Major Cartwright.
'rie following is a curious extract from the xvili of thie excertric but well-meaning gentleman. It would have beetn cruel to have asked him when alive what he meant by the " original polity" of Enigland ; and we will not insult. his memory by exposing such mere " no-meaning." The~ venerable Major seemed to believe that EDgland, both in the davs of Alfred and inr the davs of George II'., might have been governed on the saTne principle of.easy dcspotism, just. as a gaol 9 mnanaged by its keeper. But, as vre never thoug-it the crude opinions of this respectable but wroung- headed reformer worth notice while living, it is not worth while to allude to them now that his death has deprived thern of thU weight of his amiable and upright private eharacter:- The wSli of the venerable ldaioreCartwriebt/7assedrundertbe real of the Prerogative Court of Cartterburv, the personal effects sworn to be un9er 8001. The following rernarkable clau.e appie.-rs therein:- " To my country, anxiously desiring her welfare. i leave a fcrvent wish f,r such necessary deep and Salutary reforms in her instieutijs as wouldl aot only restore her lost freedom, but purifY from the odious- nessand deba:sement of'unfaithfalness and c rruntiou, all her publk departments. By a complete restoration of her genuine polity (which' I have endeavoured to place before her eyes), she micht, in my humblejulgrmtcnt.so cerrect the morals and the hakits of her people. as to establish on a solid and enduringbasis. her future liberty, pros-- perity, and renown. To this end she must cease to follow tlde c:x alrnde of conquering states, which, from small begitnings, become what mnay be considered as vast pyramlida absurdly resting c.a their points, with their broad foundations in the air: from the unnatural- ness of which position they necessarily fall i' ruins, mniern, and contempt. When England shall restore the simplicity of her origi- nal polity, she *w:ill have a basis sufficient for stability, felicity, and glory; and then, instead of insanely making her state to resemble sn inverted pyramid, site, by merely colonizing on 'her own natural, sounid, conKtitutional principles, tray spread to a wide extent con- federate nations. sincere friends to her weLfare, firm supp-r:s of her greatness, and, in place ofijealouR rivals or secret and insidious ene- mie5i t4f ler repose, she would raise up around her willing ministers of her aggrandizement." MAf.JOR CARTTWRIGHT.