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F- • ' " the war for the 'sake Of the Bourbons been 'au " cwied Of itmjustite, in wishing to impose .a " government upon France ?' How often : leave " the Jacobin Senators chnelded at We. effect " which this sophism produced on the selfish and " 'faeriona herd'? tint the friends Of 'the Bow.- " a'nd of moimarchy hi general, wished to " impose' no government on France ; they only " wished to reitOre to that kiugdona her lawful '' government."' " We know, ' Friends and Fellow-country men,' (to use his own cajoling terms) that Mr. Cobbett pretends ignorance of public atTairt when lie wrote the above articles : but if that plea Nvere a just one, 'bow are you and he to be sore that lie understands public affairs better nosy than he did then ? Ignorance, to say the least of it, is strange stock in trade, for a man to •set up as a public writer upon ; but when you add to this the violeoce also with which he habitually wrote, *lrbil subjects of which,he slow declares himself to have bren ignorant, you will undoubtedly give him credit for a tolerable portion of another qua- I generally called impudence. But we will tell yon what, after reading the above, you will have no ditlicelty -in believing—that ignorance is ito excuse whatever ; and that if Mr. Cobbett were to be allowed to plead ignorance - of every topic npou which he has once written with great assurance, anti after wards contradicted himself with repel fury, he would appear, even at first sight, what he is not—ti creature so brutally ig norant, as oat to be able to count his oWii 8 fi n gers end . two thumbs : venality and profligacy are therefore the only cruses at his writing 'in one way at one time, and in a different one it anu ti►er ; and that without any sense of shame, or any regard to consistency. " But now,'' Friends and Fellow-countrymen' s of Alr. Ctiblmett, we shall show von more fully how he treated .you and his friend' Sir Francis Bartlett some tines ago, before we enter upon the question of Parliamentary Reform : " Its the Eigister for July, 1802, (vOl. 2, p. 51,) speaking of the Brent ford election, Mr. Cobbett says, " To rt the biifs avid advertisements which " have been published in the county of 111iddlesex, " one would believe that the contest was not be " tween two gentlemen, but between the Magis " trates and the thieves ; amid that the great body " of those who have espoused the cause of Sir r. "13urdett, have done so with a hope that, if lie '' were successful, there would be an end to all " legal punishment ; and that crimes of every sort "'might be committed in perfect security." 'l' road to lit entford is lined with ragged " wretches front St. Giles's, bawling out Sir " Francis Burdett, and no liastile : and at the "'hustings, there are daily some half dozen con " viers, who have served nut their - time in the " House of Correction, amusing the rubble with "'execrations on the head of Mr. IVainwaring," Bc•% (Same vol. p. 90.) " Jn the same spirit Sir Francis is repeatedly branded as the Imitlid of the convicted traitor O'Connor, and the acquitted traitor Florne Tooke, and held up . to detestation " as the donagogne " wit% his crew," or " his gullows-hating " zens." " To reason with such a man (as Sir F. 14:) " would be absurd. lie must be treated with " silent contempt, or he combated with weapons " very different from a pen. While, however,tve " declare out abhorrence Of 'the principles and " conduct of the man who, in alluding to the "' British Government, speaks of ' hired Magia " tretes, Parliaments , and Kings ; '—while we " detest and loathe Sir Frani-is Burdett ;—while " we could trample upon him for the false, base, end itisolent insinuations respecting his and our "'Sovereign," &c.--(Vol. 2,,p, 151.) Now, observe; either you who are the friends of Sir Francis, Bartlett were the wretches which Cobbett here characterizes, or' you were uOt ? If i n n were not, what an infamous liar he must be, because the thing which he describes was before his eyes ; 'and if you were, what does he mean by flittering and praising you now ?