Star.
London, England, 1819-01-05 00:00:00

“ TO SIR. TIPPER.

" North Hampstead, Lang Island, Nov. 2.0, 1817.
" Mr Mat Ste—First let me acknowledge my deep sense
of the kind manner in which you. have uniformly spoken to Mrs.
Col•lott with regard to Me ; Ind then, without further wane of
that time of which I !lave. so little to spare, let me come to busi-
ness, eiiu i.t "me lay noom, before I proceed to our own particu-,
lir ad dr, some Kinciisles which I hold to be jest to my conduct
towards oty creditors g
" If titre hearty man who can pretend, far one moment, that
mine is au*Steintary eug.vind that not hayloft enough to pay every
body, I ought ro.be regarded as an insoltsoit &air, in the usual
acceptation of the words; aud if he does this after bring apprized
that the whole force of an infamous tyranny was e;nbodied into
shaiie of despotic Ordinances, intended for the sole purpose
of taking from me eh: real and certain and increasing 1111:411 of I
paying off eve ry dent and mortgage in two years ;—if there be
any man whose prosperity and whose means of prolltably em-
ployirg his own industry have remained wholly untouched and
unatto:ted by these d: antic and sudden acts of the Government,
and who is yet so i::se'tsilift to .'1 feelings of humanity as well
as so willMely blind totvery priac:;le of either moral or politi-
cal justice;—if there be :my man who, woolly absorbed is his
attachment to his own immediate ittterest, is ready to ca>t blame
on a debtor, who has had his means of paying cat off by an ope-
ration as decisive as that of an eertitqaake, wrier sl•oulti sink
into eternal nothing his lane.s, his houses, and his goods ;—ii
there be any man, who, if Ii: had.been a creditor of Job, would
have insisted that that celebrated object of malignant devils'
wrath. which had swi pt aw..y his flocks, his herds, his suns, and
his daughters, was an insolvent debtor and a baekropt, and ought
to have been cemsidered as such, spoken of as such, and as such
provided against : if there be any such matt a, this, to whom I
owe any thing, to such man I first say, that I despise him from
the bottom of my soul ; thou I say, that if he stare meet toe
before the world in open and written chap., I pledge myself to
cover him with as meth shame and infamy a. test woe 11 can be
brorght to d: inn to bestow upon as. comemptible a being. For
st.ch occasions as the one her, supposed, if such occasion should
eceur, 1 reserve the arguments and conclusion which the
st.hject would natural,. ~.uvest. To you I trust no such argu-
ments are necessary, aud therefhre I will now proceed to state
etidicitly my intentions v ith regard to what I shall ettdeavotr
to do in dse way of paying olf my debts. I hold it to be per-
fectly just that I should never, in any way whatever, give up one
sir ple farthing of my future earttirgs to the payment of any debt
i:t Fa:gland.
" When the society is too weak or unwilling to defend the
property, whether mental or of a more ordinary and vulgar
%weirs, and where there is not the will or the power in the so-
ciety to yield him protector, he becomes clearly absolved of all
his engagements of every sort, to that society ; because in 'every
b trgabt of every kind, it is understood, that both the parties are
t•. co.ltinue to enjoy the protection of the laws of property.
" But from the &eat dein. which 1 have, not only to return
to my native country, but also to prevent the infamous acts
levelled against toe lentil ittjaring those persons with whom I
have pecuniary engagements, and some of whom have become
toy creditors from feelings of friendship and a desire to serve
me, I etterrly wave all claim to this principle, and I shall neg-
lect no listens widain my power fully to pay and satisfy every
demand, as far as that can be awe consistently with that duty
which cells on me to take cure that my family have the means
o. fairly exerting their ind;:itiy, and of leading that sort of life
to whin. they have a just claim.

