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good to the country. He wrote a lying "there eighteen months. The wardbook in defence of the RUSSELL who "keeper was sweeping the place, and I was beheaded; and nobody but stupid" told him he had no business to sweep and corrupt Whigs ever read it. There" it more than once a day; the boatis scarcely a single sub-editor of a news-"swain's mate abused me, and I repaper that could not write a book as "turned it. A complaint was then well. He was a sinecure placeman all" made to Sir Richard Keats, and I his life long, from the time that he was was expelled for life. I petitioned the in petticoats till the day of his death:"Lords of the Admirality to have the and, from the day of that death he has" pension which I had before I went into left us his widow (the particulars re- "the Hospital, restored to me. lating to whom I will not state) to" entitled to that pension by an act keep for her life, at the rate of twelve " passed in the reign of George IV. hundred pounds a year, and two daugh- "which entilles a pensioner to have the ters of hers of the name of WILLOUGHBY, 66 same pension which he had before he to be kept by us at the rate of twelve" became an in-pensioner, unless he hundred after her death, and until the "struck an officer, or committed felony ; end of their lives, joint or separate. "I did no such thing; on the 19th He sucked up about seventy thousand" of last April I petitioned the King to pounds of our money in sinecures, and have my pension restored. He an, his WIFE has already sucked up up-"swered by sending the petition to the wards of thirty thousands more! These" Lords of the Admirality, and Mr. Barare pretty grounds whereon to call upon row, the Secretary, sent a letter to me the people to honour the memory of this" at the public-house, the Admiral man! The fact is, that this FOX" Duncan, with the same answer the CLUB is revived again, in the hope of "King gave. The answer was, that again dividing the people into FoXITES "His Majesty could do nothing for and PITTITES, and thus to cause them" me.' This was part in writing, and to be cheated by each faction in its turn." part in print. I had neither workI crippled these two factions in 1806 and "house nor overseer to apply to, and 1807; especially the base and hollow" had not broke my fast for three days; WHIG faction, which has never forgiven" merely distress drove me to it. His me. It is now making an attempt to "Majesty never did me an injury, and revive; but it has a DEBT, and let it" I am exceedingly sorry I threw a pay that. It will never revive; it will" stone or anything else at his Maplunge the country into any misery, in "jesty. On the 17th of the present order to be able still to plunder it; but it will never revive.

month I went to Admiral Rowley's; "he swore at me and kicked me. I can only say I am very sorry for what I "have done, and must suffer the law. They had no right to take my pension from me, to which I was entitled by "act of Parliament.”

I shall make no comment. But it will be curious to see how this will end! There is no "special commission" ordered yet. I wonder whether there will be! Let us keep our eye upon this affair,

THERE was a great assemblage of magistrates, it seems, at Wokingham, on Tuesday last, in order to examine. this man who flung the stone at the King's head. After a long parade of swearings about that which the man had never denied, the prisoner was asked what he had to say in his defence; and he, without the least hesitation said: "I own myself in a great fault "for throwing these stones at his Ma I TAKE the following from The Times "jesty. I was in Greenwich Hospital on the 16th December last, newspaper of Thursday, 27th of June. It having been generally announced that "as an in-pensioner. I had been his Majesty intended yesterday to present the

MILITARY REVIEW.

1st, or Grenadier Foot Guards, which have lately arrived from Ireland, with a pair of new colours, at 10 o'clock this fine regiment marched into Hyde Park, and took up their position; shortly after two squadrons of the 14th Light Dragoons, in their new uniform, and four squadrons of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), with a park of artillery of 12 guns, entered upon the ground.

The Artillery took up their position on the right, and the Guards formed themselves in line. The ground was kept by the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), and two squadrons of the 2d Life Guards, with a strong force of the Metropolitan Police. At 9 o'clock a considerable crowd had collected in the park, and by the time the King arrived, this crowd had become a multitude.

At 11 o'clock the Earl of Munster entered

Hyde-park by the grand entrance, followed by a servant in state livery, and shortly after six of the Royal carriages (escorted by a body of the Life Guards) drove through. In the first was Prince George of Cambridge; and in the second the officers of his Majesty's household; in the third and fourth were the Duchesses of

and marched by in open columns, with their new colours flying and bands playing.