-;-- What reason have you to suppose that he loves you better at time present time than in times past Wit pray, mark farther the, atrocity of the above passages. It - is your blood he seeks to shed in them. And if becould have excited_the,Ministers of the day to yield to his ineitenient, whom would he Wive had now to cajole and deceive You will perceive that hi describea you, not as 'a there mob or rabble simply (Which by the way you were, and which in truth is no great harm)„ but as thieves, Opposed to the legal magistracy ; he d es i g n a tes you, men who " bate the gallows," as their fate ; anti, not to smiltiply quotations, be again and again urges" Ministers to the judicial 13)urtier of llorue Tooke, he accuses him of high treason, and he vilifies theJary who acquitted him of that crime. If he hail effected thedeath of Horne Tooke, as he then strove, where would have been the use of the posthumous praise which he has since lavished on him But we observe, that iti• order to flatter you, he has even come ratind to . F4eke, ll < smpclen and Sydney ; asking for what it was that " those patriots died—one iii the,fiehl, " and the other on the scaffold)" Why, this is' incredible : be cannot plead ignorance of the merits of those heroes who opposed time tyranny of the Stuarts. Their charaeters were at least as Well established in 1802 as in 1816: ,anti yet in vol. 2, p. 719, be, in his way, vilifies Mr. Fox for his lotithsoeme calumnies' on the House of " Stuart, and his miserable attempts tu defend "_ the characters of 'Russell and Sydney;" and concludes with asking, " Where, Sir, shall I 4 . find, in all the cumbrous volumes of haran g ues " which you have tittered daring the' last -ten ''',years, of treasons and conspiracies against the " Alit one and the life of your Sovereign, one single " sentence or phrase expressive of your abhor " Fence of those diabolical machinations ?" (P. 719.) " tVe now come (for we must, in this sum mary, pass over a great deal) to Mr. Cobbett's e x isting ootions4 Parliamentary Reform. ( r hey last' (ling if be can get any thing by tire change.) . hi - s'ttVopenny Address h e says, with lauds Other matter Of the same kind, that The g only remedy for all your evils is a reform of the "Conrniousor people's House of Parliament." What dill lie ,say thirteen yea rs ago, when the House of CoMmoni was constituted pretty much sts it is now—and we know of uo new light that Iris descended, execnt, perhap', - .tht of iVe comet which shone'witttiii this last font or fi‘e years ? But, jesuitic *part „does not the following attack: upon Mr. Wilberforce, tlie - Sid;icet 'of Parlia mentary Reform, point Out its Maltby es tt hidetitts wretch %—(p. 3.) "In a letter to Mr. \%Tilberfoice Lin. 1803, the leading accusation against that Gent{email is, that lie had once patronized this detestable cause, Of the clamours for Parliamentary Reform, : first: " begun by you an& your associato; how nume " rolls and how great have been the evils ! No " small 'portion of the discontents4Ml dangers which have existed in England or irelistul, arose " from the doctrines promulgated by the Parlia " mentary Reformers, whose. will notions, in-, " coherent plans, and nonsensical phrases, were adopted by all those seditious tied treasonable "combinations which," &c. ' "-He then attacks, in much stronger terms,l The reform societies of 1782 and 1785 ; and after stating, in italics, that " Horne Make - , who was " prosecuted for high treason, pleaded in defence '" dolt his society bad its view no other object than " that which had been pursited by you (Mr. %I'll berfnrce), and your coadjutors," he goes on to concludtithat " the principles broached and pro " mulgated by you and your assoeiates, were such ." as led to the 'commission, of high treason, the. '" most heinous ot all earthly offences—the eom " Massing and imagining the death of the King." (Vol. j l 1. p. 35.) " In other passages, the rebellions in Ireland, and the revolution iu France, are referred to the peruieions example of Those among us who first set on foot " those wild and presumptuous 'pro jects" for Parliamentary. Reform. " In his summary of polities for June, 'he observes, On occasion of a recent dissolution of Parliament,- that the people had been told, " in