J.C.

Colquhoun) to think of some counter measures against the _Edinburgh Review_.

which, politically speaking, is doing incalculable damage.

I do not mean this in a party way; the present ministry are not all I could wish them, for (Canning excepted) I doubt there is among them too much _self-seeking...._ But their political principles are sound English principles, and, compared to the greedy and inefficient horde which preceded them, they are angels of light and purity.

It is obvious, however, that they want defenders, both in and out of doors.