A dialogue upon the two bills now depending in Parliament, : relative to the rights of the people. /
Wilson, William,Jasper's brother.
London: : Printed for J. Owen, no. 168, Piccadilly, facing Bond Street.,
1795..
Jasper Wilson = James Currie.
William Wilson is probably a pseudonym.
An objection to the 'Two Acts' or 'Gagging Acts' of 1795, the Treason Act and Seditious Meetings Act that were passed during Pitt the Younger's first ministry in an attempt to stifle British revolutionary discussion. The work, taking the form of a dialogue between three "old college friends" Messrs Worthy, Plyant and Meanwell supposedly transcribed by the brother of "Jasper Wilson" and published following the discovery of a government spy, is a discussion of constitutional liberties. The Monthly Review suggested that the author 'is evidently a North Briton, as appears from the Scotticisms  in his language, - as "will" for shall, and "shall" for will; with a frequent recurrence of "hatred AT" one thing, and "hatred AT" another, till the ear of the English reader is quite disgusted".
ESTC
Treason
Sedition
England London.