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'The schools are full of them!' he shouted. 'Where's their Michael
Angelo? They study music by thousands: where's their Beethoven? Where's
their Plato? Where's the woman Shakespeare?''Where's their Harry Lauder?'At last a name that stirred the general enthusiasm.'Who is Harry Lauder?' Jean asked her aunt.Lady John shoo... |
'I would say in conclusion to the women here, it's not enough to be
sorry for these, our unfortunate sisters. We must get the conditions of
life made fairer. We women must organize. We must learn to work
together. We have all (rich and poor, happy and unhappy) worked so long
and so exclusively for men, we hardly know h... |
'It may be a Liberal Cabinet,' came from Stonor at his dryest.Farnborough leapt back into the fray. 'Nobody thought so up to last
night. Why, even your brother----' he brought up short. 'But I'm afraid
I'm really seeming rather _too_----' He took up his hat.'What about my brother?''Oh, only that I went from your house ... |
Something of that overbearing look of his must have penetrated the
clouded consciousness of the girl, for she was saying--'You! a man like _you_ not to have had the freedom, that even the lowest
seem to have----''Freedom?''To marry the woman they choose.''She didn't break off our relations because I couldn't marry her.... |
'She didn't refuse to marry you.'As she passed him on the way to her sitting-room he caught her by the
arm.'Stop!' he said, glancing about like one hunting desperately for a means
of gaining a few minutes. 'Lady John is waiting all this time at my
house for the car to go back with a message.''_That's_ not a matter of l... |
'Oh, I'm _so_ glad!' said Lady John, with unconscious rapture.Vida smiled grimly. 'Yes, I'm glad, too.''And if Geoffrey Stonor offered you--er--"reparation," you'd refuse it?''Geoffrey Stonor! For me he's simply one of the far back links in a
chain of evidence. It's certain I think a hundred times of other women's
pres... |
Vida stood there mute, with eyes on the ground. Lady John glanced
nervously at her watch, and, with a gesture of perturbation, hurriedly
left the room. The other went slowly back to her place by the table.* * * * *The look she bent on Stonor as he came in seemed to take no account of
those hurri... |
'I mind your giving false impressions,' he said with spirit. As she was
about to speak he advanced upon her. 'Do you deny'--he bent over her,
and told off those three words by striking one clenched fist into the
palm of the other hand--'do you deny that you returned my letters
unopened?''No,' she said.'Do you deny that... |
He paused, and for that moment he seemed as bankrupt in denunciation as
he was in hope. This personal application of the new heresy found him
merely aghast, with no words but 'That _she_ should be the sacrifice!''You have taught us to look very calmly on the sacrifice of women,' was
the ruthless answer. 'Men tell us in... |
She stood staring out into the void. 'One woman's mishap--what is that?
A thing as trivial to the great world as it's sordid in most eyes. But
the time has come when a woman may look about her and say, What general
significance has my secret pain? Does it "join on" to anything? And I
find it _does_. I'm no longer simpl... |
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material from the Google Print project.)[Illustration: Jas. Braidwood]FIRE PREVENTIONANDFIRE EXTINCTION.BYJAMES BRAIDWOOD,FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LON... |
The history of mankind, from the earliest times, has been one of
alternate peace and war with fire. The immeasurable value of its
obedience, and the fearful consequences of its insubordination, have,
in all ages, made its due subjection one of the most important
conditions of even human existence itself. As camps and t... |
"Not only is the apparatus constructed on the best possible
principles, but the whole system of operations has been
changed. The public, however, do not see the same bustle, or
hear the same noise as formerly; and hence they seem
erroneously to conclude that there is nothing done. The fact
is, ... |
As in Edinburgh, the London Fire Brigade under Mr. Braidwood's
superintendence became a new force, and in every respect a remarkable
organization. Where the inefficiency of the old firemen could not at
once be made to yield to discipline, they were pensioned off; and
within a short time a select band of active, hardy, ... |
Although regarding the training and discipline of firemen as of the
first importance in the organization of a fire brigade, Mr. Braidwood
gave a large share of attention to the improvement of fire-engines and
their kindred appliances. While in Edinburgh, where the steepness of
many of the streets, and the roughness of ... |
The great fire at Cotton's Wharf; Tooley-street, broke out on
Saturday, June 22nd, 1861, and continued to burn for more than a
fortnight, consuming Scovell's, and other large warehouses, and, in
all, upwards of two millions' worth of property. The fire is believed
to have originated in the spontaneous combustion of hem... |
Apart from the public value of Mr. Braidwood's career in increasing
the common security against a common foe, there was much in his
personal, intellectual, and moral qualities worthy of admiration. He
was a man of strong and commanding frame, of inexhaustible energy, and
of enduring vitality. The constitutions of but f... |
The opportunities for inattention to fires and lights are so various,
that it is impossible to notice the whole.One of the prevailing causes of fire is to be traced to persons
locking their doors, and leaving their houses to the care of children.