two factious addresses, that tbey , are not re " presented in the House of Commons; that that " assembly is no longer WliAt it used to he ; and " that, until it be reformed, it is in vain for them "to hope for any good from ,that (piaster." He then goes on to state, that " the words represen " tation and elective franchise have done much " towards' confusing- thebrains and corrupting, the " hearts of his Majesty's subjects ; and though " he has not the power of. dissipating the fatal " delusion, it is yet his duty to contribute his mite " to the attempt." " , Mr. Cobbett then presents his readers with a picture of the miserable state of t he representa tion in one of the States OE America, " where " the elective franchise was as universal even as " Sir F. B. could have wished it ;" and assures them, that the choice, frequently fell upon bank rupts, swindlers, quacks, atheists, &c. "The " cause of their preposterous choice is this "The mass of 'the people of all nations .are so " fond of nothing .as of power. Men of sense " know that the people can in reality exercise no " power which will t tend to their own injury. " hence it is, that in slates where the popular voice " is unchecked by a -royal or some other beretli " racy influence,thrit voice is,nine times out of ten, " given in favour of those fawning parasites WhO', " order to gratify their own interest and auubit ion, " profess to acknowledge no sovereignty but that " of the reopla t and who, whan _they once ge.t,„ " into power, rule the pour sovereign with a rod " of scorpions," &e. 'theta quotes an Ante. rican pamphleteer, in proof of the shocking state of the legislatures in'thut republic; and concludes, " Such, Kuglishmen, is the desctiption of a le " gislative assembly,where equal representation' ' 1 privals ; where almost, every man has a vote' " at electioni ; and where these elections do an. nually occur. The alubitioui knaves, who " flatter you with high notions Of your rights and " privileges—who -ire 'eveslasting,ly dunning in " your ears the blessings of what they call the " elective franchise, wish to add- to the number " of electors, because, they well know that they ' " would thereby gain an accessi o n of stren gth," &c.--(Vol. J, p. 795.) " Now, Englishmen !-- r for indeed, in heart and principles, you are not the friends or even fellow countrymen of Mr. Cobbett, though he calls you so--4erhaps you may he curious to know what are the real opinions of that your self-elected leader on the subject of Parliamentary Reform. We will tell you, then, his latest ; because by his latest opinions he hopes to make money t by-his old ones he has made money, and. therefore the old are no hunger of use, the new ones may be : • but if ever the old one should collie in fashion again, be assured he'll turn 'em, amid put 'em on anew ; and though some other men would acorn 'em as dirty and filthy by his use, they'll be goad enough for trim : and then Where will you be 1 Dreadfully out 'of fashion, indeed ; and he will be the first to turn upon you, and call you, as belles done, "'Thieves and con victs who have served out their time tit the " -House of Correction." Mr. Cobbetes opinions are like a spavined horse, which the worthless owner who possesses hint sweat's loudly is the I best, and soundest, and handsomest creature breathing, till be has accommodated some'' friend and` fellOw-cOuntrymatt" with the rip, when he itunietliately looks about for another animal ; uses this second as long as suits his own convenience, tir fill he has worn him out ; parts with him, alto, under the tame warranty of his being sound and good ; and takes a third ; and, so on to 'a fourth and a tiftb, or one of the old ones hack again, no matter which. He may . at last indeed meet with. a wretch that will tumble him down and break his neck : only don't let him puff bim off noon any: of you, and so break your necks instead of his own, which he would do for a farthing gain. " You will observe, in his.late twopenny Ad ' dress, that ite excites you ,to '' buntings, and pluntierings,' and devastation , and shedding 'of blood ;" telling, you, on the suthoroy of a very foolish man; Arthuir Young, that nut the