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acts; acts which, daring not to must pay the rates and taxes, and describe justly, I will not describe he must mortgage the farms; for, at all. they will yield him nothing for However, that which those gen-rent, and he will lose money by tlemen have felt, is a mere nothing them. Why this is, I will explain to what they have to feel, unless in a commentary on the really the parliament be reformed, and" Noble conduct of Earl Fitzwilthat right speedily; "right away," liam." I have made it clear a as the Yankees say, when they hundred times before; but, I have, are about to do a thing instantly in Sussex, done something of this and thoroughly. Look at a Letter sort in a new way; in a way to in this Register relating to an give wings to the information; and estate near Hastings, and at ano-to this may be ascribed a part, at ther Letter relating to the property least, of the light which appears in Jamaica. The latter is of less to have broken in upon the farimportance than the former; but mers in the South-Down country. not unimportant, seeing that many, The rents will all be swallowed and a great many, families in up in about two years. There England are West India proprie-will, and there can be, no rents, tors, and have very little other pro- after that time. What the landperty. These families must all lords now receive, they receive be ruined. Oh! mighty Peel! out of the money which the tenants Thy bill will rid us of vermin have beforehand. As long as more numerous than the sands of these could be persuaded, that the sea! The state of the farms, things would come about, the landnear Hastings, is only a specimen lords could live on, and even gain of what will take place all over on, the losses of the farmers; but, the country. What is this " Lord" when these once perceive, and all to do with his farms? Will he of them will soon perceive, that take them into hand? Then he there is no coming about in the

case, they will quit their farms; Grenville, Baring, Ricardo, Castlereagh, and, though last, not least to be noticed by us, our bit ter foe, Canning, who was so enamoured of the Bill, that he besought the House to pass it by vote unanimous, in order, as he

besides this, let it not be forgotten, that I had said, that such a bill as this could not be carried into effect. That very thing was, with the far

or, if they do not, they will be ruined, which, to the landlord, is the same thing. Hitherto the landlords have been gaining by Peel's Bill, which violated contracts for their benefit, and to the tenants' ruin. But, the tide of ad- said, to show the "disaffected," versity, when it has overwhelmed how wise and patriotic an unrethe tenant, will reach the land-formed parliament was! But, lord; and, it is now actually beginning to reach him. So that the lords of the soil and of the seats are falling into the pit, which they have digged for themselves; and greater part, motive sufficient for which they digged, too, as the passing it! And, I beg you to sure means of preventing a Reform observe, how they have worked for ever! themselves, for years past, from Oh! how complete is this af- this spirit of opposition to me! fair! The scheme brought forward When the thing is all over, what by a person, who, when a baby, a figure shall I make in the hiswas held forth in his father's arms tory of these times! And, what (as that father says) and solemnly a lesson will the final consededicated to the principles of our quences be to an aristocracy, recountry's great enemy Pitt! The [jecting even their own security son a chosen instrument of the rather than let the world see that University of Oxford; urged on they owed it to me! If they to the deed by a Doctor of that have this security, however, the "learned" body! The Bill had world shall see that they owe it to for its loudest eulogists, Liverpool, me. They may still hope, that

three hundred newspapers, maga-round the town of Bolton to tell

zines and reviews will finally succeed in their calumnies; but, their hopes will be disappointed. Events are with me, and set all their efforts at defiance.

the people that I was come home in good health; recollect the public advertisement, signed by the Earl of Aylesford his uncle and others against an Inn-keeper for not having turned me out of his Inn; recollect these only, and, if these be not enough, recollect