I believe one-half of the children whose deaths are occasioned by
acciden... |
In London the Building Act forbids all such proceedings, but the
District Surveyors do not seem to have sufficient power, or be able to
pay sufficient attention to such matters, as they are constantly met
with at fires. A very flagrant case of laying a hearth on timber was
lately exposed by a fire in the City. Due noti... |
Another cause of fire which may come under this head is the use of
pipes for conveying away the products of combustion. Every one is
acquainted with the danger of stove pipes, but all are not perhaps
aware that pipes for conveying away the heat and effluvia from
gas-burners are also very dangerous when placed near timb... |
Much confidence has been placed in wrought-iron tie or tension rods,
to take the lateral strain of the arches, and also in trusses to
support the beams; but it must be evident that the expansion of the
iron from the heat, would render them useless, and under a high
temperature, it would be so great as to unsettle the b... |
It is sincerely to be hoped that the clause in the last Metropolitan
Building Act, restricting the size of warehouses, may be more
successful than its predecessor, for it is not only property that is
at stake, but human life. In many of these "Manchester warehouses,"
there are fifty or one hundred and upwards of wareho... |
When all available means of fire prevention have been adopted, the
next thing to be considered is a supply of water. In the country, or
where there are no water-pipes or engines, this ought to be
particularly attended to, and a hand-pump should be provided. Where no
water is kept solely for the purpose of extinguishing... |
One great evil, and which ought to be strictly guarded against by
people not accustomed to fire, is, that on the first alarm they exert
themselves to the very utmost of their strength. This, of course, can
last but a short time; and when they feel tired, which in that case
soon happens, they very often give up altogeth... |
It could be provided that firemen might be enlisted for a term of
years. When enlisted, they would be sent to the depot at
head-quarters, drilled to the use of the engines, and carefully
instructed in separating and cleaning the different parts. Here also
they could be practised in gymnastic exercises, and generally
in... |
When entrance by the door is impracticable, and access is to be gained
by a window, the flames frequently burst through in such a manner as
to render advance in the first instance impossible. In that case, the
branch should be pointed against the window, nearly in a perpendicular
direction; the water striking the linte... |
The London Fire Brigade now (January, 1861) consists of one
superintendent, four foremen, each being appointed to a district
consisting of a fourth part of London, which he never leaves except on
some very pressing emergency, and who, in the absence of the
superintendent, has the sole command of all engines, or firemen... |
Every man who is dismissed from the Establishment, or who
resigns his situation, delivers up, before he quits the
service, every article of dress and appointment which may
have been supplied to him; if any of such articles have
been, in the opinion of the superintendent, improperly used
or dama... |
He does not attend fires that happen out of his own district unless he
receives orders from the superintendent to that effect.He endeavours to ascertain the cause of the fire, and reports the same
to the superintendent.On the alarm of fire being given in his own district, he instantly
repairs to the spot, and uses his ... |
Slaters make good firemen, not so much from their superiority in
climbing, going along roofs, &c., although these are great advantages,
but from their being in general possessed of a handiness and readiness
which I have not been able to discover in the same degree amongst
other classes of workmen. It is, perhaps, not n... |
The captains, sergeants, and pioneers of each company alternately take
the duty of directing the engine, attaching the hose, &c., while the
whole of each party not engaged in these duties take the levers as
firemen. The call is then given to move forward, the men setting off
at a quick walking pace, and, on the same ca... |
A list of the engine-houses, and the residences of the superintendent
and head enginemen in each district shall be publicly advertised, that
no one may be ignorant where to apply in cases of fire; and, in the
event of fire breaking out in any house, the possessor shall be bound
to give instant notice of it at the neare... |
Upon occasions of fire, the moderator of the high constables shall
call out the high constables, and, if necessary, he shall also call
out the extra constables, and give notice to call out the constables
of their districts; and it shall be the duty of the constables to
preserve order and to protect property, to keep th... |
The men are particularly cautioned not to take spirituous liquors from
any individual without the special permission of the captain of their
engine, who will see that every proper and necessary refreshment be
afforded to them; and as intoxication upon such alarming occasions is
not merely disreputable to the corps, but... |
I must here remark, that before this plan can be properly put in
execution, the firemen must be regularly trained to the exercise. When
the firemen here are practised with the fire-escape, the man ascending
or descending has a strong belt round his middle, to which another
chain is fastened, and held by a man stationed... |
The barrels are of cast-brass, with a piston made of two circular
pieces of the same metal, each put into a strong leather cup, and
bolted to the other. The bottoms of the cups being together, when the
piston becomes loose in the barrels, and there is not sufficient time
to replace the cups by new ones, they are easily... |
7 coils of hose, 40 feet each.
