Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G.

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Page 675 - It is ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...
Page 343 - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.
Page 180 - États dont les gouvernements ont placé leur confiance et leur espoir en elle seule, ayant acquis la conviction intime, qu'il est nécessaire d'asseoir la marche à adopter par les puissances dans leurs...
Page 180 - Leurs majestés l'empereur d'Autriche, le roi de' Prusse et l'empereur de Russie, par suite des grands événemens qui ont signalé en Europe le cours des trois dernières années, et principalement des bienfaits qu'il a plu à la divine Providence de répandre sur les états...
Page 30 - Conceiving myself authorized by their lordships' secret order, I have acceded to the proposal, and he is to embark on board this ship tomorrow morning. That no misunderstanding might arise, I have explicitly and clearly explained to...
Page 172 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 237 - July was made between the Commanders in Chief of the Allied British and Prussian armies on the one part, and the Prince d'Eckmuhl, Commander in Chief of the French army, on the other ; and related exclusively to the military occupation of Paris.
Page 47 - There is only one place in the circuit of the island where ships can anchor, and we have the power of excluding neutral vessels altogether, if we should think it necessary. At such a distance and in such a place, all intrigue would be impossible ; and, being withdrawn so far from the European world, he would very soon be forgotten.
Page 32 - The prevailing idea in this country is that we are fairly entitled to avail ourselves of the present moment to take back from France the principal conquests of Louis XIV.
Page 47 - ... subject, which would be particularly embarrassing. But, independent of these considerations, you know enough of the feelings of people in this country not to doubt...

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