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ting as we do diſtinctly that preſcription is no title for the continuance of abuſe; and allowing, to the utmoſt extent, the expediency of conſtant checks, as well as of occaſional enquiry, both as to public expenditure and its ſuppoſed neceſſary concomitants, the increaſing patronage and increaſing influence of the Crown.
Nothing can be more remote from the intentron of the preſent publication, than a wiſh to diſcourage enquiry, or to prevent the ſuggeſtion of ſalutary checks: the real object of it is to lead others to examine the ground on which the neeeſſity of adopting ſtronger meaſures of reſtraint as well as of inveſtigation, at the preſent period, has been repeatedly urged, frequently with the beſt intentions, and with the pureſt motives. In endeavouring to ſet right the public opinion on this ſubject, the performance of an ad of juſtice to the members of any adminiſtration, is but a ſmall part of its uſe; a much more important conſideration is, its effect in producing that ſalutary and reaſonable confidence which gives the power of exertion to the government, and that con-
