 IQi discount. The discount, however, was finally reduced to about 4 per cent., and public credit speedily recovered. But the effect of the rash speculations to South America continued to show itself in numerous bankruptcies, and an alarm had been raised...  The Edinburgh Annual Register - Sida 513redigerad av - 1812Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1887 - 606 sidor
...power and patronage. But in 1805 his political career was suddenly brought to a close. A Commission of the House of Commons, which had been appointed to inquire into certain frauds and abuses which were said to exist in the management of the affairs of the navy, issued... | |
 | sir Frederick Morton Eden (2nd bart.) - 1806 - 190 sidor
...settling of Jointures, and assuring of Lives ; are noticed in a Report of the 17th April 1720, from a Committee of the House of Commons, which had been appointed " to enquire into and examine the " several Subscriptions for Fisheries, Insurances, An" nuities for Lives,... | |
 | 1812 - 624 sidor
...single event ever produced so great a shock in the city. Omnium fell in the course of that day to IQi discount. The discount, however, was finally reduced...more numerous part of the community were excited by a negociation for an exchange of prisoners. A proposal, on the partof France, fortheexchangeof an individual,... | |
 | 1812 - 620 sidor
...single event ever produced so great a shock in the city. Omnium fell in the course of that day to 10J discount. The discount, however, was finally reduced...more numerous part of the community were excited by a negociatjon for an exchange of prisoners. A proposal, on the part of France, forlheexchangeof an individual,... | |
 | 1814 - 1004 sidor
...of the war. In 1807, a very important investigation of the general affairs of the Bank was made by a Committee of the House of Commons, which had been appointed to inquire into the state of/ the Public Expenditure, and to determine how far it could be reduced and controlled without detriment... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1814 - 924 sidor
...of the war. In 1807, a very important investigation of the general affairs of the Bank was made by a Committee of the House of Commons, which had been appointed to inquire into the state of ' the Public Expenditure, and to determine how far it could be reduced and controlled without detriment... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - 1814 - 936 sidor
...1807, a very important investigation of the general affairs of the Bank was made by a Committee <>!" the House of Commons, which had been appointed to inquire into the state of ' the Public Expenditure, and to determine how far it could be reduced and controlled without detriment... | |
 | 1835 - 904 sidor
...to me to be, Can safer ships be had ? In answer to this question, I shall make a short extract from a report of a committee of the House of Commons, which had been appointed to report on the improvements in point of naval construction introduced about five and twenty years ago... | |
 | 1841 - 736 sidor
...Elgin Marbles, Mr. Day was, with some others of well-known reputation, summoned to give evidence before a committee of the House of Commons, which had been appointed to examine into the merits of these works ; and this is the only instance in which his name was ever brought... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 sidor
...Viscount St. Alban. On the 30th of the same mouth the new parliament met, and on the 15th of March a committee of the House of Commons, which had been appointed to inquire into abuses in the courts of justice, reported that two charges of corruption had been brought against the... | |
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