The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII

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Title: The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12)
Author: Edmund Burke
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THE WORKS
OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
EDMUND BURKE
IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOLUME THE SEVENTH
[Illustration: Burke Coat of Arms.]
LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO 14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C. MDCCCLXXXVII

CONTENTS OF VOL. VII
FRAGMENTS AND NOTES OF SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT.
SPEECH ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY, February 6, 1772 3
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS, March 7, 1773 21
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL TO REPEAL AND ALTER CERTAIN ACTS RESPECTING RELIGIOUS OPINIONS, UPON THE OCCASION OF A PETITION OF THE UNITARIAN SOCIETY, May 11, 1792 39
SPEECH RELATIVE TO THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION, February 7, 1771 59
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR SHORTENING THE DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS, May 8, 1780 69
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE STATE OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT, May 7, 1782 89
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL FOR EXPLAINING THE POWERS OF JURIES IN PROSECUTIONS FOR LIBELS, March 7, 1771. TOGETHER WITH A LETTER IN VINDICATION OF THAT MEASURE, AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED BILL 105
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MARRIAGE ACT, June 15, 1781 129
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL TO QUIET THE POSSESSIONS OF THE SUBJECT AGAINST DORMANT CLAIMS OF THE CHURCH, February 17, 1772 137
HINTS FOR AN ESSAY ON THE DRAMA 143
AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE ENGLISH HISTORY. IN THREE BOOKS.
BOOK I.
CHAP. I. Causes of the Connection between the Romans and Britons.--C?sar's two Invasions of Britain 159
II. Some Account of the Ancient Inhabitants of Britain 170
III. The Reduction of Britain by the Romans 189
IV. The Fall of the Roman Power in Britain 214
BOOK II.
CHAP. I. The Entry and Settlement of the Saxons, and their Conversion to Christianity 227
II. Establishment of Christianity--of Monastic Institutions --and of their Effects 240
III. Series of Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Alfred: with the Invasion of the Danes 255
IV. Reign of King Alfred 261
V. Succession of Kings from Alfred to Harold 269
VI. Harold II.--Invasion of the Normans.--Account of that People, and of the State of England at the Time of the Invasion 280
VII. Of the Laws and Institutions of the Saxons 291
BOOK III.
CHAP. I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327
II. Reign of William the Conqueror 335
III. Reign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus 364
IV. Reign of Henry I 375
V. Reign of Stephen 386
VI. Reign of Henry II 394
VII. Reign of Richard I 425
VIII. Reign of John 437
IX. Fragment.--An Essay towards an History of the Laws of England 475

FRAGMENTS AND NOTES
OF
SPEECHES.
During the period of Mr. Burke's Parliamentary labors, some alterations in the Acts of Uniformity, and the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, were agitated at various times in the House of Commons. It appears from the state of his manuscript papers, that he had designed to publish some of the Speeches which he delivered in those discussions, and with that view had preserved the following Fragments and detached Notes, which are now given to the public with as much order and connection as their imperfect condition renders them capable of receiving. The Speeches on the Middlesex Election, on shortening the Duration of Parliaments, on the Reform of the Representation in Parliament, on the Bill for explaining the Power of Juries in Prosecutions for libels, and on the Repeal of the Marriage Act, were found in the same imperfect state.

SPEECH
ON
THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY
FEBRUARY 6, 1772.

NOTE.
The following Speech was occasioned by a petition to the House of Commons from certain clergymen of the Church of England, and certain of the two professions of Civil Law and Physic, and others, praying to be relieved from subscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles, as required by the Acts of Uniformity. The persona associated for this purpose were distinguished at the time by the name of "The Feathers Tavern Association," from the place where their meetings were usually held. Their petition was presented on the 6th of February, 1772; and on a motion that it should be brought up, the same was negatived on a