4 bundles of sheepskin and lay-cord.
4 lengths of suction-pipe, each between 6 and 7 feet long.
2 branch pipes.
3 jet pipes or nozzles and an elbow for jet.
3 wrenches for coupling-joints.
2 lamps.
2 lengths of scaling ladder.
1 fire-hook.
60 f... |
With an engine of 7-inch barrels and 7-inch stroke, fitted with eighty
feet of 2-3/8-inch hose, I have found from several experiments that
when the water is thrown seventy-five feet high, the pressure on the
hose is equal to one hundred feet. The same engine, with 160 feet of
hose, and the branch-pipe raised fifty feet... |
_Three Wrenches for Coupling-joints._--These are for tightening the
coupling-joints, when that cannot be sufficiently done by hand. When
the hose are all put together a man is sent along the whole line with
a pair of wrenches to tighten such of the coupling-joints as require
it. The wrenches are generally made with a h... |
With regard to the Fire Annihilator, I have seen several experiments
with this machine, and heard of more which were not successful; and if
an invention fails when experiments are tried, it is open to the
impression that it might fail when brought into active operation.
There have also been many cases where these machi... |
3rd. The standcock farthest from the large main only being opened,
gave a jet of 34 feet, and delivered 74 gallons per minute.4th. Both standcocks being opened, the farthest one gave a jet of 23
feet, and delivered 58 gallons per minute.When both these plugs were allowed to flow freely without hose, the
water from that... |
If the firecocks are all at too great a distance from the place on
fire, to be reached by the supply of hose brought with the engine, the
next resource is, to open the nearest firecock above the level of the
place where the water is required. By covering the eyes of drains, and
stopping up any cross-water channels, the... |
O. PIHL, _Norway_; Civil Engineer.W. M. RANKINE, _Glasgow_; Professor of Mechanics in the University of
Glasgow.CAPT. SHAW, _London_; Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade.DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, _London_.F. B. TAYLOR, _United States_; Mechanical Engineer.H. THOMAS, _Zollverein_; Manufacturer.H. TRESCA, _France_; Profe... |
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF CAITHNESS.
LORD RICHARD GROSVENOR, M.P.
J. G. APPOLD, ESQ.
J. T. BATEMAN, ESQ.
W. M'BROWNE, ESQ.
T. R. CRAMPTON, ESQ.
W. M. CROSSLAND, ESQ.
W. FAIRBAIRN, ESQ.
T. HAWKSLEY, ESQ.
J. E. McCONNELL, ESQ.
HENRY MAUDSLAY, ESQ.
