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Since the preceding sheets were committed 
to the press, we have perused Mr. William 
Brooke’s pamphlet, entitled ‘ The true 
Causes of our present Distress for Provisions,’ 
&c. &c. dedicated to his Majesty. 
This theoretical writer ^nows but little of 
the subjedf upon which he treats. Nor are 
we disposed to follow him minutely through 
his speculations. That we shall reserve for 
a future opportunity ; contenting ourselvas, 
at present, with remarking on the most pro- 
minent features of his work. 
It has been always considered, by the most 
profound legislators of both antient and mo- 
dern times, that it is unwise in a slate to in- 
terpose its authority in making minute re- 
gulations in matters of domestic policy, the 
good 'and evil of which, if left to the opera- 
tive hand of of time, will, at no very remote 
period, be regulated and balanced in the con- 
sequent result. The utmost extent of hu- 
man wisdom -is so extremely limited, and 
man is so rarely endowed with sufficient fore- 
sight to discover the future by the present 
“State of things, being confounded by the per- 
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