Chapter 3

of Peace proposed; and the Resources of the Country for the Continuance of the War 384

VOL. VI.

Preface to the Second Posthumous Volume, in a Letter to the Right Hon. William Elliot v

Fourth Letter on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France: with the Preliminary Correspondence 1

Letter to the Empress of Russia, November 1, 1791 113

Letter to Sir Charles Bingham, Bart., on the Irish Absentee Tax, October 30, 1773 121

Letter to the Hon. Charles James Fox, on the American War, October 8, 1777 135

Letter to the Marquis of Rockingham, with Addresses to the King, and the British Colonists in North America, in Relation to the Measures of Government in the American Contest, and a Proposed Secession of the Opposition from Parliament, January, 1777 149

Letter to the Right Hon. Edmund S. Pery, in relation to a Bill for the Relief of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, July 18, 1778 197

Two Letters to Thomas Burgh, Esq., and John Merlott, Esq., in Vindication of his Parliamentary Conduct relative to the Affairs of Ireland, 1780 207

Letters and Reflections on the Executions of the Rioters in 1780 239

Letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: with the Sketch of a Negro Code, 1792 255

Letter to the Chairman of the Buckinghamshire Meeting, held at Aylesbury, April 13, 1780, on the Subject of Parliamentary Reform 291

Fragments of a Tract relative to the Laws against Popery in Ireland 299

Letter to William Smith, Esq., on the Subject of Catholic Emancipation, January 29, 1795 361

Second Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe, on the Catholic Question, May 26, 1795 375

Letter to Richard Burke, Esq., on Protestant Ascendency in Ireland, 1793 385

Letter on the Affairs of Ireland, 1797 413

VOL. VII.

Fragments and Notes of Speeches In Parliament.

Speech on the Acts of Uniformity, February 8, 1772 3

Speech on a Bill for the Relief of Protestant Dissenters, March 17, 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.