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lions alone ; there is little doubt that the opposition 

 of the greater number was a conscientious one, they 

 did not believe that they exercised their power inju- 

 riously to the public interests, for men are slow to see 

 their own errors, to admit them,, and to condemn 

 themselves, and they thought that the evil would be 

 greater by throwing more power into the hands of the 

 people ; that the best interests of the country would 

 be in jeopardy by doing so ; this was a matter of 

 opinion ; the nation generally thought otherwise ; 

 the power was transferred ; and time will show whe- 

 ther the people will use it for purposes of good or 

 evil. In the existence of the House of Peers the 

 best interests of the country are involved ; and so long 

 as the privileges belonging to it are used with mode- 

 ration, discretion, and wisdom, which has been the 

 case almost in a greater degree than could be expected 

 from a human institution ; so long will this order of 

 the British Constitution remain to support and adorn 

 the glorious structure which has been raised, esta- 

 blished and renovated by the wisdom of successive 

 ages, and which has been the boast of Britons and 

 the envy and admiration of the world. 



The author of the work alluded to, says, in treating 

 on the art of colonization, an article which deserves 

 the most attentive consideration, that " the English 

 Corn Laws will be repealed." "When that shall 

 happen, the English will hunt over the world in 

 search of cheap bread. But where will they find it, 

 not in countries situated like England ; not in any 

 country where land is dear. They will find cheap 



