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 feature.—At the same time I am aware that the commercial and manufacturing interests, exclusively of the great influence which they would possess in the elections for particular Cities and Boroughs, would at all times be enabled to preserve their due proportion of weight, even in those elections which at first view may appear to be laid open more particularly to the landed interest.

To these regulations in the mode of election I think it would be highly expedient to add the revival of that antient Constitutional principle which excludes placemen and pensioners from the Lower House of Parliament, or at least to limit specifically the number and description of those servants of the crown who should continue admissible thereto.—Nor do I consider it an unavailing