" It is clear, however, that to Jo any thing in the way of pay-
ing off mnst Le a work of somilittk time. I place great depen-
dence on the produce of some literary labours of a great and
gene ..l taJity ; and It is of these that I am how about more par.
ticul.aly to speak, and to make you, 81; a distinct proposition.
" First, I must beg you to read in a Register, which I now
s-nd hem?, a Lt.•ter to a French scoundrel, whom the lioruugh-
tr.onvers of Ragland, by a robbery of us for the restoration of
the Bourbons, have replaced in his title of (..Inoit.
" When you have read that letter, you will see a part of my
d.str,;., as to my prezint endeavours to p3y my,debts. The
Motile,. A:ICJ' Has long bee:, the ..mfr work of this kind in porde
tot the Continent of Europe, in England, and in America. It'
was the only book of the se.rt admitted into the Prytanean
Sitools of linn:tpatte, where it was adopted by a direct Ordi-
nanct.—Ycr.t nll tee that it it.ent fre.i.i France to England, and
it. ::,:entry it is importt,l :ions France. Roth editions (se-

p.r.ize end coeval) -.reltold al Nt -Jr York, and in all the towns
herr. f have always been afraid to look into this book, from a
cans'. i,,arsless of it, imperketions, owing to the circumstance of
k.otti which it was orizinally written.
" You know as well as any loan what the probable extent of
s de and durable profit of the exclusive right to print such a book
:La, I am now er.gagrd in making this hook quite complete, us-
n‘r the title of " The English Master, by William Cobbett,
colleted, improved, and eatly enlarged, by the .tuthor lino-
scif." If you understand French enough to raad it with a per-
fect understanding of its meaning, you will, if you read this'
took, easily' see the causes of its treat celebrity.
" las clearness, its simplicity, its wonderful aptitude to its
purposes, its engaging and convincing
.propertiv., malty it so
unbke all the otspriiig of pedantry, that it is no tv,mder that it
should haieitiatle its way in metalg esteem. I will in.,ke the
nesv edition -supplant nil the tiflOties itn)nedintoty ; and to !",•ou I 1
propose toiconfide the care securing the copyright bath in '
England and, France.
" A secohd work, and one of still more importance as a source
of profit, is also now under hand, nainely, "The French
Mas-
ter : or i Grammar to teach 'French to English Persons, by,
Cobbett." You will easily sae, that if I tould,ris unty-
two years ago, actually nor( aboyk- ta the French larguar to
Vointh persons, how able I must be to writti a hook bt the
Fr gush language to teach French. Indeed, my knoWledge of
the whole matter is so complete, that the thing, complicated
sty! ;distract as it ;a in its nature, is as tasy to me as it is for me
to walk or sit. Tots work, I will pledge ni akistence, will

