The substance of the speech of Thos. Fowell Buxton, Esq. M.P. in the House of Commons, March 2d, 1819, on the motion of Sir James Mackintosh, Bart. "That, a select committee be appointed, to consider of so much of the criminal laws as relates to capital punishments or felonies, and to report their observations and opinions of the same, from time to time, to the House".