CONTENTS

OF THE FIRST VOLUME

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PREFACE.

LORD CHATHAM'S Speech in the house of lords, on

a motion made by the Duke of Richmond, on the 2d

of November, 1770, calling on the ministry for certain

documents respecting the relations of the country with

the court of Spain,

Mr. Burke's Speech, on American taxation, delivered

in the house of commons, April 19th, 1774.

Lord Chatham's Speech, delivered in the house of lords,

January the 9th, 1770, in reply to lord Mansfield, on

an amendment to the address to the throne,

Mr. Burke's Speech, on moving his resolutions for con-

ciliation with the colonies. Delivered in the house of

commons, the twenty-second of March, 1775.

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Lord Chesterfield's Speech, on the bill introduced into

the house of lords, May 24th, 1737, for licensing and

regulating the theatres,

Lord Chatham's Speech, in the house of lords, on the

22d of January, 1770, on a motion of lord Rockingham,

to inquire into the state of the nation,

Mr. Murray's Speech, afterwards lord Mansfield, on a

bill introduced into the house of commons, December

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the 11th, 1742, to prevent the ensurance of French

ships, &c. during the war,

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Lord Chatham's Speech, on the bill authorizing the quar-

tering of British soldiers on the inhabitants of Boston, 219

Lord Chatham's Speech, in the house of lords, January

20th, 1775, on a motion for an address to his majesty,

to give immediate orders for removing his troops
from

Boston forthwith, in order to quiet the minds and take

away the apprehensions of his good subjects in America, 225

Lord Mansfield's Speech, in the house of lords, February

3d. 1766, on the right of taxing America,

The Speech of William Pitt, the elder, in the house of

commons, January 16, 1766, on the address to the

throne, in which the right of taxing America is dis-

cussed,

The Speech of Lord Mansfield, in the house of lords, in

the case of the chamberlain of London vs. Allan Evans,

Esq. on the 4th of February, 1767,

Lord Mansfield's Speech, in the house of lords, May 8th

1770, on a bill to deprive peers of the realm of cer-

tain privileges,

Lord Chesterfield's first Speech on the gin act, Febru-

ary 21st, 1743, after the second reading of the bill,

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Lord Chesterfield's second Speech on the gin act, Feb.
24, 1748,

295

Lord Belhaven's Speech, in the Scotch convention,

against the union,

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Sir William Wyndham's Speech, in the house of com-

mons, on the repeal of the Septennial Act. March

13, 1734,

321

Speech of Sir Robert Walpole, on a motion to repeal

the Septennial Bill, delivered in the house of com-

mons, 1734, in reply to Sir William Wyndham,

Mr. Sandys's Speech, in the house of commons, on his

motion to address his majesty for the dismissal of Sir

Robert Walpole,

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347

Sir Robert Walpole's Speech in reply,

Mr. Sheridans' Speech, delivered in the house of com-

mons, on the 15th of February, 1787, on the impeach-

ment of Warren Hastings, for high crimes and mis-

demeanors,

Mr. Sheridan's Speech, on summing up the evidence

on the second, or Begum charge against Warren

Hastings, Esq. delivered by the high court of parlia-

ment, June 1788,

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