The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1868 - Constitutional history |
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... franchise of electors . Passing beyond the legal rights of the crown , the opponents of life - peerages dilated upon the hazardous consequences of admitting this new class of peers . Was it probable that such peerages would be confined ...
... franchise of electors . Passing beyond the legal rights of the crown , the opponents of life - peerages dilated upon the hazardous consequences of admitting this new class of peers . Was it probable that such peerages would be confined ...
Page 279
... franchising boroughs ; but the greater part of those created between the reigns of Henry VIII . and Charles II . were inconsiderable places , which afterwards became notorious as nomination boroughs.2 From the reign of Charles II ...
... franchising boroughs ; but the greater part of those created between the reigns of Henry VIII . and Charles II . were inconsiderable places , which afterwards became notorious as nomination boroughs.2 From the reign of Charles II ...
Page 280
... franchise , gave them too easy a conquest . Places like Old Sarum , with fewer inhabitants than an ordinary hamlet , avowedly returned the nominees of their proprietors.3 In other boroughs of more pre- tensions in respect of population ...
... franchise , gave them too easy a conquest . Places like Old Sarum , with fewer inhabitants than an ordinary hamlet , avowedly returned the nominees of their proprietors.3 In other boroughs of more pre- tensions in respect of population ...
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... franchise . All freeholders and inhabitants paying scot and lot were entitled to vote , but they only amounted to seven . At Tavistock , all freeholders rejoiced in the franchise , but there were only ten . At St. Michael , all ...
... franchise . All freeholders and inhabitants paying scot and lot were entitled to vote , but they only amounted to seven . At Tavistock , all freeholders rejoiced in the franchise , but there were only ten . At St. Michael , all ...
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... franchise , they were soon taught that their votes would command a price ; and thus , where nomination ceased , the influence of bribery commenced . Bribery at elections has long been acknowledged as one of the most shameful evils of ...
... franchise , they were soon taught that their votes would command a price ; and thus , where nomination ceased , the influence of bribery commenced . Bribery at elections has long been acknowledged as one of the most shameful evils of ...
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