354. LUDERS, ALEXANDER. Reports of the proceedings in committees of the House of Commons, upon controverted elections, heard and determined during the present Parliament [1784-86.] 3 vols. London, 1785-90. Carlisle, ch. xxv. 8°. 355. PECKWELL, R. H. Cases of controverted elections in the second Parliament of the United Kingdom, begun and holden Aug. 31, 1802. 2 vols. London, 1805 [1804]-1806. 8°. Aylesbury, ii. 258-67 Barnstaple, i. 90–92 Berwick-upon-Tweed, i. 401-5 Boston, i. 434-5 Colchester (1789), i. 503-11 Evesham, i. 471-4 Fowey (1791), i. 512-25 Glasgow, i. 351-8 Grimsby, i. 59-76 Grinstead (East), i. 307–39 Harwich, i. 381-400 Ilchester, i. 302-6, ii. 235-55 Knaresborough, ii. 382-7 Malmesbury (1796–97), ii. 397-421 Retford (East), i. 475-88 Southwark, ii. 149-69 Taunton, i. 406-33 Tewkesbury (1797), i. 146-83 Waterford, i. 217-50 Weymouth and Melcombe, ii. 195-234 Windsor, ii. 187-94 356. PERRY, H. J., and KNAPP, J. W. Cases of controverted elections in the eleventh Parliament of the United Kingdom, being the first Parliament since the passing of acts for the amendment of the representation of the people. London, 1833. 8°. 357. PHILIPPS, JOHN. Election cases; determined during the first session of the fifteenth Parliament of Great Britain, by committees of the House of Commons, appointed by virtue of Stat. 10 Geo. III. London, 1782. 8°. Lyme Regis, 317-400. f. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.. The question of parliamentary reform was first raised in practical shape by Mr. Pitt, who in 1782 introduced resolutions in favor of reform; but no definite action was taken until 1832. In each of the years 1852, 1854, 1859, 1860, 1864, 1865, and 1866 reform bills were introduced, but were ultimately withdrawn or defeated. The important acts of 1832, 1867, and 1884-5 will be found in the Statutes (No. 68); the discussions in Parliament, in Hansard's Debates, and more briefly in the Annual Register (especially for the years 1831-2, 1866–7, 1884-5). The best general histories of the various reforms are those of Heaton and Murdoch. For a list of all the acts relating to parliamentary representation, see the Index of Statutes (No. 75), under "House of Commons." No attempt is made to give an exhaustive list of all the books and pamphlets dealing with parliamentary reform; only those works are named which throw light on the parliamentary representation of boroughs. For Ireland and Scotland, see below, §§ 12-13. For the periodical literature, see Poole's Index (1882), 973, and his First Supplement (1888), 330, 370. General. 358. BAGEHOT, WILLIAM. Essays on parliamentary reform. London, 1883. 8°. Parliamentary reform (1859), 1–106. The history of the unreformed Parliament (1860), 107–82. 359. COURTNEY, HERBERT. The House of Commons, in the past, present, and future; showing our representative assembly as it was, as it is, and as it should be. Revised edition. London, 1887. 8°. pp. 38. 360. DICKINSON, G. L. The development of Parliament during the nineteenth century. London, 1895. 8°. 360a. GREY, H. G. (3rd Earl). Parliamentary government considered with reference to a reform of Parliament: an essay. New edition. London, 1864. 8°. Deals with the reform of 1832, and the reform bills of 1859-60, and presents a project of reform. Ist edition, 1858. 361. HEATON, WILLIAM. The three reforms of Parliament. A history, 1830-1885. London, 1885. 8°. A compact and lucid epitome of parliamentary history since 1830. 362. MARTIN, J. B. Electoral statistics: a review of the working of our representative system from 1832 to 1881, in view of prospective changes therein. Statistical Society, Journal, xlvii. 75-124. London, 1884. 8°. 363. MOLESWORTH, W. N. 1830. New edition. 3 vols. The history of England from the year For the reforms of 1832 and 1867, see vol. i. chs. i.-iv., and vol. iii. ch. v. 364. MURDOCH, JAMES. A history of constitutional reform in Great Britain and Ireland; with a full account of the three great measures of 1832, 1867, and 1884. Glasgow, etc., 1885. 8°. A detailed but dry epitome of parliamentary history. 