| William Hepworth Dixon - 1852 - 444 páginas
...consideration of a busy and apathetic public ; and on the 25th of February, 1728, the Legislature appointed a Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into " The state of the Gaols of this kingdom," and report to it thereon. From the first hour, this work of inquiry was... | |
| Royal society of arts of Jamaica - 392 páginas
...1848, this subject engaged the attention of parliament ; Mr. Bright, the member for Manchester, moved for a committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the growth of cotton in India. I had the honour of being appointed a member of that committee, which obtained... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1854 - 916 páginas
...of May, 1816, Mr. (now Lord) Brougham, a member of Winchelsea moved fqr the appointment ofa select committee of the House of Commons "to inquire into the state of education of the lower orders of the metropolis," and to consider what may be fit to be done with respect... | |
| 1855 - 590 páginas
...resignation was occasioned by the success of a motion carried by a very large majority for the appointment of a committee of the House of Commons, to inquire into the state of the army before Sebastopol. This motion, which has been regarded as a vote of censure against the whole... | |
| John Benjamin Smith - 1857 - 24 páginas
...1848, this subject engaged the attention of parliament; Mr. Bright, the member for Manchester, moved for a Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the growth of cotton in India. I had the honour of being appointed a member of that committee, which obtained... | |
| 1858 - 652 páginas
...1848, this subject engaged the attention of parliament; Mr. Bright, the member for Manchester, moved for a committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the growth of cotton in India. I had the honour of being appointed a member of that committee, which obtained... | |
| 1859 - 660 páginas
...neglected, indigent, and broken-hearted in our midst. THE SHIPPING INTEKEST. THE motion of Mr. LINDSAY for a committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the burdens that press upon the shipping interest having been granted, this important subject will now... | |
| 1859 - 802 páginas
...apparent that a cotton famine would be followed by disastrous consequences. In 1848 Mr. Bright moved for a Committee -of the House of Commons to inquire into the growth of cotton in India ; and since that time thoughtful persons have given the subject constant... | |
| Guildhall Library (London, England) - 1859 - 712 páginas
...metropolis, with the minutes of evidence. 8vo .. .. .. Land. 1816 Minutes of Evidence before a select committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the state of the police of the metropolis, with notes, Sfc. By a magistrate of the county of Middlesex. 8vo Land.... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1860 - 484 páginas
...of May, 1816. Mr. (now Lord) Brougham, a member of Winchelsea moved for the appointment of a select committee of the House of Commons "to inquire into the state of education of the lower orders of the metropolis," and to consider what may be fit to be done with respect... | |
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