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time, would be to act prematurely; commendation: and I have very for, I have, as yet, heard nothing great satisfaction in believing that of the intentions of any body hav-it will have full as much weight ing the power to act. A great as your's, and that of the two deal will depend upon the conduct" Squires" and the five parsons.

of the yeomanry themselves, and, I am obliged to you, however, for' perhaps, those of them who have issuing this declaration. In my the greatest influence and the letter to Mr. FAWKES, I observed greatest degree of intelligence that a struggle was at hand; that will be disposed to cut and run an attempt would be made to rather than to give themselves the trouble and take upon themselves the risk attending a struggle. The Parliament must, however, do ing frame; to just enough to pre

bring down the wages of the la bourer to a bare sufficiency to sustain a sort of gradually perish

vent actual dying at the end of a few weeks or months. I am glad that the declaration came forth, too, so soon after Mr. CANNING'S

something; and it is possible, that it may pursue the right course. God knows it has had enough said to it by me to make it see what that course is. In this state of description of the "comfort and uncertainty, my advice to every

man is, get rid of your farm if you

can, if you pay rent for it; and

take no farm, even rent free, with

the present taxes; and last of all,

as long as you have labourers, let them be sufficiently paid for their

labour; eat not your bread coming from the sweat of a starving brow.

There, BARING: that is my re

affluence" in which the labouring classes were living. The decla ration came out right early. Timé enough to make us look about us before the winter came on. I have, I trust, turned it to good ac count; and if I have not, it has not been for want of inclination.

WM. COBBETT.

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THE CABINET,

min B-glucón parative repose and the splendid ins come of the Governor-Generalship of India, for an office, at home, intensely laborious, and certainly not over, if it be not (as we think it is) under paid. He foregoes the oppor

From the "STATESMAN" of tunity of securing an ample fortune

Monday.

for his family, because he conscien tiously feels it his duty, as a public man, to obey the call of those who deem his services essential, at the the country. Malignity itself will present moment, to the interest of not be brazen enough to insinuate in the face of these facts, that any but the purest and most honourable motives have actuated him in accepting the office of Foreign Secretary.

Ab uno disce omnes,'

THE affairs of this quintessence of the C Collective Wisdom appear to be settled, for the present, as far? as relates to the filling up of the post of the hero of North Cray, who, we are now positively told by DANIEL STEWART, Esquire, of the Courier newspaper, and of Eclair-memory, is to be succeedby the Liverpool Operator. This was announced to us in that paper believed, that it is a sense of duty; of Saturday, in the following that it is patriotism; that is, love words, well worthy of public at- of country, that has made the

tention:

The object which STEWART has in view here, or,, rather, the object which the masters of STEWART have in view, is to cause it to be

Operator accept of this post, instead of that of Governor-General,

they

"Every thing was finally determined yesterday, and that Mr. CANNING has accepted the Seals of In the first place, what do the Foreign Office. We believe, too, we can state that Mr. CANNING mean by accepting? Did he not went to the India-house yesterday ask for it? Did he not beg and afternoon, upon the arrangements

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being completed, to communicate the pray for it as barefacedly as ever fact personally to the Directors. We mumper begged for a bit of bread? further understand, that a Privy Did he not say, that as to Council will be held on Monday at Carlton Palace, for the purpose of tholic Emancipation," he would swearing Mr. CANNING into Office. make a compromise? And did he And now, while we congratulate the

country, as we do most sincerely, not promise Borough-mongers, upon the circumstance that it will that he would continue to oppose continue to possess the benefit of

Mr. CANNING's powerful talents, let Reform? "Well," says Stewart, us make one remark upon the evi- but so much the better, then; for dence we here have, that the vulgar

clamour against public men, as being he begged for labour in exchange wholly influenced by sordid motives of for repose, and for "under-pay” gain, is as false as it is vulgar.

Mr. CANNING exchanges the com- in exchange for a

splendid for

t

never say,

tune." And this proves, that our where it hangs dangling.-And accusations against "public men" as to the pay; as to the money are unjust; for, we accuse them, part of the concern, who told amongst other things, of being DANIEL STEWART, that the Go-wholly influenced by "sordid mo- vernor's post was the best? There tives of gain."-Stop a bit here, are not such very fine things in Daniel. We never do this. We India as there were formerly; and that money is their only if there were, does Daniel recolobject. We never dream of any lect, that the Foreign Secretary such thing. We know well that has about a hundred Consuls, and power and titles make part of as many more Ambassadors and their objects. So that here is a diplomatic people, in his absolute falsehood-But, now for the la- appointment? Does not DANIEL bour, repose, under-pay, and splendid fortune. What labour is there in the office of Foreign Affairs? The King assures us, twice a-year, that he continues to receive the strongest assurances of a friendly disposition in all foreign powers. What is there to do, then, in that office? We know, well, that a crazy fellow, a crack-brained fellow, was at the head of it before; and yet it went on vastly well! The Governor-General may have little to do; but he must have

