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thing; so that these touches, re- I world, from one cause or another; commended by SMITH, come when with a most anxious desire in they may, will leave all this America and France to pull us description of persons precisely down; here we are, proclaiming

in the state in which they ought

to be left.

to those nations, that continued peace or total ruin is our inevitable lot! Well done, JOHN SMITH! After this, the men of Kent, may, perhaps, be able to console themselves for that shame

which you expressed at their

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conduct, in openly and manfully calling for a just reduction of the interest of the Debt.

My friends, there was an IF in SMITH's speech; and an IF of very great importance. Nay, there were two IFS, but we will take the first IF, in the first place. "If peace were, as he hoped it would, to continue;" what does he mean? To continue for ever? What a Statesman! What a SMITH CAR- were strictly practised." What RINGTON! Aye; then if it were does he mean? Does he mean not to continue! What would to discharge the army, dismantle

The other IF was "if economy

the navy, and so forth? If all this be done; if there be not a soldier or sailor left; even that

happen then? So that, here we are, proclaiming to the whole world; to most insatiable rivals, and most bitter enemies, because would not preserve the landed we have loaded those enemies estates, unless the interest of the with intolerable insult; here we Debt were brought down to less are, having sanctioned the strip- than twenty millions a-year. ping of the Paris Museums, and Sixteen millions a-year was all having voted money to build the country had to pay before the Waterloo monuments; here we days of paper-money; and more are, hated by almost the whole than that it cannot pay in a gold

landlords.

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currency, without a transfer more now passing for the making of or less of the estates of the present small paper-money, which remarks I shall now insert, without further preface, and shall add no→ thing to them, seeing that they so plainly speak for themselves. Got gold while you can, and I remain, Your Friend, and

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So that, you see, my Friends, the thing is in that state out of which it is navon to be brought by any of those miserable measures, which Mr. VANSITTART calls operations. It is in that state from. which nothing on earth can rescue it. There must be a general adjustment amongst all the parties. Fundholders, Landlords, all must make mutual sacrifices; and this is not to be effected without a Reform of the Parliament. If a refusal of that just and necessary measure be persisted in, there is no human remedy. We are in the hands of God and must wait patiently to see the manner in which he will dispose of us. In the meanwhile the man must little short of a brute who does not, if he can, secure some pieces of gold.

be

Most obedient Servant,

WM. COBBETT.

REMARKS,

On the Debate on the small Note Bill, in the House of Commons, on the 2d July 1822.

SMALL-NOTE BILL!Here we come. The words are fair, the subject great, the thing done, almost secretly; and there we must watch as pussy watches for her prey. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the second reading of the small-notes Bill. Mr. HUME asked for some expla÷ nations. The reporters say, "We "could not collect the answer of This brings me to those re" the Right Hon. Gentleman; but marks, which I referred you to, in" it appeared to satisfy Mr. HUME, and Mr. RICARDO"--Mr. JAMES the outset of my letter, on the se-wished to know whether bank-notes cond reading of the law that is were to be made a legal tender after

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May 1823? This was the home | principle of the Bill. Mr. PASCOE question; and now mind the GRENFELL had understood, when answer. The worthy CHANCELLOR the Bill was introduced, that the replied, "That every man was country-bankers were to have the "liable after that period, to pay option of paying in Sovereigns, or in "his just debts in the current coin Bank of England Notes; he did not “of the realm." 'Now what does see any provision in the Bill to that this mean? If I hold a one-pound effect; and if not introduced by rag of a country rag-man, that is a the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEjust debt due from him to me, and QUER, he himself should introduce such is the ragman to be called upon to a clause! Ah, PASCOE, sayest thou pay me in gold? Nous verrons! So, PASCOE? What, then, thou art Though that phrase, which only determined that we shall have that means we shall see, was once so Feast of the Gridiron, to which, whendispleasing to Mr. HILY HUTCHIN-ever we hold it, thou shalt certainly SON. Lord FOLKESTONE objected have an invitation. This is legal to the Bill, because it would bring tender; mark that. It is legal. back the forgeries and the hang- tender of Borough bank-notes after ings. Mr. HART DAVIS supported the month of May 1823; and that the Bill, because the currency was is a part repeal of PEEL'S Bill. not abundant, and because the pre- Mr. JAMES was so decidedly hostile sent measure would make it more to the principle of the Bill, which abundant without interfering with appeared to be the first step in the the other enactments respecting road back of the mischievous the currency. How so, Mr. DAVIS? paper-money, that he was deterWe take upon ourselves to assure mined to divide the House upon it. you, that if there be no legal tender Mr. CURWEN trusted his honourclause, the currency cannot become able friend (Mr. JAMES) would not more abundant than it is, but on divide the House. He said, "the the contrary, will be a great deal country stood in need of the less abundant after. May 1823. measure, and in the country they Nothing will be done without legal (preferred the small-notes of countender; and legal tender is a re-try bankers to any other species of curpeal of PEEL's Bill, in part. Mr. rency!" Indeed, Mr. CURWEN, why JAMES said, that as the people were then does Mr. PASCOE GRENFELL to have the option of demanding propose to compel the people to gold or paper, they deserve, what- take the country bank-notes inever might happen if they did not stead of the gold, that is to say, if demand the gold; but, neverthe- the country-bankers themselves less, he was still opposed to the choose to compel them? And how

