The Unreformed House of Commons, Vol. 2
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Excerpt from The Unreformed House of Commons, Vol. 2: Parliamentary Representation Before 1832 Desire to avoid the discussion of Parliamentary Reform; Unrepresentative character of the Scotch Parliament; The electoral system perpetuated at the Union; Representative Peers of Scotland; County and burgh representation; Exclusion of peers and their heirs; Residential qualification; Franchise adopted at the Union; Payment of wages to Scotch members; The Convention Of Royal Burghs; First representation of the burghs; The Royal Burghs; Die Burgher Parliament; Its power in taxation; Origin of the Convention of Royal Burghs; Its developement; Its powers; Its control over burgh representation; It imposes a residential qualification; First controverted elections; Evasion of law of the Convention; Parliament overrides the Convention; The Convention in national politics; The Convention at the Unio; Burgh Representation In The Scotch Parliament; Comparison between English and Scotch burgh history; Burgh patrons; Honorary burgesses; Demand for seats; Corruption of Scotch burghs; Not due to connection with Parliamentary representation; Burgh corporations secure from popular interference; Burgh representation in Parliament from 1326 to 1469; Royal Burghs; Burgh customs and trade privileges; Act of 1469 the basis of burgh constitutions; The source of the Act; Its aim and effect on burgh history; Number of burgh representatives; Royal burghs, burghs of regality and of barony; Advancement to royal burghs; Efforts to compel burgh representation; Edinburgh´s craftsmen members; The Franchise In The Counties; Number of counties represented in Parliament; Second estate and individual service; Lesser barons excused, and directed to send representatives by Acts of 1427, 1457, 1503, 1567, 1585, and 1587; The Committee of Articles, its origin and its history; The working of the representative system of the second estate before 1612; Extensions of the franchise in 1661 and 1681; Wadsetters and their electoral rights; Number of county voters; Demands for reform at the Revolution; Committee of Articles abolished; Redistribution Act of 1690; King William and the corruption of the Scotch electoral system About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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