but an ardent and injured paffion is tempered up with wrath, and grief, and fhame, and confcious worth, and the maddening fenfe of violated right. A jealous love lights his torch from the firebrands of the furies.-They who call upon you to belong wholly to the people, are those who wish you to return to your proper home; to the sphere of your duty, to the post of your honour, to the manfionhoufe of all genuine, ferene, and folid fatisfaction. We have furnished to the people of England (indeed we have) fome real cause of jealousy. Let us leave that fort of company which, if it does not deftroy our innocence, pollutes our honour: let us free ourselves at once from every thing that can increase their fufpicions, and inflame their just refentment: let us caft away from us, with a generous fcorn, all the love-tokens and fymbols that we have been vain and light enough to accept ;all the bracelets, and fnuff-boxes, and miniature pictures, and hair devices, and all the other adulterous trinkets that are the pledges of our alienation, and the monuments of our fhame. Let us return to our legitimate home, and all jars and all quarrels will be loft in embraces. Let the commons in parliament affembled, be one and the fame thing with the commons at large. The dif tinctions that are made to feparate us, are unnatural and wicked contrivances. Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. Let us

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cut all the cables and fnap the chains which tie us to an unfaithful fhore, and enter the friendly harbour, that shoots far out into the main its moles and jettees to receive us." War with the world, and peace with our constituents." Be this our motto, and our principle. Then indeed, we fhall be truly great. Refpecting ourselves we shall be refpected by the world. At prefent all is troubled and cloudy, and diftracted, and full of anger and turbulence, both abroad and at home; but the air may be cleared by this ftorm, and light and fertility may follow it. Let us give a faithful pledge to the people that we honour, indeed, the crown; but that we belong to them; that we are their auxiliaries, and not their tafk-mafters; the fellowlabourers in the fame vineyard, not lording over their rights, but helpers of their joy: that to tax them is a grievance to ourselves, but to cut off from our enjoyments to forward theirs, is the highest gratification we are capable of receiving. I feel with comfort, that we are all warmed with thefe fentiments, and while we are thus warm, I wish we may go directly and with a cheerful heart to this falutary work.

Sir, I move for leave to bring in a bill, “For "the better regulation of his majesty's civil

establishments, and of certain publick of To fices; for the limitation of penfions, and the fuppreffion of fundry ufelefs, expensive, and inconvenient

"inconvenient places; and for applying the "monies faved thereby to the publick fer"vice*."

Lord North ftated, that there was a difference between this bill for regulating the establishments, and some of the others, as they affected the ancient patrimony of the crown; and therefore wished them to be poftponed, till the king's confent could be obtained. This diftinction was ftrongly controverted; but when it was infifted on as a point of decorum only, it was agreed to poftpone them to another day. Accordingly, on the Monday following, viz. February, 14, leave was given, on the motion of Mr. Burke, without oppofition, to bring in

ift, "A bill for the fale of the foreft and other "crown lands, rents, and hereditaments, with cer*tain exceptions; and for applying the produce "thereof to the publick service; and for fecuring, af"certaining, and fatisfying, tenant-rights, and com"mon and other rights."

2d, "A bill for the more perfectly uniting to "the crown the principality of Wales, and the "county palatine of Chefter, and for the more "commodious administration of justice within the fame; as alfo for abolishing certain offices now appertaining thereto; for quieting dormant claims, afcertaining and fecuring tenant-rights; and for the

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*The motion was feconded by Mr. Fox.

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"fale of all the foreft lands, and other lands, tene"ments, and hereditaments, held by his majesty "in right of the faid principality, or county pala"tine of Chester, and for applying the produce thereof to the publick fervice.".

3d, "A bill for uniting to the crown the duchy " and county palatine of Lancaster; for the fup. "preffion of unneceffary offices now belonging "thereto; for the afcertainment and fecurity of te"nant and other rights; and for the fale of all rents, "lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and fo"refts, within the faid duchy and county pala"tine, or either of them; and for applying the pro"duce thereof to the publick fervice."-And it was ordered that Mr. Burke, Mr. Fox, Lord John Cavendish, Sir George Savile, Colonel Barrè, Mr. Thomas Townshend, Mr. Byng, Mr. Dunning, Sir Jofeph Mawbey, Mr. Recorder of London, Sir Robert Clayton, Mr. Frederick Montagu, the Earl of Upper Offory, Sir William Guife, and Mr. Gilbert, do prepare and bring in the fame.

At the fame time, Mr. Burke moved for leave to bring in-4th, "A bill for uniting the duchy "of Cornwall to the crown; for the fuppreffion " of certain unneceffary offices now belonging "thereto; for the afcertainment and fecurity of te

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nant and other rights; and for the fale of certain rents, lands, and tenements, within or belonging

"to the faid duchy; and for applying the produce thereof to the publick fervice."

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But fome objections being made by the furveyor general of the duchy concerning the rights of the prince of Wales, now in his minority, and Lord North remaining perfectly filent, Mr. Burke, at length, though he ftrongly contended against the principle of the objection, confented to withdraw this last motion for the prefent, to be renewed upon an early occafion.

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