if there had been in Ireland that system of Poor Lawe, which so

is it, we pray you, Mr. CURWEN, membered, that I cannot refrain that the country-bankers will not from giving it a place in the now pay in gold? And how is it Register. I beg the reader to that Scotch bankers will not give bear in mind that these terrible gold for their own notes, though things never could have existed, to our certain knowledge, some of them have been offered a premium for so doing? Mr. CURWEN, pray attend to us for a single moment. many ignorant and unfeeling men To pass this bill without a legal are endeavouring to undermine tender of any sort, is a violation of and destroy. One would think PEEL'S Bill; or at least a departure that these men would now hang from it; but without the legal ten- their heads with shame; but they der, it is just as useless in pro-are as impudent as they are ignoducing an addition to the quantity rant and unfeeling. If the Poor of currency in the country as your Laws were in existence in Iretelling the Agricultural Committee land, we should have seen the and as their publishing in the Ap-absurdity of subscriptions, and pendix to their Report laid before Parliament, that you the year before grew two and thirty tons an acre upon four acres of Swedish turnips; just as useless, we say, is this Bill of the Chancellor in producing an increase of currency, as your Swedish turnip story was in producing a conviction of the existence of agricultural distress.

balls and playhouse exhibitions to relieve a starving people. The people never could have been in a starving state, indeed. There must have been enough food left for those who raised all the food. The Overseers would have gone with the law in their hand, and demanded subsistence for the labourer before the corn was sent away to pay rent and tithe. What! Has not the earth yielded sufficiency for those who till it? Yes; for during the whole time of this famine it has been THE following article is taken pouring its thousands upon thoufrom the Statesman of Saturday sands of quarters of corn into the last. It contains matter so incre- English markets. When some of dible, so shocking as to the facts, the persons belonging to Scotland so every way worthy of being re-applied for grants of public money

FAMINE IN IRELAND.

to relieve the famishing people/soon after their arrival. This there in 1819, Lord LIVERPOOL morning early I saw a wagon answered, and very justly: No, load outward bound, men, women, "make Poor Laws, such as we and children; much more than "have in England, we will not "tax the English to keep your "poor" The Morning Chronicle should bear this in mind, when it is railing against the Poor Laws food.

half naked, and exhibiting a scene certainly much more deplorable than Negives at a mart, for they have, at any rate, a sufficiency of

How long this will con

of England.—I do not say, how-tinue; how long this state of ever, that a similar answer ought things can possibly endure, I preto be given in a case of extremes tend not to say; but I can disas that of Ireland. For such a cover no reason for its ceasing or case, I would not, if I had been for its being mitigated, unless a the Minister, wait for the passing radical change of the system take of a law. I would have employ-place. It does really seem that ed the troops to collect provisions men with minds wholly different in any part of Ireland where they even in their formation from those were to be found. However, this of the men at present in power, is an evil not to be cured by any are necessary to put to rights the means like those that have been affairs of this nation. I shall adopted; and if other means be now insert the article before alnot employed, dreadful must be luded to. the consequences; but such is our state, that I do not think it safe to mention the measures which I think ought to be adopted; though they may be just in themselves, and agreeable to every principle of the settled laws of the land.—Almost every morning, soon after sunrise, I see groups of these poor ragged, emaciated creatures of Irish, passing through Kensington into London. I am told that they come from Bristol, and that they are sent back again

PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Thursday, 27th July)-Want of room compelled us to break off yesterday without noticing what was said upon the subject of the famine in

Ireland. To know that there are any part of the people of this kingdom in a state of want of a sufficiency of food, is calculated to call forth, in the first place, compassion for the sufferers, and in the next place, a frank declaration of our

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