THE

S P E E C H ES

OF THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM HUSKISSON,

WITH A

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR,

SUPPLIED TO THE EDITOR

FROM

AUTHENTIC SOURCES.

“ When he first devoted himself to the Public Service, he considered how he should
“ render himself fit for it; and this he did by endeavouring to discover what it was that
“ gave this country the rank it holds in the world. He found that its prosperity and dignity
“ arose principally, if not solely, from two sources; its Constitution and Commerce. Both
" these he spared no study to understand, and no endeavour to support.”

Mr. Burke's Speech at Bristol, in 1774.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

MDCCCXXXI.

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CONTENTS.

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1817.

July 9. Mr. Tierney's Resolutions relating to the State

of the Public Finances

1818.

Apr. 6. Lord Althorp's Bill for the Repeal of the

Leather Tax

May 1. State of the Circulating Medium-Resumption

of Cash Payments by the Bank of England

7. Sale of the Crown Lands

8. The Same

14. Sir James Mackintosh's Motion respecting the

Forgery of Bank Notes

1819,

Feb. 22. Care of his Majesty's Person-Windsor Esta-

blishment

Apr. 5. Cash Payments Bill

June 7. Resolutions relative to the Public Income and

Expenditure

1820.

May 8. Settlement of the Civil List

26. Repeal of the Wool Tax

30. Mr. Sumner's Motion for a Select Committee

to inquire into the Agricultural Distresses

of the Country

1821.

Feb. 6. The Marquis of Tavistock's Motion respecting

the Proceedings against the Queen

Mar. 21. Mr. Western's Motion for the Repeal of the

Additional Malt Tax

1822.

Feb. 15. Agricultural Distress—and the Financial Mea-

sures for its Relief

18. The Same

Mar. 8. Plan for paying off the Navy Five per Cents.

18. Additional Malt Duty Repeal Bill — Public

Brewers-Licensing System

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