text:  A recruited revenue; reviving trade and commerce; reduction in the price of provisions; the triumphant termination of hostilities in all parts of the world with its great immediate prospective advantages: a general feeling of confidence arising from the steady administration of public affairs in spite of persevering and atrocious efforts to excite dissatisfaction and alarm; nay even the stern repose prevailing in Ireland preserved though it be for a while under cover of artillery and at the bayonet's point but affording a precious respite from agitation and a foretaste of the blessings that may be expected from its permanent suppression: all these circumstances unequivocally attest the existence of a powerful Government acting upon a comprehensive and enduring policy which is becoming daily better appreciated by the strong good sense which ever distinguishes the British character when a fair opportunity is afforded for its exercise