ABSTRACT
In one of the c coaches which travel between Bath and London, an Irish, a Scotch, and an English gentleman happened to be passengers. They were well informed and well-bred, had seen the world, / had lived in good company, and were consequently superior to local and national prejudice. As their conversation was illustrative of our subject, we shall make no apology for relating it a . We pass the usual preliminary compliments, and the observations upon the weather and the roads. The Irish gentleman first started a more interesting subject – the Union; its probable advantages and disadvantages were fully discussed, and, at last, the Irishman said, ‘Whatever our political opinions may be, there is one wish in which we shall all agree, that the Union may make us better acquainted with one another.’