swell away very speedily all competitors. My children (some
of them) are now !canting French by the principles and rules
which will constitute this book, and this gives me every upper-
Meaty of perceiving and removieg all sorts of Impediments and
embarrassments.
" My son William wrote French at twelve years old better
than nine-tenths of the Frenchmen that I hde evt.r known, or
at least that I have ever seen write; and both John and he
sp..ak now French as well al the greater part at Frenchmen.
" I shall publish both these works, and secure this copyright
of them, In America, where there is a great sale for books Of
this description; but from the great intercourse now existing
between England and France, east sale will be much more con-
siderable in those countries.
" In about two months, or less, I shall send to Mr. White,
to be delivered to you (if you will undertake the thing) the mar.
ter for these two works. You can secure the copyri,;lits
ire
England, and also in France. It is impossible for me to say
what will be their produce : and I know well that immediate
produce is not to be expected; yet it would be Irrational not to
believe, that these worka must in a short time begin to be a
source of real and substantial profit, the proceeds of which I
should devote to the liquidation of the debts due to you.; and if
they_ exceed that, to other purposes. In the meanwhile there
would be the foundation'of profit, frost the same source, laid I
in this country, from which, however, I should for some time
not expect any thing beyond what I should need here. Ido not
know that there would be any objection to the Jain; of this
copyright in Prance; but I should not appl-ere of this being
done in Eagfanci, because time may make them a source of
great profit ; and further, because I should not like for me or
my sons to be precluded from future improvements of the works
themselves. As to the particular apnlicatiosi of the money that
may arise from this fair and honourable source, after an equit-
able discharge of your &mulls on came; and as to the precise
mode of proceeding in the business, these must be the subject
of a letter to accompany the Manuscripts, which you will under-
stand are now in a state tsf gritet nrwardness ; so that, as time
is valuable, I hope that you, who understeed such matters so
well, and who have so much activity and intelligenee, will, upon
the receipt ofthis letter, and upon the strength of what you will
see addressed to thebeggerly tool of a French blackguard ras-
cally Noble jernofisietre, make some ingtiliy atnorg;t the race
who trade in the fruit of men,' minds. You know them pretty-
well, and I hasie perfect relater on your prudence, intcaritYs
and industry.
" I am, you will perceive, getting ready a G;anzainr f tic!
E'r,eli•h This, which is 'a
work which I have ..ways
desired to perterm, I have put iftto the sheet, of a etre, of let-
ters, addressed to my beloved son hove, as a mark of my ap-
probation of his affectionate and dutiful conduit towards. ill,
mother durieg her absence from me.
" It: ties work, whi:h I have all my life, since I was 19 years
old, had in my coittemplatien; I have assembled-torther the
fruits of all my observattons on the construction of the Erglish
lane :rage ; and I have given them thofoem of a beck, nut merely
with a view to profit, bet with a view to fair fame, and with
the still mare agreeabi view of instructing, in this letuidation
Of all lirezery keoweelee, the great body of my iilereated and
unjustly contemned ceentryntee.
" I believe it to be quite imonsaible that this work shotrel not
have.a very extensive circulation in England and America ; and
that it ahoald not be of many years duration in point of pront.
Whetever part of this profit Cita, without endangering the well-
being of my beloved and exemplary, afkctionate and virtuou:.
family, be allotted to the discharge of my debts or incumbran-
CeS, shell, with scrupulous fidelity, be so allotted; but as to this
particular object, and as to other sources of gain, I will first
take care that the acts of tyrannical confiscation which hive
been put in force againit me, shall not deprive this family of the
means, not only of comfortable existence, but that it shell not
deprive this Lustily of the means of seeking fair and honourable
distinction in :he world. It is impossible for me to say or to
guess at what I may, with my constant bodily health, and *his
the aptitude and iedestry which are now become a part of nte,
be able to do In tae way of !item; works productive of gain ;
but I can with certainty declare, that beyond the purpose; of
safety to my family I will retain or expend nothing until no man
shall say of me that I owe him a farthing. With regard to any
profits that may arise from the Lae; ter in England, I at present
know scarcely any thing ; and I bare not any time to die,st any
regular plait relative to that matter: I shall iles this in the course
of a short time.

" I have fully apprized Mr. White of the contents of this
letter, I beg you to COMMIIIiCAte with hitt; on the subj,:ct, and
to teU him %cry freety your (Onion relative to the whole of its
contents; I have, aU circumstances croaderod, a very strong
AO retain my real proFerty In that country which I so al-
diffuly lev6, and to which I hive preserved, through all circiou
stances. so invariable a fidelity ; and though I would alm•hio:.

that object rather than do any'act of real injustice, I will never,
while the present infamous 'abrogation of the law, of my fore-
fathers exists, set my hand to any deed, or give, either ospres::y
or tacitly, my sanction to sn infamous a violation of my nights,
as well as of the rights of all.

" We shall hardly be able to get the manuscript off before
the month of January next, but In the meanwhile I shall br gtad
to hear from You, aad to retelvb from you any suggestions that
you may think useful.
" I have the pleasure to ten you that we all enjoy excellent
health, and I assure you that it will give us all great p!easure to
have the same sort of account from yourself, Mrs. T. and fa-
mily.-1 am, my dear Sir, your most obedient and most humble
servant, " Wn.mast COMMIT."

