The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-10 00:00:00

TO MU. WM, COBBETT.

" St. dames's-place, January 51,181 H.
" Sin ,—.I have just received your's, of the ?OM t.f November, and
carefully, and azearding to yaLsr d..aire, perused the enclosed to Mr,
Tipper.
" It is not my intention to ent2r into any controversy respecting
the lione.ty or dishonesty of paying or :wt paying debts according to
the convenience of the party owirg. It seems thrall it should ever
salt your convenience, and take nothing from the comforts and en-
joyments of yourself and family, such comforts and enjoyments, and
means too of dietinguishing themselves, as you think they are entitled
to, oil this being previously secured, teen you Mink yourself bound
to pay your ,i6lit% ; if. on the contrary, that cannot be effected without
siterite• on their and your part, in that case your creditors have no
chili to prefer, and you no duty to uerform. You then stand
aL-
• Peel, re •fis ;it pro e,niseientice, and for this singular reale" be-
,aust t! rise who lent you their money when you were in didieulty
and distress, in order to save you and your family from rum, wete
sad are unable to protect you either against you own feats. or the
per et of an arbitrary t;overnmem, under which they have tee !Me-
lamine to live, and to whielt they are equally expowel. 'f iese prin-
eiitlss
which ate laughable in ticory, are detesMale pracitee. 'ring
you a:multi not only entertain and act upon, but openly avow them.
and blind your own under. Landing. or think to blind teat of other.,
by such flimsy pretences, is one more melancholy pool of the facility
with wale) gellinteive can nsaume the mask of hypocrisy. and he
menus of the weakest sophistry, overpower the strongest understand-
i•ee.—How true a our common law m.O eiin, that no man is an upright
,sedge in his own cause; how truly aid pre Lily said by the French,
•' L a Nato e ac Pip! ;" nor lea t ttmly. trough inure grossly in Eng•
Nature's own Bawd."

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"In evpre,sing my ab .orrenze of the principles you lay down for
your conduct, and co•seerning w.tien you challmge my opinion a
a Pete unfairly, counsidering the ridicule with which you at the
an • time Oreg.:a to overwhelm the unfortunate wigitt who pre-
smiles to differ limn them, Ido no: &Are that you should act upon
ray other w.i.t r.:;74r1 to ; I should be sorry your family were
put to it.iy inameemeac •on my account, should your circumstances
es•sr p:ove so. rosperous as to enable you to (Lc:large your debts
without infiinging upon tame new principle:, of moral obligation you
have ad.trine.l. an I sonic:, fo the first time siuti..! the connuncement
of r,e hove,. believe, been, though frequently acted on,
manly promuk,Atod. As ti complaint or reproaM, thf, tyre the
off-% in 7 of weo:inosi and Indy ; disdain should fade theui ; but
'not?iing can or oogl!t to 'Ail! the expreision of disguqt every honest
mind mug feel at Vie want of integrity in the principles you pro-
claim, and of feting and generosity in the sentiments you express.—
I au, sir, your most obedient and humble fervent,
" F. I3I.7IIDETT-."

Entwaution, Jan. 4.—Ou Tuesday night last, a formidable party
of 12 Highland smugglers, with ft-horses, loaded with:moat 16u gal-
ioDll of whiskey. was: Intercepted near Kiutore by Mr. Gillespie, the
excise eflicer when, assisted only by two men, he. with his cha-
racteristic courage. notwith minding the great dispanty of numbers,
attacked the smugglers, some of whom having SAL a long and des-
perate battle uisited, which terminated in esivour of Gillespie. he
succeeded in a:-curing six of the horses, with their loads, about 12
was wounded in the lace, and much bruised.
and one of th, smugglers was severely wounded, having received a
pistol shot in the leg, and another thrmigh the shoulder, and the ball
from the biter not bang extracted, he lies dangerously ill. A horse
and a dog were sian in the heat of the hay.
Saooatrits Ditraavrcf.—An elderly tunn of the name of Dela •
forts, near 70 yea..l of age, was on Monday fully committed from
Lambeth Street (ghee, for robbing Mr. Twaits, of Sugar I.oaf Coon,
Swan Street, M monis, where he was a lodger, of a valuable broach
mid a gold ring. Oa searching him 54 diiplicstes were found, amongst
which was one for the ring. The brooch he had sold to a politic:an
in ftatchtfo Iliviway for 14s. In his apartments were found upwards
of snlb, of inched anti several publican's pots : he is respect-
ably connected, and a few years since kept his carriage. One of his
female servants at that time, now keeps the Three Lords in the
Minories, one of whose pots werefound in his room.
op,,,,,ited in Middlesex and London, hFfore the
Right Hon Sir R. Drli.ts, la , Loud Chief 311.tice of Isis
Majesty's Cunu r of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and
slier Hilary feint, HAD:—

IN TEASI.
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Monday ... .:. January .t.,5 I Tuesday ... ... January 26
Friday ... ... January :29 Momlsy ... ... Febrnart 1
Saturday ... ... Feb. 6 Alonday ... ... February b