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was unlimited there certainly was an inlfuence hardly at all perceptible except to the miniſte er beſtowing thoſe favors, or countenancing thoſe abuſes, and to the parties who profited by them. None of thoſe, however, continue to exiſt; and, with the exception of Crown livings, every man who looks into the Court Ivalendar will be nearly as well informed of what the miniſter has to diſpofe of as thoſe moſt immediately in his confidence. What he does diſpoſe of is conſtantly publiſhed in the papers of the day.
Among other advantages derived from the labours of the Committees of Finance, the public is accurately informed of the burthens upon it, and bow every part of its income is diſpofed of. Hence we are enabled to ſtate, with preciſion, the charge incurred by penſions and ſinecure employments, and to compare that with the whole of the revenue, which it appears to be deſirable ſhould be done, as many well-intentioned perſons have taken an impreſſion, that if all thoſe were put an end to, the public might be relieved from a conſiderable proportion of its burthens.