365. NEWMARCH, WILLIAM. On the electoral statistics of the counties and boroughs in England and Wales during the twenty-five years from the Reform Act of 1832 to the present time. Statistical Society, Journal, xx. 169-232, 314-40; xxii. 101-168, 297–305. London, 1857-59. 8°. Valuable. 366. PAUL, ALEXANDER. The history of reform. A record of the struggle for the representation of the people in Parliament. Fifth edition, with addenda for 1884-1885. . . . London, 1885. 8°. 1st edition, 1884. 367. RAVEN, JOHN. The parliamentary history of England, from the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832. London, 1885. 8°. A concise account; incomplete and inaccurate. The Reform of 1832. 2 Wm. IV. c. 45: An Act to amend the Representation of the People of England and Wales. The long agitation preceding the first great reform produced a vast number of pamphlets. For many additions to the list given below, see Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica, under the word "Reform "; and the bound volumes of pamphlets in the British Museum bearing the press-marks, T. 1321, T. 1328, T. 1329, T. 1378, T. 1379, T. 1380, T. 1402, and 8142. c. These volumes of tracts contain about one hundred and twenty-five pamphlets dealing with the reform of 1832 or with the agitation preceding it. Many of the pamphlets mentioned below will be found in these volumes. There is also a good collection in the Boston Public Library (*6517. 1–7), comprising seven volumes of tracts which formerly belonged to the Duke of Sussex. Heaton (No. 361), May, and Walpole give good accounts of the whole movement; Molesworth and Roebuck are the fullest authorities for the history of the Reform Bill of 1832. 368. Address (An) to the members of the legislature on reform. London, 1831. 8°. 369. ALLEN, JOHN. A short history of the House of Commons with reference to reform. London, 1831. 8°. pp. 30. 370. Answer (An) to a pamphlet entitled A reply to the speech of the right honourable Lord Brougham, lord high chancellor of England; with some remarks on reform. London, 1832. 8°. 371. Appeal (An) from clamour to common sense or some enquiry into the details and operation of the reform proposed for England and Wales. London, 1831. 8°. 372. ARNOT, HUGO. A letter to the freeholders of the county of Fife, on the subject of reform. London, etc., 1812. 8°. 373. Barrister (A). Notes on the Reform Bill. By a barrister. Third edition, with a preface and other additions. London, 1831. 8°. 1st and 2nd editions, 1831. 374. BEAUMONT, G. Full particulars of the Reform Bill, with observations. London, 1831. 8°. 375. BEAUMONT, J. T. B. Thoughts on the causes and cure of the present distresses; with a plan of parliamentary reform. Second edition. London, 1831. 8°. 1st edition, 1830. 376. BENTHAM, JEREMY. Plan of parliamentary reform, in the form of a catechism, with reasons for each article; with an introduction, shewing the necessity of radical and the inadequacy of moderate reform. London, 1817. 8°. 377. Bill for parliamentary reform, as proposed by the Marquess of Blandford in the House of Commons, Feb. 18, 1830, with the declaration of the Birmingham political council thereon. London, 1831. 8°. 378. BROUGHAM, HENRY. The speech of Lord Brougham, lord high chancellor of England, delivered in the House of Lords, Oct. 7, 1831, on the second reading of the Reform Bill. . . . London, [1831.] 8°. Also printed in “Speeches of Henry Lord Brougham" (Edinburgh, 1838), ii. 533-630. See No. 463. 379. BULLER, CHARLES. On the necessity of a radical reform. London, 1831. 8°. 380. CARR, GEORGE. Rational reform on constitutional principles; addressed to the good sense of the English nation. London, 1818. 8°. 381. COCKBURN, A. E. The Act 2 Will. IV. c. xlv. to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales. With notes and copious index. London, 1832. 12°. 382. COMTE, CHARLES. De la réforme parlementaire en AngleRevue Encyclopédique, l. 217-41. Paris, 1831. 8°. terre. 383. CONDY, GEORGE. An essay on the elective right and the rejected bill. London, 1831. 8°. 384. Constitutional principles (The) of parliamentary reform. By a freeholder and landowner of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1831. 8°. |