VIII. The HUNTERIAN ORATION for the year 1819, deli- vered before the ROYAL COLLEGE of Surgeons in London. By JOHN ABERNETHY, F. R. S., &c. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's and Christ's Hospitals. 145 IX. The EQUALITY of the CONSTITUTION. On the PRESENCE of PLUTO in ELYSIUM. [Original.] 179 XI. THOUGHTS on the RESUMPTION of CASH PAY- MENTS by the BANK, and on the CORN BILL as connected with that measure; in a LETTER addressed to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the EXCHEQUER. By A. H. CHAMBERS, Banker, Bond Street. ...... 191 XII. A LETTER to the INDEPENDENT FREEMEN of the CITY of ROCHESTER on the PETITION against LORD BINNING'S RETURN being declared FRIVO- LOUS and VEXATIOUS; and on the RIGHT of the ELDEST SON of a SCOTCH PEER to REPRESENT an ENGLISH COUNTY, CITY, or BOROUGH, without possessing a LANDED Qualification in England. By XIII. The REAL CAUSE of the INCREASED PRICE of the NECESSARIES of LIFE, and of the HIGH PRICE of GOLD BULLION; with an APPENDIX. By EDWARD III. Representation to H. C. M. FERDINAND VII. King of Spain, in DEFENCE of the CORTES. By D. AL- LANDS, Signed at the Hague, 4th of May, 1818. for the purpose of preventing their subjects from engaging VIII. First Do. communicated by the LORDS, and Ordered X. REPRESENTATION, agreed upon May 20, 1819. by the DIRECTORS of the BANK of ENGLAND, and laid before the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Ordered by the HOUSE of COMMONS to be printed, 21st May, 1819. 509 REFUTATION OF THE ARGUMENTS USED ON THE SUBJECT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PETITION. ORIGINAL. LONDON: VOL. XIV. Pam. NO. XXVII. A AN ADDRESS, &c. &c. HAD I the honor of possessing a seat in the British Senate, when the subject of the Agricultural Petition is brought under consideration, I should thus deliver my sentiments. The zeal, with which a considerable number of agriculturists of the united kingdom are at this moment urging their claims to our protection, and the daily extension of that zeal, together with the absolute magnitude of the question itself, have induced me to afford the subject considerable attention; not that I think the warmth with which claims are urged by the party interested in the issue of those claims, is any proof whatever of their justice, although sometimes it may entitle them to a patient hearing-there is frequently displayed an enthusiasm in the prosecution of fancied rights, which is unknown to the cool argumentative vindication of those that are real. Hitherto I have been a silent spectator of the conflict of opinion, with which our periodical publications have been filled, and the conversations of social life have been engrossed; and have listened alike to the sanguine expectations of some, and the gloomy despondency of others; during which I have often witnessed, with surprise, the plasticity of the human mind when about to receive favorable impressions, and have, as often, been struck with the sturdy inflexibility it presents, when pressed under the greatest load of unpalatable evidence. As I feel no personal interest in the determination of the question, more than that which belongs to me as a member of the country, and as one deeply concerned in its well-government and prosperity, so I hope that a few observations, intended to correct some hasty mis-statements, and explain |