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DECEMIBER 16, 1819.
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.7venth payment is .to be made
which is now at a discount of
n three and four millions to pay
>ales of Stock that have lately
,n principally for foreign Houses.

1 arguments against the cruelty,
of the enactments of the Bills
iberty of the Press, and at which
li actually disgrace the Press,
ye, notwithstanding, been recog-
:. Indeed, it was impossible that,
of any alaim whatever, either
lent •could persist in such unne-
.ures, for a moment longer than
Jtaiiiing a complete view of the
the punishment of Transporta-
;ainst Libellers convicted of a
is expunged from the Libel Bill;
0, imposing Stamp Duties on
orks, Works published at .inter-
:wenty-six days—that is, all the
Ins are excluded from the opera-
laid the recognizances on those
Act, have been reduced from
lie Capital and its vicinity ; and
in the other parts of the kingdom.
the Booksellers of the Metropolis
ng yesterday. It will be seen, by
ddress of this respectable Body,
their first form, would have gone
g a large portion of their trade,
of ekcation and principle from
Periodical Press, and consequently
.k incurred, by publishing Works
nature of things, cannot be read

ald indulge a hope that the miti-
)anishment could be also banished
It can produce only evil, without
against the commission of the of-
ire anticipation of such a penalty
i thou t. any evil intention, must ope-
! Press of the labours of some men
ious habits.

Dwev er, have reason to rejoice in
s afforded, that Ministers are not
ly, but under the impression of
,sures carrying through Parliament.
said that they oppose all Reform.
k:t.t.ort's Bill, for expediting trials,
iperation of Ex-n' cio Informations,
,1 Reform. •

sing the Borough of Grampound,to
to some large Town, :is an actual
sf Parliamentary Reform; and the
,he Bills respecting the I'ress, is, as
n evidence that Ministers, in these
Ly seeking the Public security, how-
s may differ from them in the fitness
tie means they are employing.

anticipated evils (Monday last) has
ii nut any mischief, or the least ap-
here we were taught most to look
accounts from Manchester, we are
LI to believe that every thing respect-
is a got-up plot, in which those called
ad no concern, whatever. It failed
d any fall into the trap, or even touch
ely ramified triggers. If there are
my hardened in iniquity thus to im-
• employers, and endeavour to inveigle
its into ruin, what do they not deserve ?

o'clock at noon, of course there was to be a 'Rerodu-
tidn at twelve o'cletk at night—but the night passed
over as wetly as the dr had dot--; and I now hear

qua day _ done;
that twelve o'clock this night is the time fixed upon
for the explosion! It is a tremendously wet,, dirty
evening, however, and I think there will net be any
such determined traitors as to set to work in such bad,
weather. They would have a poor chance to set the
town on fire—for verily it is so wet, I. question whe-
ther it would burn !
" Seriously, however, vie are in a most unpleasant
state here. We are encumbered almost past bearing
with soldiers : and this arming of the inhabitants hail
by no means an agreeable appearance. As to whether
there be any occasion for alarm, I cannot absolutely
decide. With respect to the People, as a body, I have
no fear ; they are sober and industrious; and they are
Reformers, certainly—not Revolutionists. But if
such fellows as the man calling himself Thistlewood
(who, whether hi be a spy or not, is unquestionably
doing the work of one), are permitted to come among*,
them, and incite
.the poor' creatures to mischief, it
will be too much to expect that they should meet
with none weak or wicked enough to join them. If
it be true, that he has been here so long as is said,
and with the views imputed to him, I cannot but
think, his being permitted to continue at large, almost
a positive proof that he is an agent of Government.
Having a good deal of knowledge with respect to the
sort of persons from whom police-office information
has on former times been obtained, I know that it is
not to be depended upon for a moment—for the
wretches play false to both parties. They endeavour
to deceive the People, that they may drive them to
outrage ; whilst they also deceive their employers, by
reporting to them designs which never have been en-
tertained, and plots which never have existed ; for
which, indeed, there is no foundation whatever, but
what they themselves have created.
" I ought not to omit mentioning, however, for
the information of Lord Sidmouth, that all the can-
non which were lately 4 laying about,' are not yet re-
moved to places of safety. Last evening, about nine
o'clock, a Gentleman going from 'Change to the
Post-effice,"stumbled over something in a sort of anti-
room : on inspection, it proved to be a dismounted
cannon, pointed direct to the Exchange News-room,
and which some wicked wag had placed there, no
doubt, in ridicule of the plot of the day ; it was not
loaded, and indeed only about nine inches long ; but
the plot having gone off so quietly, and the cannon
not gone off at all, the practical joke upon the Alarm-
ists has afforded ground for some merriment to-day."