The Speeches of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox in the House of Commons

This is a collection of speeches delivered by Charles James Fox in the House of Commons between 1770 and 1806. The volume documents political debates on major issues of the era: parliamentary procedure and press freedom (1770–1771); the American war and independence (1777–1778); military expenditure and naval command (1779); parliamentary reform and economical reform proposals (1780–1781); the East India Company governance (1783, 1784); Irish commercial relations (1785); impeachment proceedings against Warren Hastings (1785); royal succession during George III's illness (1788); religious toleration and the Test Acts (1789–1791); the slave trade abolition (1791–1792); war with France (1793–1803); and peacetime negotiations (1800–1806). The biographical introduction outlines Fox's parliamentary career and characterizes him as an orator of classical eloquence combining reason, simplicity, and vehemence. The volume opens with debates concerning judicial conduct, jury powers, and freedom of the press.