LAWYER SCARLETT'S BILL. "Hon. Gentlemen would only "act fairly to hear arguments in "favour of public measures instead of anticipating and as "Dead! Dead for a ducat!"" persing them." Why, come, It is to come on to-night. Poor now, Lawyer SCARLETT, hang it, thing! I knew, what a perilous Mr. DAWSON had heard your state it was in. Let us hear no arguments three times, at least. more, then, about improvident I shall, in my next, certainly have to perform the mournful task of This is the first bill that I recollect recording the death of this illto have produced an adjourned starred Bill. 66 fathers" amongst the poor. debate, and the debate not resumed till a fortnight afterwards. Mr. DAWSON, on Tuesday, very properly characterized this Bill, MR. BIRKBECK. The reader sees that I have no "A Bill to stultify that generous room for this gentleman this sion to this) said, that he the name of man, he will send me "would only say that he never "would have brought in the Bill his name. I take it, he is a land agent for the transmontagnean "now before Parliament if he speculator, whose visions have "did not think that it would tend already brought many English"to ameliorate the condition of men to ruin and to premature "the Poor. He thought that graves. 931 COBBETT'S SERMONS -PAPER AGAINST GOLD 932 PRELIMINARY PART OF COBBETT'S PAPER AGAINST GOLD. This Work is just published, price 3s. 6d. and it does, I think, clearly prove the justice as well as the necessity of greatly reduc ing first, and, in the end, stopping altogether, the Interest of the Debt. It consists of Essays written between 1803 and 1806, both inclusive, to which are subjoined, some notes. Its arguments then were met by arguments (which described ; and, besides, the pub-are all fairly stated) and by most They remained wholly unshaken then; and, I au satisfied, they will remain unshaken now. The reader will be amused to see, that Mr. RıCARDO's project for dividing the land with the fund-holders, originated with one of the silliest of my antagonists of 1806! Oh! Mr. Peel! How" happy the Spa proved of the Sermons of any«nish Legislator must be to be Doctor that belongs, or ever did "able to take down from his belong, to either of the Univer-shelf a Blackstone, or a Ri sities. cardo!" Just Published, by W. Clark, 201, KILLING NO MURDER, 5. MANIA of EMIGRATING to the UNITED STATES, EXPOSED. Price is. 6. DE FOE'S TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN. Price 6d. 7. FUN BOX BROKE OPEN; or LOTTERIES EXPOSED. Price 6d. written by COL. TITUS during the Protectorship of OLIVER CROMWELL, who is said by different historians to have NEVER SMILED after 8. An hitherto suppressed Poem, by the publication of it. Printed in 4to Lord Byron, entitled WALTZ, elegantly from the original, without any altera-printed in 8vo. Price 2s. 6d. tion in orthography or punctuation, price 2s. 6d. 9. Mr. Clark has a few copies of SHERWIN'S LIFE of PAINE. Price 7s. 6d. This is the only work that has done justice to the memory of Mr. Paine. Printed by C. CLEMENT, and Published by JoHN M. COBBETT,1, Clement's Inn. VOL. 39:-No. 14.] LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1821. [Price 6d. THE AGRICULTURAL EVI- Mr. MUSHETT's statements in favour of the Fund-lords; and, if I were to notice fully those statements before-hand, I should be compelled to repeat literally, or to dislocate the discussion, neither of which I wish to do. In the meanwhile, the proceedings of the Collective Wisdom of "the Nation," as Mr. PERRY calls it, demands our attention ; for, strange as it may appear, at first sight, at least, people seem to have almost forgotten that there is a "Collective Wisdom," DENCE. This is not yet printed. Considering the enormous price paid for parliament printing, it is very strange that this Evidence should lag so long in the press. I would have had it printed and out in 48 hours! But there is, evidently no desire to get it before the Public. Come out it must, nevertheless; and, when it does come, I shall re-publish it, along with the Report, which is already republished and to be sold (price 18.) at the Office of the Register. just at the very time when its When the Evidence comes, the proceedings become singularly whole will be re-published in a volume; the paragraphs (as I stated in my last) will be numbered; and then, in two Registers, I intend to examine both, and to interesting. However, about these proceedings I am now about to speak a little to the old and tried friend of us Reformers, Mr. GEORGE CANNING, of Gloucester refer to the several paragraphs Lodge, in the County of Middle sex. TO... MR. CANNING. as I proceed. In a late Régister I notice a publication by a Clerk in the Mint, named MUSHETT, and said I would answer it and blow it to air. But, the appearance of the Agricultural Report has induced me to change my plan; SIR, for, there is, in that Report, that Many a letter have I addressed which will naturally introduce to you; but, always, heretofore, Kensington, 4. July, 1821. 2 R Printed by C. CLEMENT, and published by JOHN M. COBBETT. 1, Clement's Inn. [Price Sixpence Halfpenny in the Country.] |