| Great Britain. Parliament - 1830 - 792 Seiten
...solemnly declaring that " the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof," it is enacted, " 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." Now, I hold these wise laws of our ancestors to be the land-marks... | |
| William Cobbett - 1831 - 300 Seiten
...are members of the Commons House of Parliament, this being contrary to Magna Charta, which says, " That no person who has an office, or place of profit under the King, or who receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a^member of the House of Commons."... | |
| William Carpenter - 1831 - 508 Seiten
...TENEMENTS Or HEREDITAMENTS, from the CI'OV.'Il to himself or to any other or others, in trust for him. 7. THAT NO PERSON WHO HAS AN OFFICE OR PLACE OF PROFIT UNDER THE KING, OR WHO RECEIVES A PENSION FROM THE CROWN, SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.... | |
| John Wade - 1831 - 610 Seiten
...1797. No honest man can, according to the present system, continue Minister.— William Pitt, 1782. No person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or who receives a pension from the Crown, should be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons.... | |
| David P. Whitehead - 1832 - 252 Seiten
...can, according to the present system, ie the late system, continue Minister.— William Pitt, 1782. No person who has an office or place of profit under the king, or who receives a pension from the Crown, should be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons.—Act... | |
| Jonathan Dymond - 1834 - 444 Seiten
...sacrifice the interests of the public to their own. By the act of settlement indeed it was provided " That no person who has an office or place of profit...capable of serving as member of the House of Commons." The spirit of this provision is practically superseded, though its letter so far operates that a king's... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1836 - 984 Seiten
...denizen (except such as are born of English parents), shall be capable to be of the privy-council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy...has an office or place of profit under the king, or j succession to the crown of England, aftpr receives a pension from the crown, shall be ; king William... | |
| Great Britain - 1836 - 626 Seiten
...have any grant of lands, tenements or hereditaments (rom the ' Crown, to himself or to any other or others in trust for him. ' That no person who has...pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a ' member of the House of Commons. ' That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1836 - 672 Seiten
...tenements, or hereditaments, from the crown to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him.—6. 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.— 7. That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid,... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1836 - 660 Seiten
...tenements, or hereditaments, from the crown to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him. — 6. 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. — 7- That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid,... | |
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