased 7 and 5 per cent on comparing it with the average of the five last years . Our export commerce with Belgium has remained ...
... kinds , shows likewise an increase of 14 and 7 per cent , compared to the year 1842 ; but this value has decreased 7 and 5 per cent on comparing it with the average of the five last years . Our export commerce with Belgium has remained ...
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... kinds , amounted to 992,000,000 francs , to wit : — Natural products , .... Manufactured objects , .. 339,000,000 francs , or 34 per cent . 653,000,000 66 or 66 66 The articles produced in our own soil , or by our own industry , are es ...
... kinds , amounted to 992,000,000 francs , to wit : — Natural products , .... Manufactured objects , .. 339,000,000 francs , or 34 per cent . 653,000,000 66 or 66 66 The articles produced in our own soil , or by our own industry , are es ...
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... kinds . Wheat , Indian corn , barley , beans , & c . , pay a fixed duty of two cents , nearly , per hundred pounds weight . In general , the taxes on pro- duce and manufactures , in Spain , under various names , are supposed to amount ...
... kinds . Wheat , Indian corn , barley , beans , & c . , pay a fixed duty of two cents , nearly , per hundred pounds weight . In general , the taxes on pro- duce and manufactures , in Spain , under various names , are supposed to amount ...
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... kind that can be preserved over a few days after being pulled , it is worth for that reason , when fresh , sometimes ... kinds for this purpose must come within the city , it was usual for the mercantile community to give bonds to export ...
... kind that can be preserved over a few days after being pulled , it is worth for that reason , when fresh , sometimes ... kinds for this purpose must come within the city , it was usual for the mercantile community to give bonds to export ...
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Página 404 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Página 514 - ... for transacting the business of said company: and at the expiration of the term of insurance, the said note, or such...
Página 404 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay, and Davis's Straits ; — whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Página 526 - April, 1790,(i) provides that "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death...
Página 306 - He is said to have weighed unto him " four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant, (Gen.
Página 22 - It is a part of our history, that, at the adoption of the constitution, all the states were greatly indebted; and the apprehension that these debts might be prosecuted in the federal courts, formed a very serious objection to that instrument. Suits were instituted; and the court maintained its jurisdiction. The alarm was general; and, to quiet the apprehensions that wvre so extensively entertained, this amendment was proposed in Congress, and adopted by the state legislatures.
Página 404 - Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue the gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.
Página 52 - Therefore, resolved, if the honorable the senate concur herein, that a joint committee be appointed to take into consideration the propriety of exploring and causing an accurate survey to be made of the most eligible and direct route for a canal, to open a communication between the tide waters of the Hudson river and Lake Erie, to the end that Congress may be enabled to appropriate such sums as may be necessary to the accomplishment of that great national object.
Página 404 - ... for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry.
Página 25 - A state, like a merchant, makes a contract ; a dishonest state, like a dishonest merchant, wilfully refuses to discharge it The latter is amenable to a court of justice upon general principles of right. Shall the former, when summoned to answer the fair demands of its creditor, be permitted, Proteus-like, to assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice, py declaring, " I am a sovereign state !