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    JavKament , and since that time a J > apll 4 mc&it once met * does hot ceage itk functions tillthe expiration of seven vears , unless it 4 is dissolved by the

    sovereign . Few Parliaments have however reached this term , it being " thdught expedient on various causes tb curtail ' it ; but it must be apparent thafcreprese ' ntative ' who ; return to their constituents only once in seven years , will form a very different -body from

    those who meet them once m every tfeaiV This has been sensibly felt of rate years , and has given rise to the vtery frequent discussions we have heard of a reform iir Parliament s the wish of whose advocates ¦ is that the

    duration of Parliaments should be shortened , and that the people should be better represented in them . At pres&it the number of persons sent by boroughs with a small population , is so ' great that a ^ ue sti on may be carried in the Houise * of Commons , though nine tenths of the people * should " reprobate the measure .

    It is the ; great object of parties to secure a majority in the representation . The existing administration naturally has considerable influence ^ , and where there , is a real independence in the voters ^ much ' will depend on the opinion formed or * its wisdom . Success will indeed contribute ' greatly to ^ he . ir

    support , and they have lately had it in Spain ; bttt srill a reverse might take place to dispirit their adherents , and consequently make the returns less favourable to itherti 5 Tbe boroughholders 'Will be ^ rafluerieed by the vartbus causes which operate oh so lai § e a body , arid a dissolution fa' a matter therefore' of much deliberation and

    calculation . As the * administration onfry knows the precise time , when the dissolution can take place , it has certainly the advantage over' its oppo-^ ttts , which wOiild tte lost if the Parlmiiient were suffered to die a natural dfe ath . AH thefce different circumsta nces excite the usual conjectures , * ttea a dissolution is near : but we fear that the electors are not

    sufficie tt % - attentive to the duties imposed W them at such a conjuncture . They w ' an office to perform in which the worldi ^ min ded will be guided by a variety of worldly motives ; but ' t % y w consider the apostolical precept , * Weh beloilgB tdill iiiren , not t # » W

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    vants only , will perform , this duty not with eye-service , as looking merely tp the opinion of men , ov their ownpeiv sonal advantage or aggranrf ^ emeijt but as living under the all-seeing ^ j ^ ofOod . Tbey are called upon to per- * forili a duty to their country , a very and if

    important duty ; they send £ 0 the House of Common ^ an unwort hy representative the guilt is upon their shoulders . If the electors do their duty , we may , under the blessing of God , entertain a hope that the representatives will also perform their < Juty , and act as becomes those who are chosen by a free people .

    Russia is well known to adopt the faith of the Greek church , but the debasement of the country in religious matters is scarcely exceeded by that ofaur allies iu Spain . An idea will be formed of it by the correspondence that has lately taken place , and beep published , between the Emperor of

    Russia and the Archbishop of Moscow . The latter addresses him in the usual clerical stile , calls Buonaparte a vaunting , insolent Goliath , whose end is predicted by means of the "holy faith , that sling of the holy Russian l > avid , which will suddenly slit the forehead of his blood-thirsty

    haughtiness , 't As a proof of tjie prediction , and a certain guard to the empire \ n jeopardy , the old prelate sends h } s sovereign a consecrated image , c < TWs consecrated ' . image / ' he says , " oftl ^ e hdly Sergius , the ancient champion for the welfare of our native country , is preserited to your imperial flfajjesty „** , * .

    jTo this trash the emperor senc ^ s a most respectful answer , accepting tne image with great veneration : Jhe speaks or * it in the following manner . " The sanctified ^ image of the holy protector of the Russian armies 1 have commanded to be given to the armed population of Moscow , which are training for the defence of their native country . May he obtain it through his intercession before the throne of

    God , and may be by his prayers lengthen the term of your years , which are ornamented with honour and renown . ** Whether the emperor and archbishop placed any confidence or not in this image , we do not know ; but it is evi ~ derit 'tljat they trusted in its acceptance by tbe population of the country . We r ^ ad ia the Hol y Scripture * 1

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    State of FtlbKd Affairs . 553

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 593, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/61/