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25 April 1817

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Conclud g Note

Concluded[?]

§.18

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That[?] there is /we have/ /believe[?]/ a measure of economy. By a simple Vote of the House of Commons passed at the instance /proposition/ of the Right Honourable the Speaker behold this part of the Bill of Rights repealed – virtually indeed but not the less effectually repealed – and this too without so much as the expence of an Act of Parliament: Opposition not less than Administration – Whigs not less than Tories in raptures at the thoughts of so economical a measure. Behold here a shape in which all men whose delight is in Economy may even in these times make sure of seeing it: a shape – every shape – in which by and with Economy Legitimacy is served. In this shape may Economy depend at all times upon being served by Honourable House served with unfeigned as well as undissembled pleasure: and the greater the delight with which it is served in this shape, the less the need which will be seen due[?] of its being served in any other shape.

By this one measure of refined economy, the Coronet, which with its deputy-supporting pension awaits the retreat of acknowledged merit, be not only will it be merited but (oh well timed fruit of genius!) the expence of it saved. And after this can any eye be blind to the use of Peerages and of Pensions?