title of Kings' speeches; the style of petitions; all these, hough abstract reasoning deems them arrogant or fulsome; all these are necessary, and have been found to be necessary, too, even by the greatest Puritans

contrary to the Scriptures; but man must have been a very inwe also know that the Liturgy attentive observer, who does itself is a human institution. It not know how powerful habit is a part of the law of the coun-is in forming the minds of men. try; and it would be monstrous The style of proclamations; the hypocrisy to suppose that the obtaining of the efficacy of the people's prayers was the sole object of the insertion of the names of King and Queen in this Liturgy. This may, indeed, be in part the object of the law; but to suppose that the prayers in matters of government. The of the people would be more courts in America are called hoefficacious in behalf of their Manourable; and there are no bojesties, on account of the repe-dies of persons in power that tition of their particular names, will even there receive any but would be a species of blasphe-humble petitions. Therefore, my, seeing that God has ex-so far from quarrelling with the pressly declared, that he is no Liturgy as to this its mark respecter of persons. honour to the Sovereign and his family, I highly approve of it in this respect. But it is impossible for me to give it this approba tion, and to see in it a most powerful means of training up the people to profound respect and reverence for those who are placed at the head of its great

No: the main object of the insertion of the Royal names in the Liturgy was, and ever

must be, to accustom us, from our infancy, to look up with respect and reverence to the human beings who are thus

distinguished. There certainly is nothing irreligious, nothing affairs; it is impossible for me to insulting or degrading to reli-view it in this light, without region, in the prayers for the garding the exclusion of her several persons of the Royal Majesty's name as the deepest Family. As a matter of po- of injuries to that gracious licy, it is wise to make so Queen, whose character is an marked a distinction with re- honour to her family, to the nagard to those persons. That tion and to the sex. Here are

the means of inculcating, in the ought never to have known any minds of children, profound re-thing, of that which has been spect and reverence for her person; and these means are with drawn from her, though they were possessed by all her predecessors; and herein is double injustice; positive injustice, in the first place, and then all the injustice arising from odious comparison.

at work to effect this change. The King has astounded them.. From their wonder they have been awakened to reflection and inquiry. These have led to conclusions in their minds, by no means favourable to the stability of the throne and its associate establishments. In many This is the light, my lord, in places the consequence has alwhich I view the question of the ready been a partial desertion Liturgy; and this made me, of the churches; and where from the beginning, declare, that these consequences may end, it every point sunk into insignifi- is not yet given to any of us to cance when compared with that know. of the Liturgy. The people; The main object with regard who never fail to see in its true to the Queen being, then, to light, every matter which is place her Majesty's name in the fairly laid before them, have not Liturgy without loss of time, I failed to give, upon the present come back to my question: occasion, proof of their usual How could the re-assembling discernment. They perceive of this Parliament possibly tend how vitally important the ques-to the accomplishment of this tion of the Liturgy is to her Ma- object? Your Lordship can. jesty, Even their very habits not imagine that the same have been their teachers here. House of Commons, who voted They have been accustomed, three to one against the placing from the moment they could use of her Majesty's name in the their tongues, to sound, the Liturgy, and that, too, when name of the Queen in the per- they had declared that no in formance of the most solemn of quiry into her conduct ought to their duties. It is not easy to take place, would now vote for account to them for this sudden placing her name in the Liturgy, change in this respect. They when the other House of Parliaknow nothing, or at least they ment has, by a decided majo

rity, declared that the charges at their declaration, at the openagainst her were well founded. ing of the Session. The King

It is true that the Bill did not had been advised, by these pass there; and that the Queen same Ministers, to make comought to be regarded as com- plaints to them relative to the pletely acquitted of the charges. conduct of a certain part of his The Ministers did, in fact, aban-subjects; and to state to them' don the Bill. They were afraid, his determination to employ the after all, to strike the blow. means that a former Parliament' Like noisy and hectoring shy- had put into his hands in order cocks they proceeded to the mo- to crush or chastise the disafment of the onset, and then gave fected. This met with the unup. They pulled off the coat; qualified echo of the Parlia1 No conciliation was they pulled off the waistcoat, ment. they even proceeded to the talked off; no relaxation of the third stage, and stripped into system of sway was proposed; buff; but, though numerously the six terrible acts remained in backed, and surrounded with full force as they do to this bottle-holders, they did not dare hour; and this Parliament stands to step into the ring. They before us with an act of Parliacoolly put on again the shirt, ment in force, which authorizes the waistcoat and the coat; got any justice of the peace to take off the ground as fast as they up and to bind over, not only to could; but still they retain their answer the charge, but to keep' friends and supporters." How, the peace and be of good behathen, can your Lordship ima-viour in the meanwhile, any gine, that this present Parlia-man that such justice may deem ment, if re-assembled, would to be guilty of having written, do justice to her Majesty, and would take efficient steps for that other great and laudable object that you have in view, into contempt either House of namely, the tranquillizing of the Parliament! This Parliament country? also sees in existence another

