If the state of society in Westmoreland be as corrupt as they describe, what, in the name of wonder, has preserved _their_ purity?
Away then with hypocrisy and hollow pretext; let us be no longer deafened with a rant about throwing off intolerable burthens, and repelling injuries, and avenging insults! Say at once that you disapprove of the present Members, and would have others more to your own liking; you have named your Man, or rather necessity has named him for you.

Your ship was reduced to extremities; it would have been better to abandon her--you thought otherwise; will you listen then while I shew that the Pilot, who has taken charge of the vessel, is ignorant of the soundings, and that you will have cause to be thankful if he does not prove very desperate in the management of the helm?
The Lands of England, you will recollect, Gentlemen, are originally supposed to be holden by grants from the King, our liege Lord; and the Constitution of the Country is accordingly a mellowed feudality.

The oldest and most respectable name for a County Representative is, KNIGHT OF THE SHIRE.

In the reign of Queen Anne it was enacted, that every Knight of the Shire (the eldest sons of Peers and a few others excepted) shall have a clear estate of Freehold or Copyhold to the value of L600 per annum.

The same qualification continues to be required at this day; and, if the depreciation of money and other causes have injuriously affected the _Letter_ of the Statute, the _Spirit_ of it has not only been preserved in practice, but carried still higher.