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part with regard to her Majesty | character as to politics. Hence the Queen; but, after all, they the dependence and the submissiveness of the priesthood of tolerated sects. But the grand motive to this submissiveness

have been exceeded in this respect by your priesthood; and how, let me ask you, are we to account for such conduct, ex-still is the money, the pennies cept from some or all of the are the moving principle. Take motives above described? You them away and you will see have felt upon this occasion like your Priests independent men the rest of the people. Indeed, and zealous Reformers. it required nothing more than the dictates of human nature to make you feel for her Majesty. Priests saw the cause

But your
of the Queen uniting itself with
the cause of Reform, and hence
that conduct in them which has
given offence to every just per-
son in the kingdom.

My advice to you, therefore, is, to pay no more pennies. If your Priests be sincere in their professions, they will not be less zealous without the pennies than with them. They will be as desirous to save your souls then as they are now; and if they be not sincere, it is much better that they keep their preaching and praying to themselves. It never can be the will of God that your children should pinch, while you give

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I have frequently observed that any Government must gain strength from the people being divided into different religious sects; because in that case each sect, by constantly aiming at your money to feed a Priest; some fresh indulgence or pro-and especially when there is tection from the Government, scarcely a mile in the kingdom becomes thereby much more de- within which there is not a pendent upon the Government Priest and a church, neither of than the established Church it- which cost you a farthing. If self, which stands upon settled you have tried this Priest by the law, and which has therefore Bible, and found him wanting, nothing to ask and nothing to let that same Bible be your lose. When a sect which exists guide; and do not bestow your by toleration has any thing to money on another Priest, to ask, it must come in a very hum-teach you as to matters which ble tone, and with an exalted you so perfectly understand. If

any amongst you choose to as- Sheriff, made an application to

his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND, as Lord Lieutenant of the County; and it is with great pleasure that I perceive and an

semble yourselves together; to commune with one another, to hear each other preach, or to listen to the prayers of each other all this may be very proper;nounce, that the Duke has aubut let no money pass upon the thorized the Meeting, and apoccasion; let not the money pointed the time for its taking changers come amongst you. place; and it is to take place, Do any think that you choose accordingly, on the 16th inst, to further the cause of your religion, except paying of your money. My last words to you ́are, stick to your religion; keep firmly to that; and keep as firmly to the pennies.

WM. COBBETT.

Thus, we see the difference between a Ministerial Duke and a Whig Haberdasher, There is an old French proverb, which says that it is better for a city to perish than to find itself under circumstances which the harshness of the old French language forbids me to describe by translating. Certain it is, that if we be to be made to submit, it is much better, less galling, more bearable, to submit to the noble than to the ignoble. I should very much like to have an opportunity of contrasting the Duke's letter to Major CARTWRIGHT with the letter written to the Major by the Haberdasher.

MIDDLESEX MEETING. The Reader will recellect, that I, some time ago, noticed an application which Major CARTWRIGHT and others had made to Mr. WAITHMAN, to call a county meeting for the purpose of discussing a petition on the subject of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. WAITHMAN refused to call that meeting, for the But, if I am rightly informed, reasons which were stated in there is another fact, connected the article to which I refer; and with this meeting, with which which reasons, as the reader it is very right that the public may recollect, I described as should be made acquainted. I being extremely unsatisfactory. have heard, that Major CARTThe Requisitionists, in conse- WRIGHT applied to a Whig Duke quence of this refusal of the to sign the requisition for this

meeting; and now, mark read-three to one. The Ministers er; the Whig Duke refused to look at public opinion. It was sign it and why? Because public opinion, which, as they Mr. WAITHMAN had refused to acknowledge very fairly, incall the Meeting, and because duced them to give up the he, Mr. WAITHMAN, was, in this Bill against the Queen. I trust Duke's opinion, a very good that that same public opinion Reformer! will induce them to place her Majesty in possession of all her rights and dignities; to put an end to this unnatural turmoil; this conflict of Addresses and Petitions, and leave them time to

After this, is there any one stupid enough to believe that the Whigs mean to give us a Reform of the Parliament? And is there any one unprincipled enough to pretend, that it hear Mr. RICARDO, and other would be for the benifit of the nation to put out the Ministers and to put the Whigs in their places? Is there any one so stupid as to believe that Mr. WAITHMAN wants a Reform of the Parliament? If there be, let will previously pledge themsuch man enjoy his dreams; but let him keep his folly to himself, lest he be despised by every man of common sense.

profound gentlemen, upon the means of relieving the distresses of the country. But, as to the Whigs, the Ministers will find no public opinion for putting them into place, unless they

selves to do something more towards Reforming the Parliament than the obtaining of the pardon of Sir MANASSEH LOPEZ. They will find no public opinion for putting the Whigs into power, unless those Whigs will pledge themselves to that sort of Reform which the people want, and rather than yield to which, those Whigs would, in my opinion, see the country reduced to the last extremity of ruin. I expect no Reform un

