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has been no public man guilty of an infamous 

 act, of whom they have not taken the part; and 

 no act of tyranny of which they have not been 

 the eulogists and the principal instrument. 



444. But, why do I attempt to describe 

 Parsons to Hampshire men? You saw them 

 all assembled in grand cohort the last time that 

 I saw any of you. You saw them at Win 

 chester, when they brought forward their lying 

 address to the Regent. You saw them on that 

 day, and so did I ; and in them 1 saw a band 

 of more complete blackguards than I ever be 

 fore saw in all my life. I then saw Parson 

 Baines of Exton, standing up in a chair and 

 actually spitting in Lord Cochrane's poll, while 

 the latter was bending his neck out to speak. 

 Lord Cochrane looked round and said, " B. 

 *' G Sir, if you do that again I'll knock you 

 " down." " You be d d," said Baines, " I'll 

 " spit where I like." Lord Cochrane struck 

 at him; Baines jumped down, put his two hands 

 to his mouth in a huntsman-like way, and cried 

 " whoop! whoop!" till he was actually black 

 in the face. One of them trampled upon my 

 heel as I was speaking. 1 looked round, and 

 begged him to leave off. " You be d d," said 

 he, "you be d- d, Jacobin." He then tried 

 to press on me, to stifle my voice, till I clapped 

 my elbow into his ribs and made " the spiritual 