Shortly before two o'clock, their Majesties quitted the ground. The people had by this time assembled in great numbers along the road. His Majesty was received with mingled applause and disapprobation; but the Queen, who was exposed to the public gaze, her carriage having been thrown open since her arrival, was assailed with loud yells. In this way the royal party proceeded through Hydepark, and down Constitution-hill, where the disapprobation was more unequivocally expressed, and continued, without a single attempt, as far as we could perceive, to turn the current of feeling, until their Majesties entered the gar dens of St. James's Palace, amidst a shout of the most discordant sounds.

The Morning Chronicle, which is hecome the basest of all the hacks of Whigs, gives an account of this affair, which is a string of lies from the beginning to the end. My patience with the Doctor is almost exhausted: he has, Kent, Gloucester, and the other branches of manifestly, a place in his nose he can the Royal Family; in the fifth was his Ma-see, I dare say, no reason why he should jesty; and in the sixth was the Queen. not come in for snuggling, along with Their Majesties' reception on this occasion COULSTON, the reporther. Let him: presented a remarkable contrast with thatI will take care that the taxes he gets which greeted them on this very spot last shall not be of easy digestion. He is now summer, when his Majesty reviewed some troops. acting the part of the lowest government tool that ever appeared upon this stage of corruption. He had yesterday (Wednesday) a long extract from BowRING'S FORTHCOMING REVIEW," some of "the sheets of which he had had "the good fortune to obtain before they

When the King and Queen entered the park, the people who had lined both sides of the road, received them in profound silence, As they proceeded on their route, a few of the by

standers here and there took off their hats and cheered, but they never amounted to more than a dozen at any one time. The applause of these persons was sometimes opposed by a hiss from others, but the great mass of the people remained entirely passive. When the Royal train arrived on the ground, they were favourably received by a crowd of gentlemen and ladies, who, having the privilege of entré, were allowed to pass within the outer line of soldiers; but this party bestowed their warmest approbation upon the Duke of Wellington, whom they cheered heartily as often as he passed near them in the course of the morning.

When their Majesties alighted within the Park, nearly opposite Stanhope-gate, a royal salute was fired by the artillery, and the band played "God save the King."

were published!" Oh! wretched political impostor! And not tell CLEMENT'S customers that you are a partner with BowRING! In another part of this Register these political impostors are fairly strung up.

With regard to the proceedings at the review, The Times has omitted to state that, when WELLINGTON came off the ground he was hissed and groaned at all the way from the middle of the park down to his house, which is at the corner of it; and that he was guarded by The King, accompanied by her Majesty, the about three hundred of the police until royal princesses, the Duke of Wellington, he got fairly into his house, which has Prince George of Cambridge, and a considerable staff, passed up and down the lines. They got iron bullet-proof blinds. The newsthen took up their position, and the troops papers tell us that ou the 26th instant, marched by in review order, after which the this Duke gave a grand entertainment Guards formed themselves into a square, and her Majesty presented this fine regiment with to the King and Queen at his bulleta new pair of colours, the men presenting proof house; and that the royal party arms. The troops then formed again in line, arrived at ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

At

this hour, almost the dead of night, the "populace" were of course sleeping in their beds.

his present standard of income. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then rose and said-Gentlemen, 1 should be wanting to myself ifl suffered the eloquent but ill-judged remarks of the last speaker to pass unnoticed. The doing such an act of injustice as robbing the Nor-public creditor would cause every one to look

the fundholder till all unnecessary places and pensions were abolished; but if this should prove insufficient for the country's welfare, he contended that it was both expedient and just to take off a part of the interest of the debi.

