SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, B.T., M.P. ON MOVING THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, TO THE MOTION OF MR. JOHN PHILLIMORE ON NAVAL PRIZES... IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, ON TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1854. EXTRACTED FROM HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES.
London: Woodfall and Kinder, Printers, 1854. 20pp. Modern plain wrappers. Trimmed closely at all edges with no loss of text. Institutional rubberstamp at head of title page, touching a few words of the title. Good+.
Molesworth pronounces upon an 1854 proclamation regarding naval prizes: in the case of prizes taken by any vessel under British command, the flag officer or officers would have a 1-20th part of the net proceeds.
Sir William Molesworth [1810-1855], a radical English politician, was a Member of Parliament from 1832-1855. He started the London Review in 1835, purchased the Westminster Review in 1836, and combined the two; he transferred ownership to John Stuart Mill just one year later. ["Sir William Molesworth," by Leslie Stephen, 1894: accessed at "A Web of English History" owned by Dr. Marjorie Bloy; "Molesworth, Sir William, Bart."]
OCLC 219997582 [1-National Libr. Australia]; 931252158 [1-Bristol Univ. Info. Svc.] [as of June 2016]. Item #33040
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