printed, or published, or of having uttered any thing which that justice may deem to tend to bring

In order to see what chance act empowering any judge to there is of their adopting tran-banish for life any man that quillizing measures, let us look may a second time be guilty of

doing any thing, as writer, delusive hope of seeing tranprinter, or publisher, tending to quillity restored to England by. bring either House of Parlia- any means other than those of ment into contempt! conciliation. If your Lordship

Not only did this present Par- be not now convinced of the deliament see these acts in exist-lusiveness of such hope, any ence; but not one single man thing that I can say must be as of either House was found, dur-bootless as throwing stones, ing a Session of nearly six against the wind; and if you months, to say so much as one have arrived at this salutary word tending to remove these conviction, suffer me to repeat, unparalleled restraints upon what good can you possibly exthose well-known liberties, pect from the re-assembling of which have so long been the this Parliament ? greatest and only true glory of the country.

I hold it to be quite impossible; I take it for granted that you yourself think it impossible that the majority of the two Houses should turn about and

What, then, again and again, I ask; what, then, would be the use of re-assembling, at this time, this Parliament? What vote against these same Minishope is there that such re-as-ters, and thus compel them to sembling would tend to your place the Queen's name in the lordship's object of tranquilliz- Liturgy, and to adopt measures ing the country. I pray you, to tranquillize the people. And. my lord, not to deceive your- if this be so what but mere adself. So long ago as the sum-ditional irritation could be promer of 1817, far distant as I duced by the re-assembling of then was from this scene of tur- the Parliament? I am aware moil and of peril, I besought your that, though you do not say it, Lordship, with all the earnest- you may think that the re-asness of a real friend, and with sembling of the Parliament all the impressiveness of which I was master; and I will add, with all becoming respect due to your virtuous character and high rank: I besought you, I said a good deal upon that subconjured you not to indulge the ject, I cannot refrain from re

would produce a dispersion of the present Ministers, and a supplying of their place by other men; and, though I have lately

viving it in this address to your to pieces! Alas! your Lordship

Lordship.

remembers well, that this was tried in 1806 by those, who then, as now, called themselves Whigs; and you also well remember that, in less than fifteen months, they went off with lolling ears, deploring the folly

This government is not only carried on according to a certain system, but by a certain description of persons, who, and who alone, understand it, and are fit to carry it on. Look at the offices of this government, of the attempt. There may be, and see who are the persons at this time, some of them so that fill them. You will find desperately hungry as to wish that these latter have actually to try the thing again; but, been brought up in the system. they will, I am convinced, find They and their progenitors themselves joined by no man have not only lived upon the who has a character to loose. public stack, or mow, but they The Whigs were blamed, at have eaten their way into it; that time, and not unjustly and have actually bred in it. blamed, for suffering the underThere are two generations of set, the mice of the offices, to them constantly in office, which remain. They were told, and they appear to possess by inhe-justly told, that if they suffered ritance, as clearly as you do these to continue, their own deyour estate. Besides the chiefs, struction would be the speedy there is a smaller breed, who consequence. But, I went furnever attempt to aspire, and ther. I told them that they who unambitiously and harmo- must change the system itself; niously live with the big ones, for that, an angel from heaven as mice do with rats. Many of could do the country no service these latter can be traced back so long as that system remainto their great grandfathers, or ed, which rendered the employto their great grandmothers. ment of whole herds of law

Talk of a change of Minis-yers and stock-jobbers necestry, my Lord! Talk of putting sary to carry it on. It was just, such people out of office, and but it was useless, to complain yet preserve the system un-of the retaining of the mice. changed! Talk of ousting these If the system remained, the mice broods without taking the stack were necessary. If carried on