people who did these things in France, but those who suffered them were ALOillt (lie puts the word in capitals) to blame; and that therefore yon may of course do the same, withont guilt or eri:. minality. lie hints also, that you might take possession , of other people's fire-sides : butt then he says (uow, mark the' cunning of 'the knave), " he hopes it will never Conte to pass ; " but that if one thing more titan another could rend to produce &ci This is..the hole' he'll creep out at ! If he succeeds in exciting you to the . . and tutu &rings, titttl derastation," 1 hetalks ot, why then you'll have him, and tubed worthies like hint, as your leaders. for he tellsi you plakly, lo the first colomn of 'his addresa, 7 (hitt " you are to labour telt], Out- limbs, and; " - that he to labour with his Mind '; " that on all occasions, but •mo . re " fill occasions Hie pre tut, -it is the duty ot those whoi labour with their limbs to ctone' ",to ti4e assistance of those who labour with " their minds !" But should the laws be too strong for you, then will lie desert yati---dWear advised you (as lie has) to " proceed in a peace " able and legal manner ;," and—you have seen above how he once ut4ed Ministers to the mur der of those whom he has since praised •: be 1 150 sured that that is a crime.of DO blacker die, than now praising .and flattering those whom be may hereafter recommend to be murdered. " We reconititend these remarks to the consi deration of the labourers and journeymen &Eng land ;—it is their good we chiefly seek :—bur we are not without the hope that the view of his own crimes, and the injurious course which he is now endeavouring to pursue, may affect even the ob durate heart of Mr. Cobbett with something like shame and contrition,'• INomEsTs.—An inquest was last night held at Guy's Hospital, before T. S fiLT 0 N on the body of Hannah Sales, aged .eight years, wiurwas burnt to death. Mrs. Saks, mother of the de ceased, ttated, that about a week auoishe had tone ,to St. Thomas's Hospital. In the evening she left the decca,ed and another child in the room with a tire and candle by the deceastd's own account, the fire going hearty' ou , s,she at tempted to light it, and in so doing the candle plight her clothes'; she raw hot) the court where they lived all in flames, - but she was stopped, the flames extinguidied, and the deceased taken to the Hospital. Mr. Goodridge, dresser of Guy's stai l ed, Marabout . a week ago the de ceased was brought to the hospital, with a dread ful burn all up the back, and one on her arm; she lingered for about five days, and expired in strong convulsions, occasioned by the burns. Verdict— " Accidental Death." Sattirday sennight an Ingoisit on was held before Mr. Mtuita, Coroner,. at the ‘‘'hite • Bear Inn, Manchester, on the body of Sarah Morton. aged 16, who was so dreadfully burned, by sleeping near a brick-kiln, that she -died in the Infirmary on Friday last. It appeared in evidence, the de ceased had not any lather or mother, the .fortner being transported smite time hack, leaving the de ceased and two -other children wholly destitute; the deCeased hat!; tur some neglect lost her place -in a weaving• shop, and rambled about many days, until theAmforttthate accident took place; that she had applied to a districtoverseerian.l had received Is. relief, and upon applying a second time nothing.was done for her : this, the worthy Coroner observ ed, was not a solitary instance within his recol lect ion of the great-necessity for a "Iroise or- place of refuge :for the destitute, independent •of the workhonso 7 -ran institution similar to the one in London, which reflected so much credit upon its promoters, and was the •meatts not only of saving !flirty lives, tint adding comfort to the distressed, Verdict--" Accidental Death." Ft art.—Ati alarming tire brlke out on Tuesday morning, in • -the• it veitimolonse of Alexaffli c t Coxhead Heath, Esq. of the Manor Farm, Heyte,- bury, Surrey. 