 | 1827 - 516 pages
...with approbation in the most respectable literary journals, and his opinion has been appealed to by the committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the state of Ireland, as a high authority on economical subjects. His writings are also not unknown on... | |
 | Charles Purton Cooper - 1828 - 462 pages
...of Bankrupt, are remunerated for their services by fees. Nearly seventeen years have elapsed since the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the causes that retard the decision of suits in Chancery, introduced into their Report the following recommendation... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...which may probably be about one-third of the whole. And it is added that it appears, from the report of the committee of the house of commons, appointed to inquire into the laws respecting the salt duties, printed in June, 1801, that, 1800) (.34,939' Of this quantity, in... | |
 | 1837 - 504 pages
...understanding, are rendered maniacs through the use of strong drink. It appears, from the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the evils of intemperance, that one half of all the inmates in the largest lunatic asylums in the metropolis,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1830 - 620 pages
...most Wanted, and, perhaps, most useful, they Would infallibly disappear. The witnesses examined by the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the principles and practical operation of the system, Were very closely questioned as to this point ; and... | |
 | 1831 - 524 pages
...with dry and warm lodging, clothes, and all other casualties beside. The celebrated Mr. Elman said to the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the price of labourers' wages, that " forty years ago every labouring man in the parish where he lived brewed... | |
 | Thomas H. Goddard - 1831 - 262 pages
...is most wanted, and perhaps most useful, they would infallibly disappear. The witnesses examined by the committee of the house of commons, appointed to inquire into the principles and practical operation of the system, were very closely questioned as to this point ; and... | |
 | Isaac Weld - 1832 - 960 pages
...testimony delivered by Mr. Nicholas Fanning, one of the directors of the Grand Canal Company, before the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the state of the poor in Ireland, in the year 1830. "The Grand Canal," says he, " on the line from Dublin... | |
 | John Martin - 1834 - 596 pages
...Marquis of Salisbury. George III. was present at the review. RETURN from the SOCIETY of LINCOLN'S INN to the COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of COMMONS, appointed to inquire into the State of the PUBLIC RECORDS of the Kingdom. 1800. SKETCH of a GENEALOGICAL and HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1834 - 536 pages
...the King and Queen ac Windsor, and an entertainment was in the evening given to the royal visiters. The Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the conduct of the police at Coldbath-Fields, have reported that the police did not use unnecessary violence... | |
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Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities. 