NATIONAL FAITH. AT MORPETH, in the county of around, and to think his turn would come next thumberland, on the 15th instant, there that the same measure would apply to dewas a meeting to celebrate the fall of priving him of his house, or land, or private the boroughmongers, when a Mr. property. I am not an English fundholder. ROBERT SHUTE was called to the chair. such an act of spoliation is again dreamed of, 1, therefore, speak disinterestedly. Before The chairman, in opening the business let every useless place, pension, and sinecure be of the day, professed his ardent attach-cut down, from the coach-wheel greaser to ment to national faith, and, upon this him who directs the carriage of the state. Mr. BLAKEY said, he would beg leave merely subject was boldly answered by a Mr. to make a remark explanatory of what he had BLAKEY, who has written a very excel-said before. He agreed with the chairman lent and profound work, lately pub-that not a single farthing should be taken from lished, and who appears to be a very clever man. I will here give from The Tyne Mercury the report of what was said by these two gentlemen upon this occasion, and then I will submit to my readers a few remarks upon the subject. Mr. BLAKEY's answer, and the re"loud cheers" of the audience, CHAIRMAN-I am not one of those who make all commentary unnecessary; peated would support a violation of national faith and national honour by the confiscation of corpora- but I cannot help observing on this cant tion or funded property. The public creditors about the POOR. Just as if they had are the poor, whose pittance is vested in the any money in the "Savings Banks." savings banks-shall we rob them? The Just as if those, whose bellies are empty retired tradesman, the widow and the orphan, whose fortunes are in trust-are they to be and whose backs are bare, had money despoiled? In the public funds is placed the to put into banks. It is the rich and not capital of many of the splendid charities of our the poor who have the money in those Jand-in taking it we should again rob the poor.banks; and the nation is cheated by the The surplus money of private bankers-no! for their ruin would spread desolation giving a higher interest to them than throughout the land, and involve that of they ought to receive. The scheme was thousands. to get away every penny of money that Mr. BLAKEY-In alluding to the Reform Bill, I would beg to observe that the only way have; and in this way to bind them to any of the working people had, or might in which this measure can prove beneficial to the nation at large is, by effecting a great the infernal system. This has totally reduction of taxation. (Cheers.) And this failed. It has got the money only of brings me to make a remark upon one part of old maids; little usurious shopkeepers, the speech of our able and worthy chairman, that the funded property of the nation was as gentlemen's servants, excisemen, Lonsacred as that of private property of any other don beadles, and the like vermin; all of kind, and ought to be as inviolably secured. whom, in any political strife, are of no Now, gentlemen, from this opinion I entirely more consequence than so many flies or dissent. (Loud cheers.) I consider our public debts to be the source of by far the greater part of the difficulties and troubles of the nation; and also that the Parliament has a just right to reduce the interest of this debt in any proportion which the wants or exigencies of the state may demand. (Cheers.) By far the greater part of this enormous debt was contracted for the openly avowed purpose of crushing the rising liberties of France, and keeping down principles of reform at home; and I, for my part, consider myself absolved on principles of equity from any obligation to support the claims of the public creditor at

gnats. But, be the parties what they may, they have CHOSEN to become fundholders; they have not been compeiled to become fundholders; they have not been compelled to prop up this mischievous system. They will not prop it up, it is true: they will help to pull it down; but the intention of the savings banks was to prop it up; and, as the nation did not compel them to endeavour to prop it up, so it is not

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bound to make good what they may rived from the sale of my commission: lose by their endeavour to prop it up. but I was allowed the sale of those As to "retired tradesmen," just the commissions only which I had presame may be said of them; and with viously purchased. From the public, regard to "widows and orphans," they therefore, I have never received one must, as other widows and orphans do, boon. The proceeds arising from the take the consequences of the indiscre- sale of my commission I took in hard tion or evil disposition of their husbands sovereigns (not in depreciated paper) and parents. If I were to die, leaving to the Government office for the reducmy wife and children in distress, in tion of the national debt, and purchased consequence of my having laid out my therewith a life annuity, which, by-themoney in Spanish bonds, or in a canal bye, barely yielded me six per cent., speculation, the shares in which had what they call the consols having been become not worth a penny in the pound, at the time 96. Now, the question I would the public be called upon to pro- submit to you, Mr. Cobbett, is simply vide for my widow and children? No: this ::-" Whether you think that any they must abide by the evils inflicted"Parliament' reformed or unreformed, upon them by my indiscretion or my could, without gross injustice and gross greediness. eruelty, deprive me of the pittance What! and are the funds belonging" for which it is clear I have greatly to " public charities" actually lent to" overpaid the public, and thus consign the Government! What! lend the poor's" to the poor-house an old worn-out money to the Government and not give officer, whose only error would have it to them! Poh! No wonder that" been a generous confidence in his the audience cheered Mr. BLAKEY. It" country's faith?" is a curious sort of national faith that takes the money left to the poor and lends it to the Government. If I wanted to triumph in an argument upon this subject, there is no man that I would sooner have for an adversary than Mr. SHUTE; who, though I dare say he is a very worthy man, has, I am very sure, never taken time to look well into this subject: if he had, he would be satisfied that if the interest of the debt continue to be paid, the reform of the Parlia-matter of glory and of trade that I do ment will not be worth a pin.

FUNDHOLDER'S CASE.

I have the honour to be,
Sir,

Your obedient humble servant,
A RETIRED Officer.

ANSWER.

