while, instead of the picture of this well, they are compelled to an old hag upon the corner of give you Bank of England paper a bit of paper, it will give you for it! Get that, and send it to the picture of our gay and gallant London, and there you get the king stamped on imperishable gold at the Bank of England? gold, and, on the other side you So that all is perfectly easy just will see him on horse-back driving now; but, you will observe, his spear into the bowels of the that the Bank of England may, paper-money hydra, while he whenever it pleases, stop paying utters these words : Honi soit in gold. So, make hay while the qui mal y pense; that is: shame sun shines!

To get these precious pieces

if in London, you have only to

go, or send, your one pounders to

the Bank. But, you have five or

ten pounders,or larger sums. Then you have only to go to the Bank,

or send to the Bank, and get those changed into one-pounders; and then the Bank will pay you the one-pounders in gold. So that there is now, no difficulty at all in turning your Bank of England paper into gold.

It is clear to me, that, if the Bank go on paying honestly for four months, the wheat will be at five shillings a bushel; and, per haps, it may be lower. The poor-rates will soon come down; but the landlords will get no rents at all, in a short time; or, the taxes must be lowered. So that, if the interest of the debt be paid,

the payment must come out of the

landlord's estates, when the capital of the present big-farmers is exhausted, or is withdrawn from

If you live in the country, you the farms. The landlords are will have country-bank paper by most shocking cowards in polities, you; and the country-bankers except when they have the deare not compelled to give you fenceless to contend with. Many gold for that. But, and mark of the most powerful of them are

bound to the system by the gains raiment; and, therefore, as we it gives to them and their rela- can just now, get at some real tions. It is probable, therefore, that they will be led along by imaginary hopes, till the far greater part of them will actually

money, let every one get and keep as much as he can, 'till he sees what turn things will take. Put it into no banks, no insu

see their estates transferred to rance-offices; put it no where out the fund-lords by the means of mortgage and taxes. But, after

all, a reduction of the interest of the debt must come.

of his own sight for forty eight hours at a time.

Amongst the things that I' would fain regard as impossible, but which are possible, the paper

Now, mind, this will not come ALONE! It will not come sin-may again be poured out upon us. gle-handed! It will come with a Then a sovereign will be worth goodly company of contrivances and events. If the interest of the debt be reduced, do you think, that Insurances of any kind will

be very likely to be very sure? Do you think, that they will much resemble the Rock! Pray, reader, do not believe, that they will be like the Phænix!

30 or 40 shillings in paper. The wheat may come down (and will if complete cash-payments take place) to 3s. a bushel in a year of good crops. This is what it used to be; and to this it will come again. In that case a hundred or two of these sovereigns, which may now be got in exchange for the paper, will pur chase a nice little farm and nice

It is impossible to say how the thing will work; but, work it will; and will cause such a change, little snug buildings! Two hunsuch changes, as are little ex-dred pounds will buy a farm of pected. One thing is certain; from 20 to 30 acres of land. he that has money, real money, Only think, then, of the importcannot be in want of food and ance of putting gold by NOW!

This, this, this is the nick of Laws; and, by Lawyer Scarlett time for sober, careful, and sen- too! I shall attend to this withsible people, to make sure of out delay.

something.

The events abroad are of little

No event can arise to render this advice unsound. If the paper interest to us at this moment. be poured out once more, there The Austrians have put down the will be two prices; a paper price risings in Italy; but, they are and a gold price. "Either way not put down for any great length "the system is sped." Once of time. France is also in a "make hay while mere state of temporary tranquil

more, I say,
"the sun shines."

lity. Spain goes on well, and

Portugal better. A Reform here

I have just heard (for I have in England is all that is 'wanted not seen the paper) that a Bill to give freedom to the Continent has been brought into the Ho- of Europe; and, gold will bring nourable House about the Poor us reform.

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