This is "shocking egotism. Quite shocking indeed, for me to defend myself. Quite shocking that I, after having been stripped the three base lawyers (direct tools of fortune, hunted like a wild in the hands of the loftiest of the beast, singled out by things called aristocracy) whose main business Acts, driven into exile to avoid in the world seemed to have been a dungeon, because, and only to aid the infamous newspapers because, I endeavoured to prevent in their atrocious calumnies on the miseries now existing and the me; recollect these things, and far greater miseries now approach-then call it "shocking egotism," ing; quite shocking, that, after all that I claim my own, and that I this, I should seem to be resolved, am resolved to maintain the claim. that the facts shall be borne in remembrance! Recollect the sor-meeting, without observing, that, row of Sidmouth that the law-though Lord Suffield, not many officers could find nothing to pro- months ago, refused to go to the secute in the cheap publications; Queen with an address, because recollect Sidmouth's circular; I was appointed to go with him, recollect the preparations of horse, foot, and artillery to prevent my going into Manchester; recollect the imprisonment of John Hayes for ten weeks because he went

I cannot pass over even this

was not too proud to make very free with the pages of the Register, though he had not the manliness to acknowledge it. He observed, that the distress had one

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good effect on the landlords and others too; but, this may suffice

farmers; for," as their pockets for this occasion.

There has been a meeting at TAUNTON, and you should know, that this is the finest and richest part of Somersetshire. The cries and screams are dreadful! The petition agreed on was for a reduction of taxes: tossing Webb

places, there was a cry against Jews, Loan - Jobbers, and Contractors, swallowing up the landlords' estates! And Mr. DICKINSON, one of the county members, in speaking of the ridiculous

"became light, their sight became "clear." You and I have " surely read this before," as the man in the play says to Puff. In short, this Lord came piping hot from reading the Register; but he was ashamed to say so. I heard an orator, the other day, haranguing Hall to the Devil! Poor Mr. for above an hour without an idea Hall! Here, as in many other not taken from the Register; nay, so very apt a scholar was he, that he had the instance of the tripled toll at turnpike gates. A stranger, standing by me in the crowd, and who did not know me, said, "all from Cobbett." The orator, before notion of paying off the Debt, he had done, took occasion to said: "Nine hundred millions is observe, that he had got his prin-" an ideal sum, it is infinitely more ciples from Adam Smith! And," than is in circulation in the observe, that this bubble-headed" whole globe, and if by any Smith, was a great supporter of" species of alchymy the sum the paper-system, and held the "could be produced, the very doctrine of its immortality! Lord" circumstance of such an unusual Suffield could name Mr. Hume;" proportion of money existing, but, he could not find in his heart would so embarrass the transto name the man that he had been" actions of the whole world, as indebted to for the matter of his to make them look to another speech. I could say the same of " medium of exchange.”—Where

"did un tum fom," Granny Mu-hundred times over, they must shett? Well, say you, but you come, They would fain come now; do not object to Mr. DICKINSON'S but they are ashamed to be seen reading the Letters to Landlords? to come! Come they must, howHe bought them, and they were ever, at last, and in at the streetthen his own. Yes, Sir, as far as door too; and seen they shall be the corporeal paper and ink went; by every creature who has eyes, but, the brains are mine. I did Will they die first? I question not sell them to Mr. Dickinson; the fact. But, the affair is their nor did I sell them to Lord Suf- own. I, certainly, have no immefield. They have a right to read diate and particular interest in all my writings; but, they have no right to speak them as their

own.

However, I have a complete security on this score. I hold a

their recovery; and am quite disposed to leave them to the hands of other Doctors. They have, you see, called in the Grenvilles; and, as it would be against all etiquette pen, and I will punish the pla- for me to question the ability or giarists in an exemplary manner. the prescriptions of these my broTheir shifts and tricks, their shy- thers in the healing art, I shall ness and shuffling shall avail them just feel the pulse of the patient nothing. When the "Collective now-and-then, and leave him to Wisdom" meet, I will watch their these regular bred physicians, relips. I will have all the volumes serving my remedies for a case of of the Register ready to refer to; emergency. All that the public and, every theft will I punish. have to expect from me, therefore, They have got a dose to swallow, for some time to come, such as never before went down report, now-and-then, of the state the throats of mortals; but down of the patient.

their throats it must go.

is à

But let me leave off this “shock

To my shop I have told them, a ing egotism," and in conclusion, of