J. MATHEWS, ESQ.
J. NASMYTH, ESQ.
J. PENN, ESQ.
WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ._Hon. ... |
+-----+-----------+---------+---+---+--------+----+----+-------+-------+
| | | | | |Size of | | | |Time of|
|No.| Name. | Time. | A | B |Nozzle. | C | D | E |Raising|
| | | | | | | | | |Steam. |
+---+-------------+---------... |
Delivering 1000 gallons into tank at same distance, commencing with
full steam.+-----+--------------------+------------+--------+---------+
| | | Steam | Steam | Time |
| No. | Name. | at | during | filling |
| | | Beginning. | Work. | Tank. ... |
The Board may also contract with any company or persons
authorized to establish the same for the establishment of
telegraphic communication between the several stations in
which their fire engines or firemen are placed, and between
any of such stations and other parts of the metropolis.6. On and aft... |
There shall be annexed to the return so made a declaration
made by the secretary or other officer performing the duties
of secretary of the company by whom it is made, stating that
he has examined the return with the books of the company,
and that to the best of his knowledge, information, and
... |
26. Any act, power, or jurisdiction hereby authorized to be
done or exercised by two justices may be done or exercised
by the following magistrates within their respective
jurisdictions; that is to say, by any metropolitan police
magistrate sitting alone at a police court or other
appointed pla... |
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An Inquisition Indented, Taken at Charlestown Within the County of
Middlesex Aforesaid the Second day of July in the Twenty ninth year of
the Reign of our Lord George the Second by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith &c., before
John Remington Gentleman one of the Coroners ... |
_Answr._ No, I put in but a little of it, only so much as lay on
the Point of a narrow Piece of flat Iron, with which I put it in,
which Iron Mark made & gave it to me to give to Phebe, Mark gave me
the sd Iron the Saturday before the Sabbath aforesd. I ask'd him
what it was for, he would not tell me; he said Robbin ga... |
_Answr._ That same night I told Mark that a negro Fellow had been
there and ask'd for him & wanted him, he ask'd me why I did not call
him, I told him our Folks called me and I could not, Mark told me he
was very Sorry I did not, and asked me if he gave me any Thing, I told
him he did not, he said he was very sorry he ... |
_Answr._ I thought she pour'd in too much, more than she should I
felt ugly and I wan't willing she shou'd put in so much and that he
should be kill'd so quick. Mark's orders were to give it in two Doses,
that was the Directions Robbin gave to Mark, as Mark told me, and Mark
Said Robbin told him there was no more taste... |
_Answr._ I made no tarry there, but left him at the Pot house, and
he and the young man that was with him followed me and overtook me a
little below Mr. Waite's Slaughter house; And they went with me
into the Lane leading from the market Place to the long Wharffe near
Mrs. Shearman's, while I went into Mrs. Shearmans a... |
_Quest._ Did you ever ask Carr at any other Time for Poison?_Ansr._ No._Quest._ Did you never ask him for something to Poison or kill a Dog?_Answr._ No, not that I know of._Quest._ Was you ever bit by a Dog?_Answr._ No. I never was._Quest._ Do you know any Thing more of your master's being poisoned
than you have before... |
To appear before our Justices of our Superiour Court of Judicature
Court of Assize & General Goal Delivery now holden at Cambridge within
and for said County Tomorrow morning at Eight of ye Clock before
noon Then and there to give Such Evidence in our Behalf as you know
against Mark a Negro man & Phillis a Negro woman ... |
Whereas at our Superiour Court of Judicature Court of Assize and
General Goal Delivery begun and held at Cambridge within and for the
County of Middlesex on the first Tuesday of August last the Grand
Jurors for us for the Body of our said County of Middlesex did on
their Oath Present That Phillis a Negro woman of Charl... |
By the statute 25 Edw. III., this crime, which had had a wider
application, was restricted to three classes of cases: 1, where a
servant killed his master or mistress; 2, where a wife killed her
husband; 3, where a clergyman killed his prelate, or the superior to
whom he owed canonical obedience. The sentence in the ca... |
[Footnote 12: See Hutchinson's Hist. Mass. Bay, vol. iii. p. 287, n.
