The Works of Francis Gregor of Trewarthennick, Esq.

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List of subscribers at front. Introductory bio by A Reverend Friend accompanied Gregor's death announcement in The Cornwall Gazette, July 15, 1815. Includes: 1. An Historical Sketc h and Account of the Expences incurred under the heads of Civil List, Pensions, and Public Offices; with some observations on the conduct of the Modern Reformers. 2. Remarks on the Meeting held 5th Nov. 1809, to celebrate the acquittal of Messrs. Hardy, J. H. Tooke, Thelwall and others, in November 1794, with an abstract of the Facts proved on those Trials; and also of the Confession of James Watt, executed at Edinburgh for High Treason in 1798. 3. A short Comparative Sketch of our Practical Constitution in ancient times and the present: with some observations on certain assertions made by the Modern Reformers." 4. Observations on the Resolutions passed by certain friends of Parliamentary Reform, at Bodmin on the 8th of July 1811. 5. Remarks on the Proceedings of the Lords and Commons in the late Parliament, respecting the Catholics; addressed to Protestants of all Persuasions and Communions; with a Supplement, respecting the Parliamentary Proceedings in the Session 1813, and an Appendix. 6. Letters, on the National Debt, Sinking Fund, Property-Tax, Peace Establishment, &c. Show more