THE BEE, 



LITER ART WEEKLT INTELLIGENCER, 



WEDNESDAY, OcStober 12, 1 79 1. 



Hijlorical Difqtiijttions concerning the Britijh Conjiitiitiony 

 Part III. 



{Continued from fill. IF. p. l^iSJ] 



In all thofe kingdoms that were founded in Europe 

 on the ruins of the Roman empire, we find evident 

 traces of that kind of political infHtution, the funda- 

 mental principles of which have been developed in the 

 former parts of this efiay. The ftriking chara£leriftical 

 features which peculiarifed thefe inftitutions were, 

 that the deliberative voice remained with the people, 

 while the executive power was entrufted to a particu- 

 lar officer appointed for that purpofe, under the various 

 names of Duke, Margrave, Prince, or King : — A poli- 

 tical device that has been gradually matured into a 

 more perfeft fyftem of goyernment than was ever be- 

 fore known on the globe. 

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