[Legal tracts]

A bound group of legal tracts including: [Buxton, Thomas Fowell]. The Substance of Speech of Thos. Fowell Buxton, Esq. M.P. in the House of Commons, March 2d, 1819, on the motion of Sir James Mackintosh, Bart. "That, a select committee be appointed, to consider of so much of the criminal laws as relates to capital punishments or felonies, and to report their observations and opinions of the same, from time to time, to the House". London: John and Arthur Arch, J. Butterworth and Son, W. Phillips and Darton and Harvery, 1819. 24 pp. [bound with] [Buxton, Thomas Fowell]. Severity of Punishment. Speech of Thomas Fowell Buxton, Esq., in the House of Commons, Wednesday, May 23rd, 1821, on the bill "for mitigating the severity of punishment in certain cases of forgery, and the crimes connected therewith." London: J. and A. Arch, 1822. 49 pp. [bound with] [Burdett, Sir Francis]. Sir Francis Burdett to His Constituents; Denying the Power of the House of Commons to Imprison the People of England. London: R. Bagshaw and J. Budd, 1810. 59 pp. [bound with] [Fairburn, John]. Fairburn's Edition of Magna Charta, or the Great Charter of Liberties publicly signed by King John, and ratified and confirmed by several succeeding kings of England : with the Petition of Right, presented to Charles I. by the Lords and Commons, concerning divers rights and liberties of the subject. And His Majesty's answer thereto: also the Bill of Rights, of the people of England, declared by the Lords and Commons, at Westminster; assented to, and confirmed by William and Mary: together with the Coronation Oath . London, n.d. [1808?]. 40 pp.[bound with] [Grattan, Rt. Hon. Henry]. The Speech of Mr. Grattan on the Catholic Question, As Delivered in the House of Commons, On Friday, May 18th, 1810. London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1810. 23 pp. [bound with] [Winter, Robert]. Corporation and Test Acts. [London: Fauntleroy and Burton, 1827]. 16 pp. [bound with] [Committee of Manufacturers]. The Origin, Object and Operation of the Apprentice Laws : with their Application to Times Past, Present, and to Come. Addressed to the Committee of general purposes of the City of London / By the Committee of Manufacturers of London and its vicinity. Second edition. London: A.J. Valpy, Johnson and Co., J.M. Richardson, Ridgway, and Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1814. 28 pp. [bound with] Alphabetical List of the Members of the Commons House of Parliament; shewing the places they represent, and distinguishing those who hold places, and who are dependant on the present administration, and also those who hold commissions in the Navy and Army, and how they voted on fourteen great questions divided on during ... 1821 and 1822, and the Minorities on thirty-six questions ... Corrected to the present time. London: John Miller, n.d. [1823]. 24 pp. [bound with] John Bull's Mirror, or, Corruption & Taxation Unmasked : Containing a List of the Members of the House of Commons, with the Names of the Counties and Towns from Whence Returned--the Numbers of Voters in each--by whom Influenced ; and Pointing out by Asterisks (*) those Members who Voted for the Continuance of the Income Tax : also Shewing the Manner in which the Public Money is Expended, in Pensions, Places, Sinecures, &c. &c. by Various lists of Salaries, held by Members of the House of Commons, Ministers, Bishops, &c. Clearly Acounting for the Usual Majorities Obtained by Ministers : to which is Prefixed, as illustrative of our Constitution, Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, Habeas Corpus, Act of Settlement, &c. Second edition, Corrected and Enlarged. London: J. Johnston, n.d. [1816]. iv-32 pp. A group of 9 English legal tracts bound together . 8vo, 1/2 leather and marbled boards, spine flaking, boards rubbed with losses, upper cover about loose, scattered browning, name to most of the titles, else very good.