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The spirit of the constitution, leaving nothing remediless, wisely provides, that ministers are answerable for the acts of the executive government. The King could do no more than take the advice of his council, on being informed of all the noisome stuff which has deluged the country with pollution; of such councils it may be spoken on this occasion, in the language of a very wise man, concilia enim non minuunt mala sed augent potius. Some of their members may have, aided by their legal lights,

“ Sight where better eyes are blind.”

One in particular, unquestionably possesses more legal knowledge than any judge from the Conquest to the present day; and therefore well able in debate (fearful odds against an antagonist) to avoid and refine away what is essential, and enforce with all the influence of novelty what is not generally known: is in legem per vim latam jurare noluit. The preceding observations are not made from a desire to weaken the exertion of prerogative, much less from an inclination to encourage the abominable scurrility so disgracefully prevalent among the over-zealous of each party, but from profound respect and due allegiance to the King, best shewn by a faithful attachment to the law,

Cum legem dico nihil aliud intelligi volo, quam Imperium, sine quo nec domus ulla, nec civitas, nec gens, nec hominum universum genus stare, nec rerum natura omnis, nec ipse mundus potest, which the venerable Hooker beautifully paraphrased, and concluded by calling the law (as the compilers of the statute thought, and the legislature intended) " The mother of our peace and joy."

VOL. XVIII.

Pum.

NO. XXXV. O

ADDENDA.

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Extracts from the Primers and Common Prayers in the British Museum, referred to in the Pamphlet.

Date.

Persons prayed for.

King Henry VIII.,

Queen Catherine, Prince
Edward, and all the
King's Majesty's Chil-
dren.

King Edward VI.

Kyng et Prynces.

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Rege nostro & Principibus nostris.

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Extracts from the Primers and Common Prayers referred to in the Pamphlet.

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Persons prayed for

King Charles II., Queen Mary, James Duke of York, and the rest of the Royal Family.

King Charles II., Queen Catherine, Mary the Queen Mother, James Duke of York, and all the Royal Family.

No Alteration,

King Charles II., Queen Catherine, James Duke of York, and all the Royal Family.

King James II., Queen Mary, Catherine the Queen Dowager, their Royal Highnesses Mary Princess of Orange and the Princess Anne of Denmark, and all the Royal Family.

Queen Anne,

Catherine the Queen Dowager, the Princess Sophia, and all the Royal Family.

King George I., George Prince of Wales, the Princess, and their Issue, and all the Royal Family.

King George II., Queen Caroline, the Royal Issue, and the rest of the Royal Family.

King George II., George Prince of Wales, the Princess Dowager of Wales, the Duke, the Princesses, and all the Royal Family.

King George III., Queen Charlotte, His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family.

ON THE

POETICAL CHARACTER OF POPE;

FURTHER ELUCIDATING

THE

"INVARIABLE PRINCIPLES OF POETRY," &c.

WITH

A SEQUEL,

IN REPLY TO OCTAVIUS GILCHRIST.

BY THE REV. W. L. BOWLES.

Concluded from the last No.

LONDON:

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