The following is the Reply of Sir F. BURDETT :
• " TO MIL WILLIAM COBDCTT.
• it. ianteertlace, Jan. 41, ISIS.
" have just received yours of the 20th No-
vember, and carettilly, and according to your desire,
perused the enclose) to Mr. Tipper,
al it is not my intention to enter-into any contro-
,versy respecting the honesty or dishonesty of paying
or not paying debts, according to the convenience of
the party owing. It seems, that if it should ever suit
your convenience, and take nothing from the com-
forts and convenience of yourself and family, such
comforts and enjoyments, mid 'means too of distin-
guishing themselves, as you think they are entitled
to, all this being previously secured, then you think
yourself bound to pay your debts: Worm the contrary,
that cannot bi effected without sacrifices on, your and
their part, in that case your creditors have no claim
to prefer, and you no your
to perform. You then
stand absolved, fertus in
.17m conscientia, and for
this singular reason, because those who lent you their
money when you were in difficulty and. distress, in
order to save von anti yeur:family trom ruin, were
and are' unable to protect you either against your
own fears, or the power of an arbitrary Government,
under which they have the misfortune to live, and to
wfiich they are equally exposed. These principles,
which are laughable In th.:ory, arc detestable in
practice; That you should not only entertain and
act upon, bet openly avow* them, Sand blind your own
understanding, or think to blind that of others, by
such flimsy pretences, is one more melancholy proof
of the facility with which self-interest can assume
the mask of hyp.:crisy, and by Means of the weakest
sophistry, overpower the itrwest understanding.
How true is our common law maxims, that no man
, is an upright judge in his own cause ; hew truly and
prettily said by the French, • La Na,!ure se ripe;' nor
less truly, though more grossly, in English,' Na-
ture's her own Bawd r
" In expressinz, my abbot once of the principles
;you lay down for
.your conduct, and concerning
which you challenge my opini:a a little Unfairly ;
considering the ridicule with which you at the same
time threaten to overwhelm the unfortunate wight
`who presumes to ditfer from them, I do. not dense
.1 that you should act upon any other with regard to
me: I should be-sorry your family were put to.any
inconvenience an my account : should lout circum-
etances ever prove so prosperoui as to enable you to
, I discharge your debts without infringing upon those
tiew principles of moiel obligation you have adopted,

and which, for the first time since the commencement
of the world, have, I believe, been, though frequently
acted on, openly promulgated. As to complaint or
reproach, they are the offspring of weakness and
folly; disdain should stifle them; but nothing can
or ought to stifle the expression of disgust which
every honest mind must feel at the want of integrity
in the principles you proclaim, and of feeling and
generosity in the sentiments you express.-4 am, Sir,
your must obedient and most humble servant,
" F. BURDETT...

• Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY'S Will, with eleven Codicils,
was proved on Saturday afternoon by J. Wnrsn4w,
of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. oue of the surviving executors.
Personal property sworn under £60,000.
The personal property of the late Mr. JouN Cun-
TOMS (formerly a hairdresser) amounts to between
£240,000 and :C250,000.
The Earl of enieriesTen had a fall from his horse,
on Saturday last, between Stanmore-park and Lewes,
in consequence of the animal, which was a very spi7
rited one, suddenly starting. Ilappily, his Lordship
did not receive any material injury.
The Archduke kIA X INltt.ra N of Austria, on his late
visit to Plymouth, descended in the diving bell with
one of his suite. Oa [culling the bottom, he wok
up a stone, with which he was highly pleased, and•
which he proposes to retain as a memorial of his de-.
scent. Whilst in the dock-yard, he leaped on the'
scaffold alongside of a ship under repair, and taking
.a:harnmer out of the hand of one of the shipwright's,
strove a copper naiL The hammer was rciurned with
a one pound.note ; the artificer smiled, observing,
" that nail is well droet," and added, dryly, " vill
your I highness try again r
AN IRISH TELEICOPE.—Sir FREDERICK FLOOD was
one day observing to a friend that he had a most
.excellent telescope. "Do you see you church," said
he, " about half a•mile off—it's scarcely discernable
—.but when I look at it through my telescope, it
brings it voclose that I can hear the organ playing !“.
'The
.frinitle giant lately exhibited at Newcastle,
with two male dwarfs, was a young man, about IS
years of age, belonging to the Life Guards, and was
Upon a furlough. He w4s detected by an Orlicerd
that corps.
Early on Saturday se'nnight, a fire broke out in
the cabin of a poor widow residing in a lane near
the Cork road and within the suburbs of Kilkenny.
which totally consumed the little concern, and proved
fatal to a boy of the age of seventeen, a sou of the
poor woman alluded to.
About eleven o'clock on Saturday night, a dread-
ful fire broke out in Grosvenor-Mews, which con-
sumed a considerable extent of stables, &c. together
with the work-shops of Mr. SERLE, bookbinder,
Grosvenor-street. Four valuable horses were burnt
to death. Through the exertions of the firemen and
a good supply of water, the flames were got under,.
without extending to more valuable premises, which
was much to be apprehended. It is said to have ori-
ginated through one of the hostler, going into the
stables with a lighted candle, which communicated
to some loose hay.
A woman of the name of Moysey, of i3ourn, a few
days ago left two of her children in her house whilst
she went on an errand to a neighbour's: on return-
ing, in a quarter of an hour, and opening the door,
a dreadful spectacle presented itself to the distracted
mother—the eldest girl, aged five years, lay stretched.
on the flour a lifeless corpse, every part of her clothes-1
being entirely burnt, and the child scorched in a'
most dreadful manner: the younger child escaped.
How the acci.lent hapvened is not known, but it is
supposed that a chair with some linen on it caught
tire, and that the deceasei, in endeavouring to. extin-
the flames, fell-a,victim to the devouring ele-
ment. Verdict of the, coroner's Jury—Burned to
death by axtiltwt.

