Excerpt from The Speeches of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Vol. 3 of 3: With a Sketch of His Life Mr. Sheridan presented a petition from 1200 of the inha bitants of Clerkenwell, which was signed in twelve hours, against the bills; and if there had been more time, there would have been a much greater number, but they acted under the same im pression with many other people, that if the petition was not immediately presented, it could not be received at all.

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