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know, that these are now made births for life? That, to be in one of those posts is to qualify for a pension for life? Can he discover any such things as these in the hands of the Governor-General ? Did not CASTLEREAGH make a good thing of the Secretaryship? In short, as a money concern, this is by far the best.-Besides, though there are riches to be gotten in India, the Operator must have gone to India to get them. Ten pounds down, at Whitehall, are worth forty pounds to be received in In

little indeed, if he have so little as the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, dia. To he at sea for ten months who has simply to record the ac-is no trifling matter. Indiamen counts that he receives of the sometimes founder and sometimes proof that England is now laughed go upon rocks. Does noto Mr. at all over the world; and that CANNING know this, think you ?— the French and Americans are But, this is all nonsense. We all preparing to give her such a souse know, that he must have looked as shall make the "Dead Weight" on the post in India as a thing dance a horn-pipe under her neck given to him to get him out of the

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way; and accordingly we see how come to the proof, we find him a eager he was to remain; how quick-stickler for the bullion proposi ly he availed himself of the lucky tions of Saint Horner; we find him eut in the throat of CASTLEREAGH brawling with all his lungs for an to beg, openly beg, to remain.-So unanimous vote in favour of Peel's much for the "pure motives" of the Bill; we find him saying that that Liverpool Operator. As to the Bill will set the question at rest Latin of the Taylor's Trotter, we for ever; we find him, during the agree to it; for it means, as to last Session of Parliament, aspurity. CANNING is just as good serting, that the people were op➡ as any of the rest.-As to DA-posed to that Bill; and that this NIEL's" congratulating the coun- was a proof that it was best to try" upon the event; why, we have a Parliament that did not join him. We congratulate the speak the voice of the people; country on it. We wanted to have and on his stage at Liverpool, we the Operator remain at home, and find him saying, that the only rewe wanted to have him as Minis-medy for the distress of the farmter in the House of Commons. He ers and landlords is patience. has been a swaggering blade for Here is the proof of his shallowthirty years; but, he never yet ness; of his ignorance of the was the responsible man. He ne- state of the country's affairs. ver yet was the proposer of mea- What will he do? Does he think, that the landlords will suffer their estates to go clean away quietly? Does he think, that they are to be kept quiet without rents, by pretty prattle about Jacobins and Anti-Jacobins? Does

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He is to be that now! It was sensibly observed by a gentleman the other day, that, until he saw CANNING bidding to stay at home, he always thought that he understood the dangers to the concern; but, that now, he was he think, that his " generalities convinced that he understood no-will reconcile them to empty thing at all about them. We, for pockets? Does he not see, that our parts, never believed, that he the present race of farmers are understood any thing at all of the melting away like fat before the matter. We always, ever since sun? And does he hope, that he, we have known him, regarded by sprightly talk, shall be able to him as a most superficial man; a pacify the landlord, who sees his mere man of froth. And, if we own complete ruin at hand? Will

accursed torch of discord" might not be likely to get some rents for the landlords? Whether he do not think that his old Editor, and brother sinecure placeman, WIL LIAM GIFFORD, could, if he were called on, find out the means of getting rents paid, without any diminution of "vested interests? ’* Oh! what a sweet roar will be set up for him by STEWART and STODDART!

he face this? Will he push on? Jover the crazy fellow that cut his Will he thrust the thing on till throat would have been nothing. after May next, when the Country He was battered down to the Bankers must pay in gold? Or, earth as it was. But, now we is the man enough to face the have a cock that will shew us GRIDIRON? One of the two some play. We will ask him he must face! Let him remem- whether he do not think that ber that. And, happy shall we another Six-Acts might help the be to have him to face it. The concern? Whether another atother poor thing that cut his throat tempt to "extinguish for ever the was not half so deeply committed as this one is. This is in the mess up to his very ears. He cannot get back; and there we shall see him, stick fast; and then we will set up a shout that shall be as sweet to his ears as was the late shout to the "mourners at Westminster Abbey. Then we will call out to him:-" Come, if "thou art a man, now make a "stand against democratical en"croachment ! Now make a tices are at work to lower the "stand against the low, degraded wages of labour! At Winchester "crew. Now tell us, that all the they have resolved, that a la "squanderings are vested inte-bouring man shall not have half so "rests. Now show us that sun much as is paid to a common foot of prosperity, which, seven soldier! Here will be a struggle ! years ago, you promised us Here will be that "comfort," that "would speedily appear!" If" plenty," of which the Operator sport there ever were, sport we shall have, during the next winter. Last year was the very first time in our lives that we felt a desire to see the Parliament meet; but, our eagerness will be much with it. The Jacobins seeing what greater this year. To triumph was coming, have taken care of

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