ABSTRACT
First published in The Examiner, V, 23 February 1812, pp. 113–16. This article marks the beginning of Hunt’s sustained attacks on the newly empowered Prince Regent and his government during 1812, further examples of which can be found in the Political Examiners for 1 March, pp. 129–30; 8 March, pp. 145–6; 15 March, pp. 161–2; 22 March, pp. 177–80 and below, pp. 215–21; 29 March, pp. 193–4; 26 April, pp. 257–9; 14 June, pp. 369–71; 28 June, pp. 401–3 and below, pp. 240–3; 29 November, pp. 753–5; 13 December, pp. 785–7 and below, pp. 262–7. Hunt focuses his critiques on Lord Ellenborough in the Political Examiners for 6 December, pp. 769–71; 20 December, pp. 801–3; 27 December 1812, pp. 817–20; and 7 February 1813, pp. 81–3 and below, pp. 277–82; 14 February 1813, pp. 97–9 and below, pp. 283–8; 28 February 1813, pp. 129–30. For background information on these ongoing contentions with Ellenborough and the Prince Regent, see headnote above, pp. 203–5.