Instances of pardons and reprieves occur in our judicial history, but
they were invariably granted in the name of the king, by the
commander-in-chief; and, if for a graver offence than manslaughter, it
seems to have been understood that a pardon was n... |
That mistaken notions as to the nature of penalties to be inflicted in
criminal cases, and as to the authority of the bench to impose unusual
punishments, were not solely entertained in this distant colony, and
among men not bred to the law, may be shown by many instances in the
English law-books. One of the most notab... |
Said Isaac Backus, whom I find to be a very trustworthy authority, in
a letter to this Society, under date of Feb. 20, 1794, "There has not
been any person hanged in Plymouth County for above these sixty years
past."[26] More than a century earlier, John Dunton mentions a sermon
of Mather's, preached at the execution o... |
In England, by the stat. 25 Geo. II., ch. 35 (1752), which was three
years before the execution at Cambridge, provision was made that
hanging in chains should be included in the sentence to be pronounced
by the court against all persons convicted of murder, and that the
sentence should be executed on the next day but o... |
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net.THEQUARTERLY REVIEW.NO. CCCXXIV. APRIL, 1886. VOL. CLXII.CONTENTS:I. Matthew ParishII. The Christian Brothers.--Religious Schools in France and England.III. Archives of the Venetian Republic.IV. Yeomen... |
Some of our readers are not likely yet to have forgotten the remarkable
essay which the late Professor Brewer contributed to our pages in 1871,
and which has since been reprinted in the volume of 'English Studies,'
published shortly after the author's death in 1879. English History owes
a larger debt to few men of our ... |
Great men are at once the leaders and the product of their age. When
Lord Langdale set himself to his task he was only attempting that which
had been talked of since the reign of Edward II. For five centuries the
unification of our National Records had been recommended and advised by
lawyers, statesmen, and scholars fr... |
It was while working at Bartholomew Cotton that Dr. Luard was brought
into intimate relations with the 13th century. Hitherto the _composite_
character of such chronicles as had been published had indeed been
perceived, but no attempt had been made to trace the original authority
for statements repeated in the same wor... |
The attention which had been drawn to Matthew Paris by this remarkable
controversy could not but have its effect in awakening a desire for that
critical edition of the larger Chronicle which Dr. Luard had been so
long preparing. The way was cleared for such an edition now; it was not
likely that any more MSS. of the au... |
In the first half of the 13th century English monarchism was at its
best; the 12th century was emphatically the reformation age of British
monarchism. All the many schemes for starting new orders with improved
_Rules_, and all the efforts to improve the discipline of the religious
houses and fan the fire of devotion am... |
The income from landed estates at St. Alban's was probably at no time
equal to what may be called the extraordinary income. The offerings at
the shrines of SS. Alban and Amphibalus, the proceeds of the offertory
at those magnificent and dramatic functions in which the multitude
delighted, and the _douceurs_ that were a... |
What has been said applies mainly to the older houses, those which were
under what may be called the _primitive_ Benedictine rule. If men were
moved to rigid asceticism, however, and had a taste for bald simplicity;
if art, and music, and ornate architecture, had no charm for them, and
they dreamt that God could only b... |
'After minutely examining every page of the manuscripts in
question, as well as others, which were undoubtedly written
in the monastery of St. Alban's, and comparing them with
others executed in various parts of England and on the
Continent, I can come to no other conclusion than that
during th... |
Unnecessary doubt has been suggested as to his parentage, and whether
his extraction was or was not from a stock that could boast of gentle
blood. For our part we incline strongly to the belief, that Brother
Matthew was called Paris because that was his name, and had been his
father's name before him. A family of that ... |
Wherever there was any great event that deserved a place in the Abbey
Chronicle, some splendid pageant to describe, some battle, or treaty, or
pestilence, or flood, or famine, straightway tidings came to the
vigilant historiographer; and there was a comparison of the evidence
brought in, and some testing of witnesses, ... |
'Did not we find the bones of our brethren there, hard by
the High Altar, when we were beautifying the same? O ye
degenerate sons of this degenerate age! Two centuries ago
and our monks were men of faith and prayer. In the year of
grace one thousand two hundred and fifty-one, we found more
than... |
May the day be far off when Homer and AEschylus shall cease to be read in
the original! The great writers of Hellas and Italy were poets or
orators, great teachers or great thinkers; but they were something more.
