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17 March 1817

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§.80. Seat Traffic

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Superseded but consultable

{On the occasion of the seat-traffic business A o 1809 To the eyes of M r /the head/ Speaker of Honourable House the subject presented itself in a different point of view {from that which is given here}. Content[?] {was to} that those who had nothing to offer /give for a seat/ but money should not be able to purchase it in any way neither by an express contract nor by an implied one. His only anxiety was not those who had office to give should not be able to purchase it by an implied act: i.e. {the only one of the three[?] media[?] in which it is customary or necessary to do the business Lest by implication over coming the his declared reluctance “to mix in the debates”, + once and again did he stand up and insist that to the prohibition should be attached the limitation conveyed by the word express. Lest in the prohibition put by the Bill implied

contracts should in this case be considered as included By the /these/ two short and unpremeditated speeches of the 7 th of June, an interpretation and that one unquestionable may be seen put upon the long and elaborate one of the 1 st.

“A Bill for more effectually preventing the sale of seats for money; and for promoting a monopoly thereof to the Treasury by the means of Patronage. Such was the title moved for by Lord Folkestone Out of 161 28 voted for this amendment. Cobbets debate June 13 th 1809.}

+ Speech 1 June 1809 Cobbets Debate