THE Parliamentary History OF ENGLAND, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1803. FROM WHICH LAST-MENTIONED EPOCH IT IS CONTINUED DOWNWARDS IN THE WORK ENTITLED, “THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES.” VOL. XVII. A. D. 1771-1774. LONDON: PRINTED BY T. C. HANSARD, PETERBOROUGH-COURT, FLEET-STREET: FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, & BROWN; J. RICHARDSON; BLACK, 1813. Br 130.10 1874, offril 28. Hon. Chios. Frum ners Published under the Superintendence of PETERBOROUGH COURT, FLEET STREET, By whom all Communications for this Work, and also for the "PARLIAMEntary DEBATES,” will be attended to. PREFACE. THE present Volume brings the Work down to the Dissolution of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain in 1774. Upon a careful examination of the former Collection of Debates during this period, it was found that the Editor, Mr. Almon, had not only evinced, in many instances, great partiality, but that he had-without regard to the character of the speaker or the importance of the subject-curtailed and mutilated almost every Debate, in the most careless and unwarrantable manner. To remedy these defects, and to render the Work as complete as the nature of it will admit, it has been found necessary to examine every Periodical Journal that was at all likely to contain authentic materials and by comparing those materials with the Journals of both Houses, and, in some instances, with Manuscript Notes taken by Members at times when the Standing Order for the exclusion of strangers was strictly enforced, the Editor has been enabled, not only to correct the misrepresentations of Mr. Almon, but to present the reader with many Debates, upon subjects of the highest importance, not to be found in the Collection above noticed. LONDON, 5, Panton Square, I. PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES IN BOTH 22. Proceedings on the Durham-Yard Embankment Bill.. Protest against the Durham-Yard Embankment Bill............. Mar. 7. Debate in the Commons on the Bill for explaining the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions for Libels ........ PROCEEDINGS IN THE COMMONS AGAINST THE PRINTERS |