PAGE. VI. Observations on the present State of the POLICE of the METROPOLIS. BY GEORGE B. MAINWARING, Esq. Second Edition, printed exclusively in the PAM- PHLETEER. [Concluded from No. XXXV111.] VII. The ELECTOR'S REMEMBRANCER; or, a GUIDE to VOTES of each MEMBER of the HOUSE of COM- MONS, for the first two Sessions of the present Parliament. With Observations on the Conduct and CONTENTS OF NO. XXXVIII. I. Letters of the Emperor Joseph II., written to some of the most dis- II. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, at the IV. A Letter of Expostulation to Lord Byron, on his present Pursuits; V. Vindicia Britannica. A Vindication of the People from the charge VI. On the tendency of the Education Bill to Degrade Grammar Schools; and the importance of preserving the Classical Discipline of their Founders. By Vicesimus Knox, D. D. [New Edition, with Alterations.] VII. On the interests of the Church of England. By R. V. Second Edition. VIII. The Return to Nature; or, a Defence of the Vegetable Regimen: with some account of an experiment made during three or four years in the IX. Observations on the present State of the Police of the Metropolis. CONTENTS OF NO. XL. PAGE. II. A Letter to the Right Reverend JOHN, LORD BISHOP OF BRISTOL, respecting an ADDITIONAL EXAMI- NATION of Students in the University of CAM- BRIDGE, and the different Plans proposed for that III. A Letter to PHILOGRANTUS, by EUBULUS: being a Sequel to a PAMPHLET, entitled Thoughts on the IV. A CHARGE, delivered by the Right Reverend Dr. JOHN KAYE, LORD BISHOP OF BRISTOL, at his PRIMARY VISITATION of that Diocese, in Au- V. A LETTER to the Rev. W. L. BOWLES, in Reply to his LETTER to THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq. and to his two Letters to the Right Hon. Lord Byron; containing a Vindication of their Defence of the POE- TICAL CHARACTER of POPE, and an Inquiry into the nature of Poetical Images, and of the characteris- tic qualities that distinguish Poetry from all other species of Writing. By M. M'DERMOT. [Concluded VI. The RETURN to NATURE; or, a Defence of the VEGETABLE REGIMEN with some account of an experiment made during three or four years in the 357 VII. A HISTORY of the PENAL LAWS against the IRISH CATHOLICS; from the Treaty of Limerick to the Union. With an Index. By Sir HENRY PAR- NELL, Bart. M. P. [New Edition, corrected for the VIII. WHAT ARE RICHES? or, An Examination of the Definitions of this subject given by modern Economists. IX. A PRACTICAL SCHEME for the Reduction of the PUBLIC DEBT and TAXATION, without individual X. XI.& XII. Letters to Mr. T. CAMPBELL, as far as regards POETICAL CRITICISM, &c. &c., and the ANSWER to the Writer in the QUARTERLY REVIEW, as far as they relate to the same subjects. Second Editions. Together with an Answer to some objections; and further Illustrations. By the Rev. W. L. BOWLES PAGE. 529 I. ELECTOR'S REMEMBRANCER, or a Guide to the Votes of each II. The Exposé of the Present Administration, in a Pamphlet intitled The III. Mainwaring on the State of the Police. IV. A Defence of the Vegetable Regimen, showing that we were not born V. Heathfield on the Debt, Agriculture, &c. VI. Sir H. Parnell's History of the Penal Laws against the Catholics, to VII. On the Controversy between Lord Byron and Mr. Bowles, relative to HOME DEPARTMENT COLONIES AND BOARD OF TRADE, SIXTH EDITION. LONDON: VOL. XX. Pam. NO. XXXIX. A STATE OF THE NATION, &c. &c. THE purport of the following observations is to take a general review of the state of public affairs, from the period of the late treaties to the commencement of the year 1822. The circumstances which compose this review have not, as yet, been produced to the public with sufficient fulness and distinctness. If some of the matters have been touched upon, and even discussed in parliament, in answer to the observations of the opponents of his Majesty's ministers, they have been discussed only as single measures, and without any reference to their coherence with the system of administration of which they formed a part. The ministers of a free and high-minded country cannot be without a due feeling of the value of public character. They know, that in public station, still more than in private life, a good name is connected with the due and effective performance of duties; that character is influence, and that influence is power; that power from influence will extend its operation, where power from law and positive authority cannot reach; and that the goodwill of the people towards government, has in all ages proved the readiest means of an effective administration. Under these considerations, his Majesty's ministers for themselves, and their friends for them, must naturally desire to stand well in public opinion. They desire it for themselves, and they desire it for the country. For themselves, they must feel that they deserve public confidence for a conscientious and effective discharge of their duties: for the country, they must desire, and desire most anxiously, that a general feeling for the public good, and a general persuasion that the |