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should be permitted hencefortli to enjoy tlie plea- 

 sures of retirement. I parted witli my hounds, and 

 gave up hunting ; but here I am, continually on 

 horseback, hunting up men all round the Wrekin ! 

 The movement is general, and differences of feeling 

 are subsiding into one for the defence of the nation. 

 "Whigs and Tories stand together in the ranks ; and 

 as I told the Lord-Lieutenant the other day, we 

 must have not less than four or five thousand men 

 in uniform, equipped, every Jack-rag of 'em, with- 

 out a farthing cost to the country. (Applause.) There 

 are some dastardly devils who run with the hare, 

 but hang with the hounds, damn 'em (laughter) ; 

 whose patriotism, by G — d, hangs by such a small 

 strand that I believe the first success of the enemies 

 of the country would sever it. They are a lot of 

 damnation Jacobins, all of 'em, whining black- 

 hearted devils, with distorted intellects, who profess 

 to perceive no danger. And, by Gf — d, the more 

 plain it is, the less they see it. It is, as I say, put 

 an owl into daylight, stick a candle on each side of 

 him, and the more light the poor devil has the less he 

 sees." (Cries of "Bravo, hurrah for the Squire.") 

 In conclusion he called upon the lawyer, the iron- 

 master, the pot maker, the artisan, and the labourer 