1t- is. not known how the tire was occubioned,' but it broke out in a malt-kilo tacked to - pact of the dwelling-lvouse. In ;ess than Ft 11 hour the house was levelled with flu:earth, and it was with much difficulty the inmates, con sisting of Mrs. Heath, 'her tour children, 'and two servant's, were sieved: A range of small buildings Contiguous to the maltAiln •%10s- destroyed,' but the westerly- wind Alistodged .the flaines front.the barns. There was, it is said, an ininranee, butt not of one-third 'the value of the property con sumed. I'ritne beef and pork were sold on &Annlay last at Chester Market at front 311. to 4d. per lb. fine fowls at 2s. per couple, and geebe, weighing 8 lbs. for 3s. 6d. each. The workmen in the Savoy have been digging during some days past-on-the old walls of the hos near the-water, They have gut to severe' subterraneous caverns, or arches, which it is sup posed formerly communicated with the buildings in the Strand. Several curious untiques have been recently dug up. An Agnus Dei was, found yes terday, which perhaps was worn round the neck of some priest or religious inmate of the palace, in the reign of Henry the Seventh. It is of brass, with the figure of the Virgin on one side, pierced to the heart with a dagger ; the reverse side bears tbe,eiligy of Our Saviour, with,a Latin insctip lion, denoting that he died for the redemption, of the world. There is no date to it. A number of curious persons continue to visit the ruins daily.. Four persotware in custody on a charge of be ing concerned- in the ; robbery of the Gravesend boy. It appears that .the thieves were not true to each other, for so early us six ~o'clock of the even ing after the robbery, some of theta began to re- Move, or re- steal .part of the property,. which c oming to the knowledge of the-rest of the gang, they went to work at seven o'clock, when they w ere disturbed by the officers. The tea has been •removed to the London Custom-house. Yesterday Morning , one of 'We. Greenwich coaches upset on Westminster Bridge, owing to the fore-wheel running off; -there were several passengers . both outside and 'inside, fortunately, however, none were hurt except the coachman, who received come severe , bruises. On Tuesday night the house of Samuel Mitchell, a piece-broker, No. 7, Cloth-fair, West Smith field, was hurglarionsly entered, and several pieces of cloth and other articles stolen therefrom. The family wet e not in the least disturbed, nor knew of the loss until morning. There is no clue to lead to a discovery of the villains. immense flocks of Wilt - arcs have lately made their appearance at Gravesend, pr o bably attract ed by the immense quantity of hips anti haws at present on the hedges in the vicinity of that place, and which ate the favourite food of those birds. iOLicr, :.NTELLIGENCE. now-sTREET.. Irc . stettlay three men and a woman were placed at ,the bar, charged with bring concerned in a forgery to a great extent, and in uttering a forged. draft for 15001. on the boti , ;e of Sir Lc.bbnek and Co. iii Mansion-lionse•striet,- on- the 26th of October, purporting to be drawn by Messrs2Joslin and Co. merchants, in One of the prisoners, of the name of Wicks, was clerk in tae house of Joslin and Co. The forged' draft was paid in a 10001. and a 500/. Bank-note,- by the house of Messrs. Lubbock and Co. and within a very short time after they were paid into the Bank of England, and sinwll notes of 101. and • 5/. were teccived in :exchange for them. Messrs. ANDREWS and WNtsoaD. attended for the prisoners, but it. was agreed between them and :11r. Lhvtg, who attended to conduct the prow sedition, that the general investigation should bit postponed to a future day, . They were afterwards privately examined, and ordered to be remanded. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Thomas Johnson, a broker, residing in Babb% ill's-gardens, Gray's Inn-lane, and his wife, were brought up for examination, charged by the parish officers with cruelty and ill treat went to his two female - children by a former wife, and making a continual disturbance, to the great annoyance of the neighbourhood. The charge being satisfactorily proved by several re spectable witnesses, they were both committed to Prison until' they found bail to answer the cam. plaint at the Sessions. The Magistrates of this Office waited yesterday on the Secretary of State, to take his advice as to the