The only question which a practical politician can tolerate for a moment relates to the _degree_ of this influence;--has it been carried too far?
The considerations which put me upon writing the present note (for the length of which I ought to apologise) do not require the discussion of this point.

The amicable reader will rejoice with me that, in spite of mutual shocks and encroachments, the three Orders of the State are preserved in salutary equipoise, although the mode of bringing this about has unavoidably changed with change of circumstances.

The spirit of the Constitution remains unimpaired, nor have the essential parts of its frame undergone any alteration.

May both endure as long as the Island itself! V.OF THE CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL, 1829.
NOTE.
See Preface in the present volume for details on this 'Letter;' which was addressed to the Bishop of London (Blomfield).

This is printed from the original Manuscript.