Excerpt from The Parliamentary History of England, From the Earliest Period to the Year 1803, Vol. 17: From Which Last-Mentioned Epoch It Is Continued Downwards in the Work Entitled, "the Parliamentary Debates", A. D. 1771-1774The present Volume brings the Work down to the Dis solution of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain in 17 74. Upon a careful examination of the former Collection of Debate, during this period, it was found that the Editor, Mr. Almon, had not only evinced, in many instances, great pa¿iality, but that he had - with out regard to the character of the speaker or the importance of the subject - curtailed and mutilated almost, every Debate, in the most careless and unwarmntable inanner. To remedy these defects, and to tender the Work as complete as the nature of it will admit, it has been found necessary to examine every Periodical J carnal that was at all likely to contain authentic materials: and by comparing those materials with the Journals of both Houses, and, in sbme instances, with Manuscript Notes taken by'members at times when the Standing Order for the exclusion of strangers was strictly enforced, the Editor has been enabled, not only to correct the mis representa tions of Mr. Almon, but to present the reader with many Debates, upon subjects of the highest importance, not to be found in the Collection above noticed.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.