Public Register Or Freemans Journal, The (Newspaper) - May 5, 1764, Dublin, Dublin t 273 VOL L public Freeman's O R Numb 69 O From TUESDAY MAY the ift to SATURDAY MAY the 5th 1764 The WATCHMAN No In Continuation Of which the is incident R A V E L L E R S while they a grand Egyptian Pyramid are apt to en- quire by whun the Pile was and how long it hath the of Time Bat when no- thing of this can be developed runs back through Antiquity without Bounds and thence lates an with peculiar Veneration that appears as H were to have no Such a Structure is the of No Records when it had a Commencement ther can any Annals the Time at wh ch it was not William the above hundred Years ago on his entering into the ORIGINAL CONTRACT with the People engaged to govern according to the et Rtgni Leges the Good well approved and ancient Laws of the Kingdom This was therefore ancient even in awent Times More than eighteen hundred Years are now fince in the of his Commentaries bore as well to the Antiquity as Excellency of the of the Laws of Britain He tells fis thai the rable Order of the Druids who then throughout Gaul derived their of Government from and that it was for thole who were of being verted in the faid ancient to go over to Britain for that to recommend while he one of the Laws that was peculiar at that Time to the of Britain He telU you that if a Woman was of the Death of her Halband was questioned thereupon with Severity by btr Neighbours and that if was found guilty flic was tied alive to a Stake and burned to The very Law in Britain by a to this Day It is hence very obvious that Gothic Anchors adopted they judged excellent in the BRITISH CONSTITUTION or rather what was deemed to be excellent in their Own However that may be the thereof aptly compared to the Structure of the Pyramid above Bafe being abroad to a vaft Extent with the greater Stability and Dignity the dual but and more lordly they end and are crowned by their imperial Summit Thus the King in the of Great Britain is immediately bottomed and upheld by the the by the Peers the Peers by the Commons the Commons by their and the the People m the Extent of the Nation And hould this broad popular Foundation ever come or rhc muft prove as vain and as un- as a in poetical Clouds The Length of the Duration of the beyond all that ever yet have been framed upon Earth is Proof of the Art and of its Con- And as it has hitherto every interior awd this to peak ance to ail future Events It a Maxim in Nature however that all and within their Frame Principle of their and that the ble Period is appointed unto beyond which it cannot oafs though it may untimely y and and en- quire whit the Principles of fuch may be that we may prolong the Date of Britain to its Limit if we may not procure Perpetuity to her j The of outward Violence and inward are not properly the Principles of though may be promoted and precipitated thereby England has often fuffered by foreign Invaders and much by the Violence and Treachery of Enemies yet he is at this Day in her Prime of Strength and Glory Neither is Ambition or an inordinate Defire of any Principle or genuine Caufe of in a State but on the Contrary when counteracted and under Manage may greatly conduce to the Vigour and Stability of the For The three ruling in their ral Capacity are of Members weak through Frailty though impetuous through they have all a Tendency to Arrogance in their ments each has ever been fond of their re- and Privileges to theit Extent and as any of has obtained the upper Hand they have all proved Tyrants in their Turns In fuch Cafes however the People have ever joined with the weaker Party with the King Peers or Commons and have rei them and them to their due Weight and Portion of er in the Wherefore while this virtuous arid vital remains in Store no Struggles for Power can bring Death upon the State Straggles are always a Proof of Life and are often the of its Whenever we ball fee the fecond and third of Britain acting out of their Departments and moving with the in one and the fame pacific we may pronounce with too much Certainty that Danger or js to the The little of a Watch will to what is meant by Danger and what is meant by Death upon this The Integrals or Wheels of a Watch are fo con- as fey moving in different Directions reciprocally to and be by each other and thence to produce the beneficent Effect of Time the World in equal and orderly Pot lions Now any one take Integrals here would a temporary of the with Danger of its being duly and perfectly Again Should any one contrive to nuke the move in one and the fame the whole would then become as one Wheel all the beneficent Di- of Time and there might be much Danger and Doubt of the Wheels being ever to their orderly and State of Counter action Finally Should the Wheels or Integrals pals from State of to a State of Corruption all Dangers would then have a Period in rifted Materials there can no No can be of rotten Parts It is thus in the great of on Should any Caufe or detain the three from duly convening in Parliament the Wheels of our Political would thereby be taken and a temporary could not but be attended with much Damage Danger of due and ration Again Should any Accident take off the Counteraction of the aid in Parliament Or any or incline the frid the of our to move out of their Spheres in the Tame Our will 1 or The One of equal and orderly Government will And the Danger and Doubt of will be greatly FOR King or has the Nomination and Appointment of the of ment and of throughout the Realm On the other Hand The Second and third have it in charge to enquire concerning all vances and Offences whatever whether occasioned by t partial and or by the Sale Denial or Delay of in the And they have it further in charge to bring the Delinquents to ment and Now it ever come to pafs through fome py of Integrity or Capacity in the of People out of Parliament that the King be tempted in to his People to appoint the Members of both to be his and chief Officers both civil and military Should He in order to encourage them to a full faithful and of their he I fay double the Salaries of Some give additional Penfions to others and enrich the Sons Brothers Relations and Dependents of all the Members of both of Parliament by to them and to them alone all other lucrative Appointments throughout the Realm On a remote or I demand wrat arc in the for calling two of Potentates with their Sons Brothers Relations Retainers and Dependents in f In cafe of two or a Majority of in Parliament there would be none but the to enquire into the and Mal- of the none but the Kings Servants to impeach judge and the Servants of the King would be none to tax People fave who were to enrich their Kindred and Dependents the Produce of the Tax there would be none to heer the Sheep who were to be and robed in the FLEECE In cafe of two fuch or a Majority of two fuch in Parliament the Walk indeed would as fair and firm as ever they would alfo be filled with Men active and full of and Zeal for Public-Good and employed in confronting and all Manner of Kvil and yet all this would be as much a mere Matter of as when a Man imagines that he leaps over the Moon he lew the Image thereof mining fo in the Gutter In all uch Cafes the three would in be but one afting and moving in one and the fame Line and The would up the Second and the Third with as neat and patch as the Rod of when turned Serpent lowed np the of the Egypt But will there be no Remedy extant Yes as fare an there will be Virtue or extant in the Land The Remedy will be effectual and infallible in the righteous of the third in the Re- of never to the beli of who has either Place or the very beft of that ever fat upon the Throne be Since our laft arrived Two Packets the following From the St April TH 1 S Day hn was to fill t'i cunt Stall at wt Uw ot tlK Bith
