The Town Of Guildford, Which (taken With

To Be Poor And Independent Is Very Nearly An Impossibility.

Good Government Is Known From Bad Government By This Infallible Test: That Under The Former The Labouring People Are Well Fed And Well Clothed, And Under The Latter, They Are Badly Fed And Badly Clothed.

The Norfolk People Are Quick And Smart In Their Motions And Their Speaking. Very Neat And Trim In All Their Farming Concerns And Very Skilful. Their Land Is Good, Their Roads Are Level, And The Bottom Of Their Soil Is Dry, To Be Sure; And These Are Great Advantages; But They Are Diligent And Make The Most Of Everything.

The Truth Is That The Fall Of Napoleon Is The Hardest Blow That Our Taxing System Ever Felt. It Is Now Impossible To Make People Believe That Immense Fleets And Armies Are Necessary.

I Cannot... Perceive Any Ground For Hoping That Any Practical Good Would, While The Funding System Exists In Its Present Extent, Result From The Adoption Of Any Of Those Projects, Which Have Professed To Have In View What Is Called Parliamentary Reform... When The Funding System, From Whatever Cause, Shall Cease To Operate Upon Civil And Political Liberty, There Will Be No Need Of Projects For Parliamentary Reform. The Parliament Will, As Far As Shall Be Necessary, Then Reform Itself.