CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

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1767.

Page

Nov. 24. Address on the King's Speech at the Opening

of the Session........

1770.

Jan. 9. Address on the King's Speech at the Opening

of the Session..................

12

24. Necessity for a Redress of Grievances

vious to granting a Supply............. 27

March 15. Remonstrance of the City of London to the

King ......ver

30

30. Mr. Grenville's Bill for regulating the Trials

of controverted Elections.............

May 8. Mr. Burke's Resolutions relating to the Dis-

orders in North America...............

41

Nov. 13. Address on the King's Speech at the Opening

of the Session.....................

47

27. Mr. Constantine Phipps's Motion respecting

the Power of the Attorney-General to file

Informations Ex-Officio.......

59

Dec.
6. Mr. Serjeant Glynn's Motion for a Committee

to inquire into the Administration of Cri-

minal Justice, and the Proceedings of the

Judges in Wesminster-hall, in Cases re-

lating to the Liberty of the Press, and the

Power and Duties of Juries................. 67

1771.

Feb.
7. Sir George Savile's Motion for a Bill to

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Teb

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1.

20.

1771.

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March 7. Bill for explaining the Powers of Juries in

Prosecutions for Libels...............

79

1772.

Feb. 6. Clerical Petition for Relief from Subscription

to the Thirty-nine Articles............... 94

Fragment of Mr. Burke's Speech upon this

Occasion found among his Papers after his

Decease......

17.

Church Nullum Tempus Bill.........

113

April 3. Bill for the Relief of Protestant Dissenters...

116

13. Colonel Burgoyne's Motion for a Select Com-

mittee on East India Affairs..................... 119

14. Bill to regulate the Importation and Ex-

portation of Corn..........

123

May The Budget for the Year 1772....................

126

Bill to regulate the Elections of Committee-

men for the African Company.................... 132

June 3. Motion on certain Amendments made by the

Lords to a Money Clause in the Corn Bill 135

Dec. Navy Estimates......

138

7. Bill to restrain the East India Company from

appointing Supervisors in India................

143

18. The Same..........

145

1773

March 7. Protestant Dissenters' Relief Bill................. 151

23. East India Company's Affairs........

164

April 5. The Same.......

170

1774.

March 25. Boston Port Bill.............

174

April 19. Mr. Burke's Speech on American Taxation 178

May Bill for regulating the Government of Mas-

sachusets' Bay.......

241

18. The Budget for 1774................

243

June 10. Quebec Government Bill...............

246

Dec. 12. Exclusion of Strangers from the Gallery of

the House.............

250

2.

2.

22.

1775.

Page

Jan.

23. Petitions for Reconciliation with America.... 251

26. The Same...........

254

31. The Same..............

258

Feb. 2. Address on the Disturbances in North Ame-

rica ............

260

20. Lord North's Proposition for Conciliation

with America................

263

March 6. Bill for restraining the Commerce of the New

England Colonies, and prohibiting their

Fisheries on the Banks of Newfoundland.... 267

8. The Same.........

271

Mr. Burke's Speech on moving certain Reso-

lutions for Conciliation with the Colonies 272

Nov. 16. Mr. Burke's Speech on moving for leave to

bring in a Bill for composing the present

Troubles in America..........

341

Copy of Mr. Burke's Bill for composing the

present Troubles in America................... 357

1776.

Nov. 6. Lord John Cavendish's Motion for revising

the Laws by which the Americans think

themselves aggrieved.......

362

1777

April 16. Arrears of the Civil List........

368

29. Birmingham Play-house Bill.................

373

Nov. 18. Address on the King's Speech at the Open-

ing of the Session........

375

26. Navy Estimates...............

378

Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.......... 380

27. The Same............................

382

Dec. Mr. Fox's Motion for an Inquiry into the

State of the Nation............

384

4. Ordnance Estimates.....

387

1778.

Jan. 22. Motion respecting Subscriptions for raising

Troops without Consent of Parliament...... 389

2.

1778.

Page

2.

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408

21.

22.

Employment of Indians in the civil War

with America..............

393

March 23. The Same.................

400

April Mr. Wilkes's Motion respecting Private Aids

to the Crown.........

401

May

6. Irish Trade Bills.........

402

Death of the Earl of Chatham...........

Dec. 14. Army Estimates - American Independency 410

1779

Feb.

Limited Service in the Army ...................... 415

March 8. Mr. Fox's Motion on the State of the Navy

upon the Breaking out of the War with

France ............

416

12. State of Ireland.........

419

15. Mr. Dunning's Motion respecting the Power

of the Board of Admiralty to grant or re-

fuse Courts Martial.............

422

May 13. Inquiry into the Conduct of the American War 428

31. The Budget for the Year 1779....................... 433

Address on the King's Speech at the Open-

ing of the Session..................................... 441

Dec. 6. The Earl of Upper Ossory's Motion on the

Discontents in Ireland..............................

..................

Nov. 25.

448

INDEX OF REFERENCE

TO THE

LEADING SUBJECTS,

AND TO THE

VARIOUS MATTERS INCIDENTALLY INTRODUCED

INTO THE

SPEECHES OF MR. BURKE.

A

Åmerica; Mr. Burke's Bill for

for composing the troubles

in, i. 341.

peachment by a dissolu-

; Mr. Hartley's mo-
lution of parliament, iii. 505.

tion for a bill to restore peace
Abolition of the Slave Trade, with, ii. 274.
iii. 341. 435;

i cachango of pri-
Addington, Mr., (afterwards soners with, ii. 295.
Viscount Sidmouth,) iii. 487.

; constitution of, iv.7.

African Company, i. 132.

American War, i. 20. 53. 174.

Alien Bill, iv. 88.

178. 241.252. 260. 264. 267.

Almon, Mr., cruelty of the pro- 272. 342. 362. 376.385.410.

ceedings against him, i.62.65. 428. 434. ii. 274. 284. 328.

America; inexpediency of tax-

General Con-
ing her, i. 20. 53: 174.

way's motion for putting an
Mr. Burke's resolu-

end to the, ii. 328.

tions relating to the disorders American Taxation, i. 178.

in, i. 41.

264.

; petitions for recon- American Independency, i.410.

ciliation with, i. 251.

American Loyalists, iii. 347.
; address on the dis- Arcot, Nabob of, Mr. Burke's
turbances in North, i. 260. speech on his debts, iii. 92.

; Lord North's pro-Army, limited service in the,

positions for conciliation with,

i. 263

;