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helm, and run our 10001b. bales of twist into Irelandto be fabricated, instead of Russia ; and the hands andmind of Pat will be so engaged in the various ope-rations this manufacture will impose upon him, thathis answers to those who may ask his aid on theM. P. question, will be as laconic and decisiveas those of the Lancashire weavers before-men-tioned respecting, the affairs of the late Queen ;and as to Great Britain,—distribute the other balesamongst her weavers, &c., from the Land’s End toJohn O’Groats; point to them their coat of arms,and with the means in their hands, by which theycan wear them with honour ; your Overseers of thePoor will only have the infant and the aged undertheir care ; your prisons will almost become unte-nanted ; and when the weaver looks up to the mottoin his coat armour, and finds the means in his ownhands by which he can feed and clothe his wife andchildren, as well as his aged father or mother; sosituated, his honour, when he finds his legitimaterights are restored to him, will be a sufficient protec-tion to your game. Hence, I say, that if the causewhich has led to such rapid legislation, can be soeasily removed, why not give it the same expedition ?

With regard to the bad management of which Ispoke so freely a little while past, I will endeavourto shew the source from whence this bad managementproceeded; and as in desperate cases, it is sometimesnecessary to probe the wound so deep, as to give painto the limb from which the whole body becomesdiseased, before you can proceed to a radical cure;such is my respect for this patient, that has engrossedall my attention for the last twenty-seven years, andmy fortune into the bargain, that to save her life, Imust resort to the same means; for, having my fearsthat the cure will not be a radical one, unless I firstprobe the wound to the bottom, I feel it absolutelynecessary to proceed in my own way, even though l