VOL. IV.

GENERAL POLITICS.

B

CONTRIBUTIONS

TO THE

EDINBURGH REVIEW.

BY

FRANCIS JEFFREY,

Now ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF SESSION
IN SCOTLAND.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,

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1844.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FOURTH VOLUME.

VI.

GENERAL POLITICS.

Essay on the Practice of the British Government, distinguished from the abstract Theory on which it is supposed to be founded. By GOULD FRANCIS LECKIE

A Song of Triumph. By W. SOTHEBY, Esq.

L'Acte Constitutionnel, en la Séance du 9 Avril, 1814

Of Bonaparte, the Bourbons, and the Necessity of rallying round our legitimate Princes for the Happiness of France and of Europe. By F. CHATEAUBRIAND

VII.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Speech of the Right Hon. William Windham, in the House of Commons, May 26. 1809, on Mr. Curwen's Bill, "for better securing the Independence and Purity of Parliament, by preventing the procuring or obtaining of Seats by corrupt Practices 89 Short Remarks on the State of Parties at the Close of the Year 1809

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The History of Ireland. By JOHN O'DRISCOL
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. By THOMAS MOORE

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An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain respecting the
United States of America. Part First. Containing an His-
torical Outline of their Merits and Wrongs as Colonies, and
Strictures on the Calumnies of British Writers.
WALSH, Esq.

By ROBERT

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ib.

ib.

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