member to have been made of Poland; and if on such an occasion the eastern part of Hungary should be paired off, I see not how the hemmed-in emperor of Austria could help himself.

What might be the farther joint projects of France and Russia it is not possible to foretel; but perhaps it might not by any means be impracticable, having left the grand signior in quiet possession of his Asiatic dominions, to convert him and the Sophi of Persia into auxiliaries' on an expedition to Indostan; on which occasion the invading armies, as they approached the Indus, gathering like a rolling snow ball, by an accession of new auxiliaries, furnished by the king of Cabul and the Mahrattas, would doubtless pour over India a resistless torrent, blotting out for ever all traces of English dominion.

Every view, then, we can take of the state of the nation, and every prospect which opens to the eye of foresight, speak with one and the same voice, imperatively bidding us, whether we would prepare for the struggles that approach, or for averting the calamities which threaten, TO CHANGE THE MINISTRY, TO REFORM THE PARLIAMENT, AND TO RESTORE TO FULL VIGOUR AND ENERGY THE MILITARY BRANCH OF THE CONSTITUTION.

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A LIST of Statesmen and Philosophers, of distinguished Patriots and Men of Literature, conversant with public affairs, who, according to authorities in possession of the Author, and of a literary friend, have expressed themselves in favour, either of a fair representation of the people, or of short parliaments.

Many eminent persons might doubtless have been added to the foregoing, had I recollected their names, or been acquainted with their sentiments: and the names of all those among the nobility, gentry, and clergy, who, since the subject of parliamentary reformation first engaged the national attention, have either entered into societies, or acted on committees, or voted in parliament for promoting that object, would swell the list to thousands: and could we further add all those Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen, whose attachment to the constitution engaged them in the same pursuit to sign, or to vote in public meetings for, petitions to the house of commons for such a reformation, the number would amount to hundreds of thousands.

Who, on the other side, I ask, have been the eminent writers? How many have been the independent and disinterested members of parliament? And where have ever appeared the people? Of distinguished writers I recollect none but Jenyns, Young, Paley, and Burke; the two first, placemen; the third, a well-paid churchman; and the fourth, ended his factious career a pensioner. Had these persons used arguments against a constitutional representation and short parliaments, from whence it were possible to believe they wrote from incorrupt motives, I should not have put additions to their names : what addition might be put to that of the author of "The Pursuits of Literature," if we knew it, I know not; but from the contemptibleness of his reasoning on the subject, it is probable he falls under one of the foregoing classes, 1

Add therefore to the slender band of such writers, part of our borough-holding peers, part of the few electors in our rotten boroughs, part of the house of commons, and part of those who are expectants of court favour, and I should then be glad to know, what there is in this view of the case to prevent an immense national majority saving themselves from slavery and, misery, by an assertion of their rights? In the house of commons, the greatest division against the reform was under three hundred; but we are to remember that 1 See Appeal, civil and military on the English Constitution, p. 227

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