proper stem to be taken. for the preventiou.of riot or disturbance at the Meeting, advertisedt* , be held this day. in Spa-fields. The High Cow.: {stable afterwards waited on the Magistrates !or., instructions. An the constables have orders toj, attend. Two . yontig Men - Were MARII3O}IOeGH-STREEt yesterday charged with wounding Dennis Skeen, so that his life is intlan' ger. it appeared that Skeen', who' keeps a b °t► ' e of ill-fame in Cabral-buildings , Oxford -street, had long 'been known to the Police for hiS (taring rut flan-like conduct. He htul lately been released from an imprisoutuent of six months for wouna4 ing a watchman. After setting the officers at defiance, Plank at length • secured him in the street upon a .beitch" warrant for the offeriec he had two hoist!' pistols loaded with slugs ° I his house, and they were exhi bited before Abe Magistrates on this occasion. The wile of Skeen stated, that hii•conditct was so violent 0' WeiinesdaY night sling she and her daughter were .obliged to leave the house,. and the LW/ you n g men who lodged in the back ki tchen secreted themSelees in a hack garret fur safety.. When t he wife entered the house ind found the liti bshathane asleep, she went .to , another , apartment , found them, and their cal.;of murder brought the two men to their as,ktioice 4 armed with a pnlo'r• lie followed them into the room, and their' defence,. Skeen got w o un d ed .with the :Janie ,s" c , of missile weapon as was ittied against them, P n° hr was tate!) to the Ilogpital 111 a d:ing,'EpaS botte• The. _character of Sitewas.n WA so despet a te, tb''t the young itte - 11 were iinerated. • • QU'F.EN-SQVARE. of HACKNEY COAr'tIMAN.-James Poole, Oliver the hackney roach No. 1,193, was •sitintunne d fore the Magistrate on a charge of having t..teft m ore thin his 'lawful fare, by (Neit 4 of a Gentleman of that name, living:in the•l4lo " 0 P:; stead-road. Complainant stated , that_ the,:3 th day of'isitteernber instant,. happening to .be e she whaled to retain home ,a.; speedily 3s • the couLl ; she called defeada.it's coach Wont On' Stand near the top of the Ilayinarket, from whie ls he proceeded with her to her oWli floor in 14" 0 " .. stead-road. 0:1 asking iiiinwhat his tare Was, be' Answered 3s. Ott. which site thought. too Witch : itnsl told bitri so, "but he would' iot take less, she paid'hitu that sum and took• his number.. The Magistate adjudged him to return the Lady Is. 6 ( 1 . of the Money he hod-received from her. With respect to the fine the • Act empowered lino to go 'as high h lnc ! tut as he appeared to he !t° , young driver tint yet AVell RCqUaillteti Wit h il ground, and his conduct had bee n nii” l unfee t r i" tionable both to the Lady and Wore zhe ' he was inelineillo act -withrienity towards andw therefore ould only-put on hi m the :lowest mitigation allowed by the Act, which was I. O s " t ,,, the costs. The coachman - WAS very- thatigsl the kindness . shewu him, and paid the fine is" costs immediately to the Clerk. IIIitTITS. On the 7t lt inst. at the It ht lion. the 11:4r1 of Nici, un j t*. '' orries, Ar.leyrlialt, stdtrottibittire, .the Itiglst Il_an. I ' 3 ' l n ,ha Sontertset of a thitigtter. On rueti i day'. the Fitt') itutt. at t(iit Chforibry, Soll("114'-- -Lady of C.S. Coilitt.oti, lisq. of a tlanc later. n ‘Vetlttestiav t the Lady of l'eter Fr4t., gsq. o f c°"' O. : It ...................... '.‘1,1.11.R1 En. , ? Ors the 9th inst. at Newhall', Srotlancl, tieutenantrar' WauellOpe, eldest sort of A ritheailVairchape, FA. of NiII'!"" to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Robert , Baird, tisq, of Nati" byt h. , Same d.ty, at Langley,P.arli, Scotland, Captain Ramsey, fit' carol sou of the late Sir Alexand , n - Ramsay, Hart. of anj'"` “ :,l to .lace, daughter of , the hate Patricia Cruielkshafahr Stuteattaro. . Ora Tuesday last, Mr. Tarratt,Sittgoon , to Oe.tiavia, youngest daughter I WII . tra lielfmrl A' 0 i nt . , Wit tt it aro.tow.. , „ -r o oples VOlettla)l, Thounis }hangar', Es fth > 11,144 ` t " ci. a t v anSt Barrister at Law, taSuo, mil,. child of the late John E , 5.41. of Norwood: ...„ 140 4 On the 7th lust. 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