ABSTRACT

First published in The Examiner, VIII, 3 September 1815, pp. 561–2. This is the first piece in a series, the title of which is borrowed from a Times newspaper piece Hunt quotes below; for the continuing articles, see The Examiner, VIII, 10 September 1815, p. 577; 17 September 1815, pp. 593–4; 24 September, pp. 609–11; 1 October 1815, pp. 625–6; 8 October 1815, pp. 641–3; 15 October 1815, pp. 657–60; 22 October 1815, pp. 673–5; 29 October 1815, pp. 689–90; 6 November 1815, pp. 705–7; 12 November 1815, pp. 721–3; 19 November 1815, pp. 737–9; 26 November 1815, pp. 753–5; 3 December 1815, pp. 769–75; 10 December 1815, pp. 785–6; 17 December 1815, pp. 801–3; 24 December 1817, pp. 817-19; and 31 December 1815, pp. 833–6.