Star.
London, England, 1817-03-31 00:00:00

411 R. COBRETT.

(Em ri TRic 03s8itVen" TESTIRDAT.)
All doubts respeettog the departure of Mr. Cob.
butt .ind his two sons for the United states, are re-
moved be an Address from that Gentleman to the
British people, published in the STAR of Saturday.
T':e character and political tergiversations of Mr.
Crbbett ate ton weil known for us to dwell upon
thgn here. During the last nine months he Lad at-
tacked the measures of Government and the conduct
public men, with great boldness and acr,i-
incoy. ifs Regist.rr, putt.iihed wit! lut a
Ono, and soi die iow price of two-pence,
dilated every l' 41t of the kingdom; and f tom the
rolitic.tliafurnsatiost they were supposed to convey,
fere St .tig ht after with the greatest avidity. 'Me
periliciii:s of hi. styli— ;he dexterity of hit argument
with which he &elated hi; opinions—
always trea,:ing upon the extreme Ulna of fate dis.
etisskin, obtained him numerous Converts; and the
aistreees of the times, which he always considered to
late realized his prediction, furnished him with
abundant topics. 01 leis weapills Le availed himself
with a giaut energy, which seemed to increase with
tLe circumstances that called it forth. Hence his
opkians had spread to caw remotest parts of Logland,
soh ‘wte sleetreed °mortar by those who imbibed
them. It is difficult to conceive what might have been
fire elect of this growing influence, had it been left
10 be counteracted by. the ordinary operation of things.
Vie eaisting Administration saw, lis,wever, tie dan-
ger; and resolved upan a measure which, for a time
it least, prostrates tins most easenti.l safeguard of
the rigi.es and liberties of Englishmen.
i‘ ob,ier. ref the Suspension of the Habeas
Corpus Act was, we may presume, understood by
Mr. Cobbett and naany of his friends. The alarm he
f,lt seemed to be visible in the style of his articles.—
From tie first agitation of the Bill in Parliament, Isis
'tinter were more elaborate, but less original and
virrous than those that preceded them. The last
three numbers contain but a few pages of his writing,
and Ire eked out with political documents. We may
presume that at this period he began to be sensible
of the danger of continuing a publication in avowed
bouility to the Government, by whom he might,
sritf,;,ut :illy preliminary process, or even notice, be
stsprei:ended and incarcerated. There was•another
danger, however, of mhich, bad Mr. Cobbett been
aware, would probably have strengthened his resolo-
ti.,n rf Quittiny England. This was a determination
on he p.sri of the Comsnissioners of Stamps, to sub-
ject his weekly two-penny I?eghtert, from their com-
rencenient, to the usual stamp 'duty of tour-pence--
the past sale. 01101.111:ing to some hundred; of thou-
Enid;, to be stated upon oath. Toe claim arising
frrm the duties upon these Register: woul.l, it is re-
ported, have amountedt to siou,o3o. We know not
Vat [lois claim has. beets made; but we can eas:ly
conceive, that if Isis publication required a gum's, the
duties with the penalties might amount to such a
son; for we are credibly isrformed. that 21,000
were sold of each number a few hours after their
tpearance ; and that in one week; more than 60,0U0
aere disposed of.
" His departure from London to embark for the
United States WAS extremely sudden. Few of his
friends knew his intended destination ; and still fewer
rf his acquaintances were apprised that he had quitted
the metropolis. To -those who transacted business
iv:th hint yesterday se'nnight, he said, in casual con-
sers.tion, that he should depart early next morning
tar Worcester, or some other distant place, where he
intended to feel the pulse of the Electors; sad if sue.
cesdul, should offer himself a candidate at the uext
General Election. After depositing copy for she cur-
number of his Register, he actually left London
at five o'clock on Sunday morning, accompanied by
his two sons.'—William, who is about 22, and John,
who is only 18 years of age. Toe at rangements for
his journey haying been previously made, it is pre-
owned he proceeded direct for Liverpool.
" It is a curi• us circumstsnce, that Mr. Cobbett
It'll America some eighteen years ago, in consequence
of a decision against him of a prosecution for libel,
sentencing him to pay a fine of live thousand dollars.
A duplicate of his &leder has for some time bred
shlished in America on his own account; and we
!eye lie has an establishment there: thither, we
lime also, he has made remittances to a large
mum, as the printers to whom he was indebted
e been directed to transmit their bills to him, and
:eived assurances that they may depend on an ho-
able and early liquidation r. f their demands. Of
reception in America, we cen say nothing at pre-
f. We conjecture that by the democratic party,
~ich is the one in power, it will be most cordial.
Cobbeit wields a powerful pen, and will no doubt
ve a powerful auxiliary to the cause he espouses."

To the foregoing we have only to add, that by the
Advertiser of Saterday, received this morn.
we find that the Importer, Ounlit:, frr New
de, aith Mr. Coaasrr and his two sons on board,
ly lef: Liverpool un Thursday last. Laving been
iwed out of the River by a Steam boat.. A passage,
appears, had been previously taken for them in the
Ipurter, bat their names had not been mentioned.

By an arrival at Liverpool we have received ac-
us from Pernambuco rf the Bth February, which
that a most uncommon drought had been ex-
ieured in the tropiCal regi,,as of the Brazils, or
it part of the country ranging between Pernambuco
d Rio Janeiro. By this circumstance idi the streams
Id been dried up, the cattle were dying or dead, and
lithe population emigrating to the borders of the
-,art rivers in search of water. The greatest distress
.availed. provisions were wanting, and the wills
,rapletely at a stand. They have no wind-mills, so
iat no corn could be ground. Vessels had been sent
yin Pernambuco to the United States to letch
What had tended to increase this distress was, the
.iption of the coastkng trade through die dread
war with Buenos Ayres.
The Caldicot Castle transport, which arrived at
=ad on the 27th instant, from Jamaica, parted
I't. 27.
with the Queen transport on the 28d ult.
27. 32. N. long. 65. W. and on the 18th inst.
Idt• 46. 15. N. lung. 18. 40. W. spoke the Robert,
irom Liverpool for Calcutta, all well.
The ship Ocean, for the Cape, Batavia, and Bom-
IY. and the Galen, TttACZY, for Boston, with pat-
-761 sailed from Portsmouth on Thursday.

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