limit beyond which they could this way, to be bullied into tornot go, in the way of expense. pidity; and that they will now They have never thought of such bestir themselves from one end of a thing as the nation being brought the kingdom to the other, being, to a state, in which the right of as they must now be, thoroughly the landlord to get rent would have convinced, that by this, and by to contend against the right of the this only, can the country be labourer to get bread. They were saved from a convulsive revotold by me, many years ago, that lution.

the landlords would lose their estates; but, they paid no more attention to it than to the noise made by the coaches going along the street. So that, not only the Ministry, but the Parliament, are taken by surprise, and appear to know not what to do any more than so many sucking babies.

But, is it for the people, the

really enlightened people, of this

You have, I see, abstained from stating the precise nature of the Reform to be applied for, at the same time that we clearly understand, that you mean a breaking up of the boroughs. This is, perhaps, the best way; for, it is useless for us again to enter into particulars, until we know whether our opponents will agree to any reform at all. If they allow, that a reform of some sort is necessary, then we will discuss with them the question what that sort ought to be; and, if they deny that any

impudent, an ignorant, an insolent, over- crammed tax-eater calls reform at all is necessary, it will their proceedings a farce, be be useless for us again to propose afraid, or ashamed, to make an particulars whereon for them to effort to rescue themselves from exercise their powers of misrepre

the present disgrace and danger?

sentation. I believe, that no re

Let us hope, that they are not, in form will be efficient, unless the

suffrage be universal, with the ex- had offered the ringers a soveceptions made by Major Cart-reign to ring the bells upon the wright; but, it certainly will be arrival of the news of Castle

reagh's having cut his throat. Daniel has now named Mr. Hector

conveying to him a hearty shake by the hand-To the honour of the village of Hambledon and that of Cosham (both in Hampshire),

prudent to leave particulars to be discussed, when the necessity of a reform shall have been acknow- of that town. I beg Mr. HECTOR ledged. If this be not acknow- to accept of my compliments, ledged by those who have the and to consider my pen as now power in their hands, let the thing go on; lét Debt and Army and Waterloo Charge and Civil List and all continue; and let the at once haughty and cowardly land- the people rang the bells, on the lords of England take the conse-arrival of the news. The same quences: let them, in the beggary honour is due to Laxfield in that awaits them, take the appropriate reward of their stupid pride and long-continued injustice. With great respect, I am, Sir,

Your most humble and

Most obedient Servant,
WM. COBBETT.

I SHALL, in my next, insert Mr. FAWKES's Speech, which I omit now only on account of want of room.-When I wrote the fol

lowing Letter to Daniel Stewart,

he had not published the name of

Suffolk, where, it is said, the bells rang for the greater part of the day. I have no doubt of the same having been done in scores, if not hundreds, of places. And, observe, this was done in obscure villages; by country people! How, then, must this man have been thought of by the people of England! How well they must have known his character and his deeds! Foolish the people of England very often are in bestowing unmerited praise and marks

of respect; but, when they censure or hate, they are always

the "wretch at Petersfield," who just.

CASTLEREAGH'S
BURIAL

To Daniel Stewart, one of the

Proprietors of the Courier
Newspaper.

[From the Statesman, Aug. 27.]

gave a French name (Courier) to your paper; was a most boiste

rous advocate of the French Revolution; defended all, even the worst acts of the revolutionists; and did every thing that in your power lay to assist their cause. After this you changed to the other side, and, after the manner of apostates, became a persecutor

Dorking, Surrey, Aug. 25, 1822. of those who retained the prin

DANIEL STEWART,

ciples that you had professed. From that day to this you have been a libeller of the people of England, and have, like all others

You, who were once what they call a Tailor's Trotter; you, who came up from Scotland not overwardrobed; you, who published who have done the same things, the Eclair, and whose fame is re-grown rich; till at last you have corded in the Term Reports; (last Spring) stood in the nomina you, who have abused, libelled, tion list for High Sheriffs, under and calumniated the people of the name, denomination, and title England more than any other man of Daniel Stewart, Esquire, of that I know of; you began your Park, in the County of Ox

political career by appearing as ford."

clerk and runner to a Society, I have forgotten the name of called the Society of Friends of the "Park," and you were not the People, the professed object appointed Sheriff, though your of which Society was, to obtain a name stood first upon the list! Reform of the Parliament. When It would be the most glorious thing you began to publish your news-to see you in your bag-wig taking paper you were openly a Jacobin, the Judges into Oxford in your

carriage, escorted by javelin-men America, that I had there been wearing your livery, and preceded tried for libelling the American by trumpeters blowing the blast Government. To this infamous of fame; and this I am convinced lie you added another; that I had we should have seen, if I, great been fined for the offence seven jack-ass as I was, had not opened thousand dollars. These falseupon the subject too soon, and hoods were afterwards printed on enjoyed the sport by anticipation. placards, and were posted up all My mouth so watered, that I over London, all about the city of could not let the fruit get ripe. Coventry, and in a great many To see Mr. Baron this and Mr. other parts of England, at an Justice that dipping in the same expense probably not less than dish with Daniel Stewart, Esquire, five hundred pounds! Whence of Courier-Park, would have came the money? Did you pay been one of the feasts of this age it out of your own pocket? Will of political festivity. It would any body believe this? You are have spoken, as to the character a pretty fellow to talk of the sin of the THING more forcibly than of libelling. I had a wife and a thousand volumes of my writing. children (daughters too) then in One MUDFORD, who was, I England, to endure all this at hear, a commissary, or something your hands. They well knew the of that sort, stood, at the Stamp- charge to be wholly false; they

Stamp-charge

office last year, (and, I suppose, well knew that there was not the

does now) as your partner in the

libellous paper called the Courier.

But, that you are the person re

smallest truth în any part of your
story; but, they also knew, that
they had no power to rebut your
infamous lies; the base press

press they

sponsible to the public and to me
is evident enough. You falsely found closed agamst them; and,
and basely told the people of as to THE LAW, what law was
England, during my absence in there for them! They were com-

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pelled to hear your infamous lies TLEREAGH has fallen by his own

in silence; but, of course, in the hope of seeing the day when justice would be obtainable.

One would have thought, that

the cunning which you possess

But, this is only a specimen of would have induced you to be

your libels on me, and

deavour to destroy me.

your ensilent upon such a subject; but,

Yet what in this as in

Yet what in this as in many other cases,

are your attacks directed against your malignity has got the better me, compared with the attacks of your craftiness.-You, at first, which you have directed against said not a word about the trithe people of England! You have umphant shouts at Westminster been a greater calumniator of that Abbey. You were, at first, as sipeople than any other man, lent on this subject, as you have WALTER and CASTLEREAGH not been, from first to last, on that of excepted. You have for years the "Bishop and the Soldier." and years, been incessantly abus-But, your prostituted columns were ing them in the foulest manner. You have discovered towards them, not only a want of feeling, but a degree of ferociousness seldom witnessed even amongst the cruelest of mankind. You have eulogised every act that has tended to injure, degrade and insult them. You

have treated them as beasts, and

forced into the service at last; and out came that villanous attack on the people of England, which I am now about to repel.

I shall, according to my inva riable custom, publish the thing that I am about to answer. None but real rogues garble that which they censure. My readers shall see what you say as well as what

you now abuse them, you now revile and almost curse them, be-I say. I am for no smothering cause they are not beasts enough even of what my adversary has to to be insensible to ill-treatment; say. You, or your employers because they rejoice that Cas- have overshot the mark here. For

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