We are to view the Whigs, at present, as persons wishing to get into power; and if such be their conduct now, what would it be, were they in posession of that power? There is no fear of their succeeding. They will find, in the Parliament, as stout an Opposition as they left there; that is to say, they will find themselves til it be clearly seen, and openly overwhelmed by a majority of acknowledged, as a notorious

fa ct, that it is impossible to re-importation of that set of toadtrieve the money affairs of the eaters, the EDINBURGH REcountry. I expect that this fact VIEWERS, who most assuredly will become notorious, and fully would begin to swarm in Whiteacknowledged by every one be- hall the moment the change fore the first of June next. But, was made, as flies and wasps in any case, I should expect a swarm about a honey-pot in Reform from the present men in Long Island, in the month of power more than I should expect August. Once here, never it from the Whigs. These latter should we see the backs of them. appear to me to be totally un- MACBETH calls out for a drug to tractable in this respect. There scour the English out of Scotis a perverseness in their con- land; but what drug would be duct, and a bitterness and ma-sufficient to scour these Scotchlignity in their language to- men out of Whitehall, if once wards the Reformers, that I they got into it! Besides being really never have observed on the keenest and most greedy the other side. They always feeders, they have a stomach talk as if they thought them- that nothing will satiate; while selves something more ancient; their stock of impudence is more venerable; more com- equalled by nothing but their pletely encrusted over with an- lack of brains. Most men, who tiquity, and more replete with write for any length of time, high blood, than their oppo- are sometimes right, as you selnents. Now, really, I can see dom meet with a gamester so no ground for these pretensions, stupid as always to lose; but not even in the persons of Mr. these men have been writing TIERNEY, Sir J. MACKINTOSH, for twenty long years, and, as Mr. SCARLETT, or in those to political matters of moment, twins of the "well-foughten have always been wrong. It is field," Messrs. BROUGHAM and a conceited, arrogant and ignoDENMAN. Doubtless these are rant set of men; and these all very chivalrous gentlemen; men have been the grand but not much of antiquity, or oracle of the Whigs for, at high blood about them. If I least, seventeen years. They were to look a little further; if have been constantly writing I were to take a peep elsewhere, upon this great question of paI should not find much better per money, for instance in the evidence in favour of the pre-whole, they have published a tensions of these Whigs; and couple of large volumes on the yet they would have us believe that, in them we behold all that is great and all that is high in the country.

subject; and if every one of their principles and their predictions has not been falsified by events, I will suffer the sentence of ignorance to be passed

But, of all the objections that I have to the Whigs, I know none so great as the danger upon me, and will be content I should apprehend from the to pass for an arrant fool for

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the rest of my life. Look at all is reported to have said, their trash about the Bullion" it was desirable for us to reReport, about the return to turn to cash payments withcash payments; look at all their" out a reduction of the gold deep and dark nonsense; "standard."

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This observation their wild conceits; all their was made, as far as I can gather jabber about exchanges and from the report, in the way of prices of the precious metals; showing the remissness of the look at their silly stuff about the Ministers, in not having adopttalents, the wisdom and the ed a measure to effect so desiraprofoundness of Mr. HORNER: ble an object. Now, in the first look at all this, and then, ima- place, the Ministers have adoptgine, if you can, a curse greater ed a measure with this view; to a nation than that of having and, if I mistake not, his Lordit's affairs placed in such hands. ship voted for that measure. These men, if we were once at For, what other than this, is the their mercy, would put us into Bill of Mr. PEEL. It provides their crucibles; they would dis- (in words, at least,) for a return til us; not content with our to cash payments without any skins and our carcasses, and the reduction of the gold standard. marrow of our bones, they would But, in the next place, Rumfordize us, and turn our his Lordship point out any means very bones into aliment, for of effecting this desirable thing? themselves and their innume-I do not say that it is his duty to rable followers. I hope I am do it; because, he is not a not guilty of impiety; but I do, Minister, and has, therefore, on my very knees, implore his not undertaken to conduct the Majesty to save us from this affairs of the country. But, dreadful scourge. I should not there is something further here, wonder, if they had already and that is, would the thing be their scouts in London, survey-just, if it were possible. His ing the land of promise; but I Lordship must know that it hope that they will soon see would not be just; he must reason to return and tell their know that it would produce a commanders, that we Southern people are not as yet doomed to be devoured alive.

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mass of human misery enough to kill an unsuffering beholder to witness; and, therefore, in my opinion, such a thing should not be held out as being desirable.

BERKSHIRE MEETING. On the other observation of Nothing particularly interest- his lordship, I gladly bestow ing took place at this meeting my unqualified approbation. It except two observations from was this: that " IT WAS USEmy Lord FOLKESTONE, and" LESS TO CHANGE THE these were really of great im-" MINISTRY, WITHOUT A portance, considering from" REFORM OF THE PARwhom they came. His Lordship" LIAMENT.” These words

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