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THE King remains at Brighton ; where he takes his drives, and amuses himself in his select circle, with perhaps more freedom from care and more zest than any king of England of his nice has ever done. He has neither foreign pretenders, like the first two of the House of Hanover, to disturb his enjoyment ; nor foreign wars, like his flither; nor---a greater foe to quiet than either—a diseased frame to contend with, like his brother. Unless in so far as it is connected with the acts of his Government, the life of the King thus glides away as calmly and pleasantly as the life of the lowly clown, with which royalty is wont to be so disadvantageously contrasted. The bad weather for some days past has limited the promenades of the Queen to the apartments of the Pavilion; but she, as well as the King, is in perfect health.
The Standard of last night acquaints us with a fact of which we were not previously cognizant. The Ministers—no, sonic of the :Mi- nisters—would most willingly give up Schedule B, and that part of Schedule (I which relates to the Metropolitan districts, to their oppo- nents; and their opponents would not scruple to pass the Bill in that case : but Lord Durham will give up nothing. We incline to believe that there are parties in the Cabinet who would not scruple to play false to the People if they dared, and we are sure Lord Durham is not one of them, from the very particular notice with which the John Ball has honoured him. At the same time, we trust there are more than he that will give up nothing; or that lie has power, as he has will, to pre- vent any thing from being given up. The reward is mighty. What a glorious momunent, when, five hundred years hence, seine future Jo- seph Parkes is telling of the antiquities of Birmingham, to have it said ,--this borough derived its franchise from Laiubton's Act !
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