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the purpose of aseertsiniog your real strength, or
some other °Neel, to go to a division, be sure to
send one tried friend or two, if you have so many,
to the ftlinisterial side of the House, with instruc-
tions to vociferate, " Quer/i/os, Question." You
may then allege, in defence of your little minority,
that the question was pressed by your opponents ;
that y,,u were taken by surprise; and that a great
many of your staunch friends had Itft the House, not
apprehending that there would be a division. Had
this manoeuvre, been exeuted on Monday night, you
would not have exposed your weakness. The Ministers.
oowerful in talents and means, %sill disdain to prac-
ticeany paltry trick or stratagem, and will attempt
to bear you down by the weight of argument and
force of eloquence. What you want in strength, you
must endeavour to make up for in cunning, in dex-
ternus manauvres, and ruse de guerre. If a handful
of raw recruits, just raised under the Parish Bill,
were to remain inaftive, within v:ew of a numerous
and well-diseiplined veteran army, led on by able
and experienced generals, they must soon be d'ssi-
pated, without striking a blow ; their fears would
hourly increase, until, panic struck. they would take
to their heels, or surrender at discretion, the very
moment the enemy put themselves in motion for an
attack. You must not, therefore, at any time, sit
still, and in a scattered line, upon the Opposition
Benches, with the Ministeral Army drawn up in
battle array against you, scowling defiance, and
every moment threatening to sweep you away.—
No, you must be alive and ;tiring; you must
be ever upon the alert, and aired a viglanse
that nothing can escape. You need never be
at a loss for matter; any subjeCl will suffice.—
Rather than sit silent, if nothing better occur.
you may ask, to what number the German Le-
gion is to be carried It is, no doubt, a matter
of no coasequence whether it is to be 113,000 or
16,000, but don't you mind that. The question
'hews to the public, how jealous you are upon the
subjet of admitting foreign troops into the Coun-
try, and will gain you the reputation of zealous
defenders of our laws and liberties. In like manner.
if you are sure that the plan fur the defence of the
country, or any other great expeCted measure is tot
yet ready, should you see the Secretary at War in
his place, ask him, when he will bring it forward I
You know very well that he cannot tell you ; but
the question will drew, that he is not as expeditious
as you expeEted ; and it is a sort of notice that you
will take an alive part in the discussion of the
question ; although, probably, you do not intend to
give yourself any farther trouble about it. Upon
the same principle, you should be always moving
for papers and accounts, though you do not intend
to make any use of them when you receive them.
The clerks in the several offices, who must work
night and day to prepare them, will proclaim you
through the town as the most troublesome Opposi-
tion they ever knew ; but this 'cry charaifter is a
proof of your extraordinary diligence, and that
nothing can escape your vigilante and enquiry."

•.• The Kew F.de lievm. No. 11. Tosetrow.