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I. and II. of THE POOR MAN'S BOOK OF THE "This book ought to be in the hands of Pub-every poor man in the kingdom. It contains a mass of important matter, and details the abuses in the church with a master hand."Times. 14. OFFICIAL LETTERS of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, during the war with Great Britain, in the years 1812, 1813, 1814, and 1815; with some additional letters and documents, elucidating the history of that period. Collected and arranged by John Braunan. 8vo.; containing 510 pages of print. Published at Washington, 1823. Price 5s. To be had at No. 11, Bolt-court, Fleet-street. SMITHFIELD.-June 11. This day's supply of beasts, which chiefly consisted of Scots, Norfolk homebreds, Devons, and lusty Towns-end cows, was, with that of porkers, very limited; of sheep, lambs, and calves, moderately good. The trade,' with prime Scots, homebred, and prime small Devons, was somewhat brisk; with Durhams, Lincolns, Herefords, and other large beasts, printer and publisher without an hour's delay.” COBBETT'S WEEKLY POLITICAL REGISTER. VOL. 76.-No. 12.] LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23RD, 1832. FLOGGING SOLDIERS. TO THE READERS OF THE REGISTER. MY FRIENDS, [Price As. 2d. "Sir," says Mr. Somerville, "as a private in the Scots Greys, I have certainly the means of knowing fully the opinions that pervade the rank in which I serve. It was surely true that a few sent their names to the roll of the Political Union; but let no man think that those who refrained from doing so cared less for the interests of their country. 1, for one, made no such public avowal of my opinion, for I knew it to be an infringement of military law; but I was one who watched with trembling anxiety the movements of the people of Birmingham. We knew well the position in which we might be placed should events require the physical action of the community; for, while we ventured to hope that any collision between the civil and military forces would be prevented by the moral energies of the former, we could not help betraying a fear that the unprincipled and lawless might take the opportunity of the turn in which case we should have certainly consiaffairs to commit outrages on property,-in dered ourselves as soldiers, bound to put down such disorderly conduct. This, I say, we should have certainly felt to have been our duty; but against the liberties of our countrymen we would have never, never, never raised an arm! The Scots Greys have honourably secured a high character in the defence of their country, and they would be the last to tish soldiers in acting as the tools of a tyrant. degrade themselves below the dignity of BriThe Duke of Wellington may, if he sees or hears of this, assure himself, that military Government shall never be again set up in this country." You, who remember what I suffered for expressing my indignation at the flogging of the poor young fellows of the Local Militia, at the town of ELY, under a guard of GERMAN bayonets; you, who recollect that transaction, and who recollect that Messrs. LEIGH and JOHN HUNT, and Mr. DRAKARD, the editor of the Stamford News, were all most severely punished soon afterwards for expressing their horror of the military floggings; you, who recollect this, will be delighted at the address to the King from the House of Commons, agreed to on the 19th instant, beseeching the King to suspend the flogging of soldiers until the next session of Parlia ment. I shall presently have to insert the debate which took place on that occasion, and the very interesting statement made by Mr. HUME; but it is necessary, first, to give a history of the cause of the discussion which led to the adoption of the address. This letter was published in the Weekly Dispatch; and it appears to have been suspected that Somerville was the author of it. A report got abroad that he was the author. Soon after this report began to prevail, we are informed by the editor of the Dispatch, that "SOMERVILLE was picked It was stated, some time back, that" out from the ranks, and directed to some soldiers of the regiment of Scors" perform, with an unbroken horse, an GREYS, lying at BIRMINGHAM, had joined" exercise which, even with the bestthe POLITICAL UNION there, and had" trained horses, is one of some difficaused their names to be enrolled. This " culty. He was unable to perform the circumstance having been mentioned in" exercise, and dismounted: he was the London Weekly Dispatch, a soldier" ordered to mount and try again he of the SCOTS GREYS, whose name is" replied that he would not, for that the SOMERVILLE, Wrote a letter to the editor" thing was impracticable. Here was of the Dispatch, which that editor, in" disobedience, undoubtedly; but how his excellent paper of the 17th June," far it was a disobedience deserving o gives to his readers in the following" punishment will depend on the an swers which can be given to two or N words: of A |