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A New History of London
… however concurred in the present instance to add to the national satisfaction, which was, the prospect of future … by acts of the corporation, was now established by national authority. December 21, 1603, the making bills of …
A New History of London
… among the people, the ferment could not but produce national distraction. 1631. This year the king revived the … a decree to reform the abuses; and it was a subject of national alarm, that this court encroached upon the … by a supply, the commons entered immediately on the national grievances, which they classed regularly under three …
A New History of London
… its forms of congregational, classical, provincial, and national assemblies 14. The city of London received a letter … During these subordinate struggles for power, the great national business of settling the government, was no farther …
A New History of London
… with consternation. Charles who had uses for the national money, more agreeable to himself, than the applying it to national purposes, had rashly remitted his military … have betrayed those rights, to promote the long wished for union of his majesty's protestant subjects, to repeal the …
A New History of London
… proper time to indulge their private animosities, and that union alone could enable them to withstand the common enemy … nation; the same prudent sentiments produced a temporary union between the church and dissenters; and the result of … administration of public affairs until a convention of the national bodies assembled; and also by another address to …
A New History of London
… reigns on the Quo warranto, illegal and arbitrary. By this national act every judgment given and recorded for seizing … capable of being discharged without the authority of a national act, which had been solicited in vain for three … 26. This year is distinguished by the first erection of a national bank, or the Bank of England; an event that must not …
A New History of London
… by a coalition for the sake of public tranquillity. This union took place by an indenture tripartite between the queen … proportion than their contribution of taxes toward the national expences amounts to 10. It is farther to be noted … had laid, and for which due preparation had been made. The national debt amounted to about 50 millions at her death. …
A New History of London
… to the house of commons. The opportunity of taking in the national debts, and in consequence, of increasing their … they were bound to pay to government for taking in the national debts; whereby the public were deprived of all the … not misled by the insidious arts of bosom counsellors. The national debt at the close of this reign, amounted to …