CONTENTS.

Memoir of Lord Brougham

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Extracts from a Speech in the House of Commons, on

the African Slave Trade, June 15th, 1810

49

Extract from a Speech in Defence of John Drakard,

tried for a Seditious Libel, at the Lincolnshire

Assizes, March 13th, 1811

53

Extract from a Speech in the House of Commons, on

the Orders in Council, June 16th, 1812 .....

63

Extract from a Speech in the House of Commons, on

the Education of the Poor, May 8th, 1818

67

Extract from a Speech in the Castle Yard at Ap-

pleby, at the conclusion of the Westmoreland

Election, July 3d, 1818

71

Extract from a Letter to Sir Samuel Romilly, upon

the Abuse of Charities. 8vo. 1818

74

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Extracts from a Speech in the House of Lords, against

the Second Reading of the Bill for inflicting

Pains and Penalties on Queen Caroline, 1820 79

Extracts from a Speech in Defence of John Ambrose

Williams, charged with a Libel on the Clergy, at

the Assizes for the County of Durham, August

6th, 1822

85

Extract from a Speech in the House of Commons, on

moving an Address to the Crown, respecting the

Trial and Condemnation of Mr. Smith, a Mis-

sionary at Demarara, June 1st, 1824

101

Extract from a Speech in the House of Commons, on

the same subject, June 11th, 1824

104

Extracts from “ Practical Observations upon the

Education of the People.” 8vo. 1825

107

Extracts from a Discourse delivered to the Students of

the University of Glasgow, on his Installation as

Lord Rector, April 6th, 1825

111

Extracts from“ a Discourse of the Objects, Advantages,

and Pleasures of Science.” 8vo. 1827

121

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Extracts from a Speech in the House of Commons, on

the Address, in Answer to the King's Speech, on

the Opening of the Session, January 29th, 1828

147

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Extracts from a Speech in the House of Commons, on

Moving an Address to the Crown, relative to the

state of the Law, February 7th, 1828

150

Extracts from a Speech in the House of Commons, in

support of the Repeal of the Test and Corporation

Acts, February 26th, 1828

164

Extract from a Speech in the House of Commons,

relative to the Affairs of Portugal, June 1st, 1829 168

Extract from a Speech in the House of Commons, on

the Introduction of the Local Court Bill,

April 29th, 1830

172

Extracts from a Speech in the House of Commons,

on Colonial Slavery, July 13th, 1830

182

Extracts from a Speech in the House of Lords, on the

Introduction of the Local Court Bill, December

2nd, 1830

198

Extract from a Speech at the Royal Academy Dinner,

April 30th, 1831

203

Extracts from a Speech in the House of Lords, in sup-

port of the Second Reading of the Reform Bill,

October 7th, 1831

205

Extracts from a Speech in the House of Lords, in

support of the Second Reading of the Reform

Bill, April 13th, 1832

248