They were perfect instrumentalities too. Their thoughts, their lessons,
their aspirations, their regrets, y... |
We will venture to assume, that some of our readers are not well
acquainted with the story and the principles of the remarkable
institution known as the Schools of the Christian Brothers, or with the
life of their remarkable founder. We propose in this article to supply
some information upon the subject, not only becau... |
This passage somewhat anticipates events; but it is convenient for the
condensed character of this narrative that it should be so. We will
therefore briefly fill up the gap left by M. de la Salle's own statement
by saying, that he found the work of directing schools for the poor
increase upon his hands in a wonderful m... |
'Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, prostrate in
deepest reverence before Thine infinite and adorable
Majesty, I consecrate myself wholly to Thee, to seek Thy
glory in all ways possible to me, or to which Thou shalt
call me. And to this end I, Jean Baptiste de la Salle,
Priest, prom... |
The faults which De la Salle regards as worthy of being treated with
most severity are these: untruthfulness, quarrelling, theft, impurity,
misbehaviour in church. It is notable that idleness and inattention to
lessons, sauciness, and other boyish faults, which have brought much
trouble upon many thousands of urchins, ... |
The work of the Christian Brothers in France at the present time is of
special value; but also carried on under much chilling discouragement. A
systematic attempt is being made to secularize education, and to drive
every indication of religious faith from the primary schools. It remains
to be seen what will be the resu... |
'Mrs. Gregory was not convinced, but she said nothing.'"You see," continued Gregory, "you must look a little
beyond the end of your nose. You wish that there should be
only one shoemaker in the place. The linendraper wishes that
there should be only one linendraper; the grocer only one
grocer; and s... |
The question of the comparative conditions of France and England is one
with which we have no desire to enter at length; and indeed a native of
one of the countries is very unlikely to be in a condition to take a
quite just and fair view of the other. We only desire to guard ourselves
from appearing to assume the proba... |
There are no less than thirty Training Colleges in connection with the
Church. The pupils trained in these Colleges are not in general bound by
any rule to accept posts only in Church schools; as a matter of fact,
many are drafted into Board Schools; but it is impossible to exaggerate
the importance to the subsequent i... |
On the whole, we English people seem to be solving the national
education question _more nostro_. We have got a system not quite
symmetrical, not quite logical, not the perfect exponent of the
crotchets of any particular school, but nevertheless one which has on
the whole produced remarkable results, and seems to have ... |
'After the disasters of the Prussian invasion in 1871,' says
our author, 'the City of Boston, in America, placed at the
disposal of the French Academy a special prize of two
thousand francs to be given to whoever should be judged most
worthy of the honour, on account of services rendered during
... |
Admirable as are the preservation and order of these masses of State
papers, it is not to be expected that each series, each magisterial
archive, should be complete. There are many broad lacunae, especially in
the earlier period, which must ever be a cause for regret: for Venice
growing is a more attractive and profita... |
Coming now to the second tier in the pyramid of the constitution, the
Senate, or Pregadi,--the invited, we find that the Senate proper was
composed of sixty members, elected in the Great Council, six at a time.
The elections took place once a week, and were so arranged that they
should be complete by the first of Octob... |
The Doge was elected for life. When a Doge died, the eldest Ducal
Councillor filled the office of Vice-Doge until the election of the new
Prince. The remains of the deceased Doge were laid out in the Chamber of
the Pioveghi, on the first floor of the Ducal Palace, dressed in robes
of State, the mantle of cloth of gold ... |
The place of the Ten in the constitutional structure is below the
College and parallel with the Senate. Below the College the
administration bifurcates, the ordinary course of business flows through
the Senate, the extraordinary through the Ten. The Ten possessed an
authority equal to that of the Senate; the choice of ... |
Under the Republic these collections of State papers were not known as
archives, but as chancelleries. The collections of highest interest, the
papers to which the student is most likely to turn his attention, are
those relating to the ceremony, to the home, and to the foreign policy
of Venice. These three groups are c... |
To begin with the Maggior Consiglio, we have the long series of
registers containing the deliberations of the Council from the year 1232
down to the fall of the Republic in 1797, occupying forty-two volumes,
and distinguished, at first, by such capricious names as Capricornus,
Philosus, Presbiter, and Fronesis; and lat... |
'Having parted from the Duke, he took up the name and
language of an Italian; and thinking it best to avoid the
line of English intelligence and danger, he posted into
Norway, and through that country towards Scotland, where he
found the King at Stirling. Being there, he used means, by
Bernard ... |
Among the papers of the Collegio we find ourselves once more in the
general current of foreign politics. The ordinary proceedings of the
College, the papers containing the arrangement and discussion of affairs
to be presented to the Senate, are included in the volumes of files and
registers, known as the Notatorii del ... |
The reception of Lord Northampton in the year 1762 will afford us the
most detailed view of the ceremony, for on that occasion some questions
of precedent arose, and the Cavaliere Ruzzini, who was entrusted with
the conduct of the affair, presented a long report to the Senate on the
subject. The ambassador was not offi... |
The English Ambassador Extraordinary enjoyed certain privileges which
were established on the precedent of the embassy of Lord Falconberg,
Cromwell's son-in-law. Among these privileges was the right to lodging
and maintenance at the cost of the Republic, a right which the
ambassador usually compounded for the sum of fi... |
This state of happiness is, according to Mr. Laing, the result of the
still existing _Odels ret_ or Allodial Right, under which, he asserts,
the land of Norway was always the property of the people, not of a
feudal class of high nobility. But although this assertion does not much
affect the main and practical object of... |
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