2^3 on parliamentary reform. Aug. it. 



niOi with a few words on the subject of the decay- 

 ed boroughs. 



Dare I avow it, Mr Editor, that I see nothing 

 more natural than thdX in a free commercial coun- 

 trj, tni.n thould ot their own accord, make a vir- 

 tual and voluntary surrender of their privileges 

 in one place, for sonethiiig they prefer in another ; 

 or in other words, that they (hould relinquifti 

 thtir Votes in Old Sarum, to gain money in new 

 Manchester. But 1 cannot thij.k equally natural 

 the clamour rased against the legislature, for not 

 hurrying their privileges after the emigrants ; for 

 two very simple reasons. The first is, that it would 

 be an act of great injustice, to deprive of their 

 privileges those who choose to stay where they 

 were, preferring birth right to gain, to confer 

 them on those who, being of a different opinion, had 

 Toluntarily relinquifhed them, and already got the 

 equivalent they desired. 



The second reason is, that^such a transfer wpuld 

 be a fhort sighted act, of little wisdom, was it even 

 just For considering the changes your island is sub- 

 ject to*, from the act on of the sea, from the col- 

 lecting of sand at the mouths of harbours, the course 

 and obstruction of rivers, the discovery of mines, 

 the erection of new manfacturies, &.c. it is more 

 than probable, that if the election of senators was 

 to follow the varying sites of trade and manufac- 

 tures, the legislature might in time franchise and 



* See Dr Carapbell's Political Survey ot Great Britain for the 

 changes alluded to. 



