29 Dec r. 1809

Parl y. Reform

Necessity

Ch. 17.

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 Add here the newly-elected and note the several classes as indicated under Ch. < > Necessity. Wild Weather cocks?

No sooner are they seated, than the whole train of corruptly dependent Members, who before without constituting a part of the administration (for these by the supposition are gone out) were in use to vote with administration, cross over to the other side. In the situation /condition/ of those in respect of /as between/ dependence and independence no alteration is produced: dependent they were before, dependent they are still.

These leading Members are all of them already provided with seats in the House and votes attached to those seats. These votes being before engaged, all of them to opposition that is to the administration in expectancy, are now so many votes engaged to administration, that is to the administration in possession.