Note 2 — Chapter XXI · “THE NATION NEVER CAN BE ITSELF AGAIN WITHOUT A REFORM.”

News from the provinces, in February, 1814:—

“Hampshire.—Mr. Cobbett continues to write his celebrated Political Register from his estate at Botley, in this county, uniting in his own person, in their completest sense, the character of agriculturist, patriot, and man of letters. Some of his late numbers, on the novel positions and pretensions of the belligerent powers, are distinguished above all his former writings for their masculine eloquence, power of reasoning, and courageous delineation of truth.”—Monthly Magazine, xxxvii. 93.