If they must know best, how is it that they, in one and the same breath, regret the existence of too much food and encourage pro jects for checking the increase of Pamphlet, next Week, and shall mouths? If they must know best, sell it for threepence. I am perhow is it that the calling of the suaded, that, if it could be read farmer, heretofore steady as the in every farm-house in England; sun that warms the earth and safe or, in only one-fourth part of them, as the earth itself, has, under their the Country would be saved from sway, become more uncertain all danger of that dreadful catasthan the winds and more perilous trophe, which seems to be now than the rocks and billows? If awaiting it! For, the conduct, on they must know best, how is it, that the part of the Farmers, which is they now confess, that they know here proved to be necessary to not what to do, and that this greatest their own safety, to the saving of of all national concerns must be themselves from beggary, would left to chance? produce an instant movement on the part of the Landlords; both Away, then, with this blind re- would co-operate with the people liance. Consider well your si-at large; and saving measures tuation. Weigh carefully your would be adopted in time. This dangers and your duties. Em- being my opinion, I am very ploy all your powerful influence. If the wreck must come, save, as you would save your lives, some pieces of gold; and, above all things, remember, at your downlaying and up-rising remember, the two ounces of six-penny sugar! fifty for two pounds, and a thou I am, With sincere respect, Your Friend and most obedient Servant, WM. COBBETT. anxious for the wide circulation of this Pamphlet. It will contain a great deal of print; but, we will send to any gentleman who wishes to see it eirculated, two hundred for a pound, four hundred and sand for four pounds. In the case of Webb Hall we circulated about thirty thousand; and that settled the gentleman, though a person of uncommon powers of face! What we have now in hand is of far more importance: it is to settle firmly in the minds of Far- and keep what you get. Rememmers, their wives, children, and ber, "Catch is a good dog; but tradesmen, the great and useful Holdfast is a better." The gold and efficient truth, THAT TAX-must be off; or prices of all things ATION IS THE CAUSE OF must fall greatly. Keep the gold, THEIR DISTRESS AND and you will get an acre of good RUIN. This truth once fairly land, in a year's time, for about imprinted on their minds, the ten sovereigns; and of middling Country will be safe. Let me, land for about six; unless Peel's therefore, again call upon all Bill be repealed, and that will be those zealous and active and me- all the same to you; for you will ritorious persons who so laudably sell a sovereign for three or four and so successfully assisted me in pounds of the paper-money that the case of Webb Hall, to lend will then be afloat.-Look sharp; their aid in this more important get gold and keep it; for things case. The profit is very large, are working at a great rate! always more than half the amount. To send poor men, or women, or boys to fairs and markets and about the Country is the way.The Pamphlet will be ready by Friday next, the 29th of March. ΤΟ MONEY HOARDERS. CHEATS AND FORGERS. Ar various times Cheats and Forgers have put forth things under my name, in order to cheat the public of their money. There are now two things put forth in this way, called "COBBETT'S GRIDIRON."-I beg my readers to beware of these cheats; for, to give them money is no charity, and is only to take from the industrious to feed these idle vaga THE Exchanges have fallen; the Price of gold has risen; the paper-money must instantly be bonds, who ought to be sweeping made less in quantity; or the gold the streets. Any stray dog that must go out of the country. Look you meet is more worthy of a bit sharp; get what gold you can, of bread. The price of each of the first eleven is 3d. that of the twelfth 6d. (for that is a thumper), and that of the volume in boards is 4s. I have now circulated about a hundred thousand Sermons of my own writing in one year, and have hereby done more in the cause of THIS Funeral Oration is unavoidably put off till next week. I do a pretty deal; but I am always thinking I ought to do more than I can do. However, the present sheet is so full of morality and of real religion, than matters, relating to the living, I believe to have been done by that the dead, though, in this case, well worthy of public attention, must wait for more room. TURNIPS AND LUCERNE. I HAVE written some directions for the sowing of Swedish Turnip Seed to raise Plants for transplanting; and also some directions for the sowing and transplanting of Lucerne. But I have not room for them this week. COBBETT'S SERMONS. THE Twelve Numbers are now out. They may be had separately; or in a complete collection, or in all the parsons in the Kingdom within the last hundred years. The last Sermon should be read by every man, woman and child in the country. It is a challenge to the whole body of the Clergy, and to all their friends, aiders and abettors. COTTAGE ECONOMY. THE last Number of this Work, price 6d. will be published next Saturday. I have been compelled to make it a Double Number, in order to avoid leaving out many useful little things.-The Volume, in boards, will be 2s. 6d. VOL. 41.-No. 13.] · LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1822. [Price 6d. Published every Saturday Morning, at Seven o'clock. LATE BANKER COUTTS. praises on him and on the woman who is now his widow; and, the disposition of his immense wealth has been such as to set an example of the most evil and odious tenTherefore, however a dency. "If a man die, and have no son, "then ye shall cause his inheritance mere money - huckster may be "to pass unto his daughter. And "if he have no daughter, then ye beneath our notice, in that capa"shall give his inheritance unto his "brethren. And if he have no city, a man and a woman who brethren, then ye shall give his in- have had twenty ordinary volumes "heritance unto his father's brethren. "And if his father have no brethren, of praise bestowed upon them; "then ye shall give his inheritance and an act, by which a million or "unto his kinsman that is next to "him of his family, and he shall pos- more of money, got together dur "sess it.".. Numbers, Ch. 27. V. 8-11. ing a marriage with one wife, has been made to pass to a second wife, to the total exclusion of the children by the first wife; these, "If any provide not for his own, and "specially for those of his own house, "he hath denied the faith, and is worse "than an infidel." PAUL to TIM. Ch. 5. V. 8. and especially when all the circumstances are taken into view, do become worthy of public attention. THE insignificance of the man, whose name stands at the head of this article would make an apology COUTTS appears to have been necessary for my taking up, in a Scotchman, who came to Lonthis way, any portion of the time don about sixty or more years of my readers, who might very back. The means by which he reasonably say, "What is the became a banker; how he came -conduct of this banker to us?" to be banker to the King and But, the public prints have, for Family; how he got his money years past, been infested with together: these are matters of 2 B "Printed and published by C. CLEMENT, No. 183, Fleet Street, |