This gentleman must be considered by me merely as a fundholder. His soldiering affair he entered into and went out of in his own way, and according to his own pleasure. It is a sort of mixed

not much understand; but this I know, that he was well paid for his services by the nation while he was a soldier, and that the nation owes him nothing, at London, 4th June, 1832. any rate, on that score. It is as a fundSIR,-As a reader of your Register holder that I must view him. I say for a period of more than twenty years, that the nation is not bound to pay any and as a general admirer of your writ- fundholder one single farthing. This ings, I flatter myself you will hold me gentleman chose to lend his money to excusable in venturing to propound one them who had the carrying on of the question to you. I am a retired mili- THING, there was no compulsion in tary officer, who, after a term of nearly the case: he might have bought land thirty years' service, passed almost with his money, or bought a rent wholly in ungenial climes, and who charge. He chose to be a fundhaving more than once bled in our holder: he chose to lend his money country's cause, thought myself well to the THING: by such LOANS the entitled to retire to my native village, THING has been able to oppress us. and enjoy in security the pittance de- As the law now stands he has a right to

and “

SIR,

WM. COBBETT.

CHEAP RELIGION.

Portsea, 5th June, 1832.

his annuity but I am ready to prove render unto Cæsar that which belongs at any time, and I have proved a hundred to God-my conscience. Could the first times over, that it would be "injustice" heralds of Christianity, whose language cruelly," it a reformed Parlia- was "God forbid that I should make ment, not to alter that law. That it gain of the gospel of Christ," and whose will be altered this gentleman may be hands administered to their own neceswell assured; and, if he do not sell his sities, arise from the dead, and view the annuity as soon as he can, he will now abomination of desolation standing in read my Register with as little advan- the holy place, their very blood would tage as he appears to have done it for boil with horror and ́ consternation. the last twenty years, during which time They would see the titles of the Most I have been constantly maintaining, that Holy, the Right Rev. Father in God, the nation owed the fundholders not His Grace, &c. &c. given to men who one single farthing, and that, finally, have not a spark of either holiness or not one farthing would it pay them. grace. They would see a Protestant. parson wresting tithes from a Catholic farmer, for the purpose of fattening his own hide. They would see those holy bishops sanctioning bloody wars, causing church-bells to ring, and singing The Reform Bill at length has be- Te Deums, both in Papist and Protestcome the established law of the king-ant countries, for rivers of blood being dom, in effecting of which I consider you spilt. Christ says, "My kingdom is to have been a principal instrument in not of this world: if my kingdom was the hands of Providence. The next 66 of this world, then would my followers work to be done, which will be of the"fight. Hence my kingdom is not of greatest importance, is to rectify the" this world.". "This commandment,' antichristian, sinful, and abominable says he, "I give unto you, that ye love traffic existing in the church. It is the" one another. By this shall all men covetous-hearted priest, always acting "know that ye are my disciples, if ye diametrically opposite to the Gospel of " love one another as I have loved you." Christ, that has given rise to all the Where shall we find this mark of Christmalicious atheism and infidelity which ianity in our modern priests and bishops? are so notorious in our otherwise happy They love their belly-god, and fleece land. Christ said to the Jews, that they their flocks. Fancy to yourself, Sir, "had made his Father's house a den of Jesus Christ, after his divine sermon on thieves," because sheep and oxen were sold, and money-changers sitting, in the outer courts of the temple. Now, the church sale is not oxen and sheep, but holy things, cures of souls, parsonages, vicarages, tithes, &c. &c.; and our money-changers, our buyers and sellers, are chiefly consecrated persons. One My firm belief is, that God will not priest, having two or more livings, bless us as a nation till a courageous makes gain by what he calls the Gos- and manly resistance be made against pel, by letting these livings to others. the odious exactions of tithes. There A bishop has his thousands a year, and are many clergymen who would rejoice, thousands of souls in his diocese are and hold up both their hands for its starving for want of necessary suste- accomplishment, being assured, by the nance. Sir, I am willing to give all God whom they serve, that their bread honour to whom honour is due; to fear and water would be sure: but every God and honour the king. I am will-worldly antichristian priest would rave ing to render unto Cæsar the things like a bear bereaved of its whelps. I which belong unto Cæsar, but I cannot beg you not to let your Register be

the Mount, putting himself at the head of a bloodthirsty army, or St. Paul going with a squadron of fire and brimstone, to make more havoc than a devouring earthquake, and you will view modern Christendom depicted in its true colours.