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liament, but I now perceived that he wished to have it as sub-servient to his own views as possible, and cared little for theconstitution of the country, whilst he preserved his own power,verifying the observation of Helvetius, —“ U amour de Vhomme pourle pouvoir est tel quen Angleterre meme il nest presque point deministre qui ne voulut revetir son Prince du pouvoir arbitraire.L'ivresse d'une grand place fait oublier au ministre qu accable luimeme sous le poids du pouvoir quit edifie , lui et saposterite en serontpeutetre les premieres victimesP

Numberless addresses were presented to the King and Queen,on the recovery of His Majesty; I drew up the two following, andsent them to be signed by the clergy of my diocese, before theywere presented: —

“ Most Gracious Sovereign,

“ We, the Bishop, Archdeacon and Chapter, and Clergy, of thediocese of Landaff, Your Majesty’s most dutiful subjects, humbly,and with hearty thanksgivings to Almighty God, beg leave tocongratulate Your Majesty on the recovery which He, in hismercy, hath vouchsafed to you from a long and singularly afflict-ing indisposition. We are persuaded, that no congratulations, onany occasion, were ever offered to any of Your Majesty’s pre-decessors with more cordial sincerity and more perfect unanimitythan those will be which a free, a loyal, and an affectionate peoplewill present to Your Majesty, on this event. It is an event highlyinteresting to every branch of Your Majesty’s family, and to everyfriend of the House of Brunswick. The happiness of men, whohave the misfortune to live under despotic governments, depends