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 V. An Appendix to the Representation of the Injustice and dangerous Tendency of tolerating Slavery. (See Number 111.) 1772.

VI.. Remarks on the Opinions of dome of the most celebrated Writers on Crown Law, respecting the due Distinction between Manslaughter and Murder; shewing that the Indulgence allowed by the Courts to voluntary Manslaughter in Rencounters, , &c. is indiscriminate and without Foundation in Law; and is also one of the principal Caudes of the Continuance and present Increase of the base and disgraceful Practice of. 1773.

The peculiar Case of Gentlemen in the Army, respecting the Practice of Duelling, is carefully examined in this Tract; as also the Depravity and Folly of modern Men of Honour falsely so called.

VII. In two Parts, i. A Declaration of the People's Natural Right to a Share in the Legislature; which is the fundamental Principle of the British Constitution of Slate. 2. A Declaration, or Defence, of the the same Doctrine, when applied particularly to 1774. (2d Edition, 1775.)

In these two Pieces many Examples and Proofs are produced concerning the parliamentary Rights of the People; viz. That the Assent of the People is absolutely necessary to render Laws valid: That a free and equal Representation of the Inhabitants of this Kingdom is necessary for the Salvation of the State, and the Security of Peace and of Property: That the Representatives of the People have no legal Right to give assent in any “new Device without Conference with their Countries:” That it is an ancient and just Right of the People to elect a new Parliament “every Year once, and more often if Need be;” and that no Regulations whatsoever, wherein the Representatives age made Judges of their own Elections, can be effectual against national Corruption! Examples are likewise here given of several surreptitious that are void through the Want of due legal Assent; and of Others that are void by being