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This was diplomatic enough. But still Colonel D'Aguilar's thickness 

 of brains could not discover how this soothed the matter,, and he had the 

 barbarity to insist on the Agitator's swallowing his words,, or going out 

 to that field, where he might lose the glorious opportunity for ever of 

 regenerating his country. Finding, at last, that persuasion was out of 

 the question, the Colonel made a note of the transaction, in the follow- 

 ing style : 



" Having received this from Mr. O'Connell's hand, and read it in Mr. 

 O'ConnelFs presence, it only remains for me to say., that this is not the 

 disavowal of the expressions required by Sir Henry Hardinge : and I do 

 therefore, in that gentleman's name, call upon Mr. O'Connell for that 

 satisfaction, for his gross and intemperate language, which is due from 

 one gentleman to another. Mr. O'Connell having heard me read this 

 aloud, then said' Refused already' but added, in his own hand- writing, 

 c in addition to the passage I marked as disavowed, (viz. a chance-child 

 of fortune and of war,) I disavow using the words hireling scribe' 



" GEORGE D'AGUILAR." 



And so ends this fine affair : the great agitator having been compelled 

 to take away all the charm of the abuse, by extracting all its particu- 

 larity, and giving to the world nothing but those general notions which 

 the Billingsgate school furnishes to all its professors indiscriminately. 



We object too, in some degree, to Sir H. Hardinge's proceeding. 

 He ought in common sense to have let the hair-triggers sleep. It is, 

 to be sure, hard enough to be called names, but the mouth that called 

 them takes away all the mischief. As secretary he ought to have 

 disdained any further notice than a horsewhip delegated to one of his 

 footmen ; which we think, on the whole, one of the most advisable and 

 natural modes of writing notes on the grand Agitator's memory. 



Brighton is out of its senses with joy. All the world of fashion and 

 no fashion are crowding its streets, emptying its markets, roving its toy- 

 shops, lounging in its libraries, and gazing at the King and Queen. 

 Long may they enjoy the campaign. But certainly, in this time of 

 foreign trouble, the security, comfort, and popular zeal that surround 

 his Majesty, are a fine proof of the difference between the sovereignty 

 of slaves and of freemen. The King's domestic circle too is unrivalled. 

 He actually enjoys as much comfort as if he had only a thousand a year, 

 and was an honest country gentleman, with his family circle round his 

 fireside. 



" ' Better a Little where Love is,' &c. The present King, since he 

 came to the throne, has entertained at his table at the same time, with the 

 utmost cordiality and affection the Queen, the Duke of Cumberland, 

 the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Gloucester, 

 Prince Leopold, Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, 

 Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Sophia, and the 

 Princess Augusta." 



Nothing better could be enjoyed, though William IV. could send all the 

 newspaper writers to the galleys, burn all the presses, and order every 

 man in England to kiss the sole of his shoe. But it has the advantage 

 of being likely to last longer. For among those kissers of the shoes of 

 sovereigns there are found from time to time bold spirits who grow 

 tired of the ceremony, and settle the business in the Russian way. A 

 Sultan, too, is not the most certain of going out of the world in his bed. 



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