Mmiliox-Roust—Yesterday T. Thompson. and
R. Rase, and two other boys were charged with the
following robbery :—Mrs. Piaihero said, she was
going along Aldgate, attended by her boy, who was
close behh:d, carrying a basket, in which were two
or three parcels of halfpence; when she felt herself
pressed upon, and turning round, saw Thompson
take one of the parcels out and hand it to Rose. She
laid hold of him, but the others made off. Her boy.
was unconscious of what had occurred: for whit::
Thompson.. and Rose were effecting their purpose,
some of the boys were making a noise behind him
_like the barking of dogs. When Thompson WAS se-
cured, 4s. 6d. in copper was found upon him. Six-
pence of this parcel was lost in the confusion. The
other parcel was carried off by Rose. Yesterday
morning the other three. stationed themselves outside
the Mansion-house, keeping an anxious eye through
the windows, to ascertain the fate of Thai: pun. The
officers knowing them all well, brought them in, and
placed them by his side ; but Mrs. P. and her son
could only swear to Rose and Thompson, who were'
ully_committed, and the other two remanded.
HATTQN-GARDEN.—Yester day one of the Over.
seers of Clerkenwell Parish, a farrier, was charged
with kicking and turning from his door the wife of
a poor hawker, who had a settlement in the parish.
The man had left his wife while he came to tit: above
office, the Overseer having refused to relieve her,
during which time the assault was committed, ws
fully proved by witnesses. The defendant paid £
and was discharged. •
UNION-llALL.—Yesterday Mr. T. Eardly, a ceal-
merchant, was summoned by information, tor selling
six sacks of coals in sacks short of the length required
by Act of Parllament. He was fined ilOs. a sack ;
but gave notice he should appeal against the con-
viction.

Friday last, in the middle of the day, some thieve,
broke into the house of Mr. TURTON, at Streatham,
during the temporary absence of Mrs. TunroN un
her return she found a pane of glass had been brolme,
and the window unfastened ; she entered the house,
and there saw considerable property packed up ready
for carrying off, and soon found that a great deal
of it had linen taken away:, The back-door being
open, she suspected that her approach had disturbed
the robbers, and caused them to decamp precipi-1
tateln she called some neigbbours, and they searched
the adjoining field& A Gentleman who took a loaded
carbine with him, soon 'returned with a huge fellow
in his custody, and upon searching him some of the
stolen property was- found. His companions had
succeeded in conveying away a considerable qtintilty.
The *thicf was conveye:d to Uniun-Uall Police-odic(
for te.cuninatiou.