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"This Bill (Mr. Peel's) was grounded on concurrent Reports of both Houses; it was passed by unanimous votes of both Houses; it was, at the close of the Session, a subject of high eulogium in the Speaker's Speech to "the Regent, and in the Regent's Speech to the two Houses: now, then, I, "William Cobbett, assert, that, to carry this Bill into effect is impossible; and "I say, that, if this Bill be carried into full effect, I will give Castlereagh "leave to lay me on a Gridiron and broil me alive, while Sidmouth may stir "the coals, and Canning stand by and laugh at my groans."-Taken from Cobbett's Register, written at North Hempstead, Long Island, on the 24th of September, 1819, and published in England in November, 1819.

PEEL'S Bill, together with the laws about Small Notes, which last were in force when Peel's Bill was passed: these laws, all taken together, if they had gone into effect, would have put an end to all Small Notes on the first day of May 1823: but, to prevent this blowing up of the whole of the Funding System, an Act was passed, in the month of July, 1822, to prevent these laws, and especially that part of Peel's Bill which put an end to Small Bank of England Notes, from going into full effect!-Thus the System received a respite; but, thus did the Parliament fulfil the above Prophecy of September 1819.

ADDRESS

OF

SIR THOMAS BEEVOR, BART.

TO THE PUBLIC.

every man, except the guilty authors, one source of consolation; namely, that of reflecting that he has done every thing in his

In all cases of National cala- power to prevent it, to mitigate it, mity, there is within the reach of or to shorten its duration. And as

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I have long been convinced that trees for planting. But, I have there is, with regard to the present been a constant reader of his calamity, nothing so likely to effect writings; I have been deeply inthese purposes as the placing of terested in the momentous quesMr. COBBETT in the Commons' tion which he has been, for so House of Parliament, I am deter-long a time, labouring to make mined to have the consolation of clear to the people, and on the reflecting, that I have done all final decision of which question, that in my power lies towards the I am convinced, must depend accomplishment of that object, this other question; namely, whewhich I know to be earnestly desired by great numbers of good and sensible men, and which desire I believe to be entertained by

every man in the country, who at all understands the nature of the

present sufferings and dangers,

and who does not thrive upon the causes of the ruin and misery of

the people at large.

ther my estate shall be quietly enjoyed by me and my heirs; whether it shall be tossed up and scrambled for, in a wild revolu tion; or whether it shall be coolly confiscated, and transferred to those who receive the taxes, to whom I, even now, feel that I am little better than a steward, while I have the name and the outward appearance of a land-owner?

To prevent this revolution and this confiscation and all the ruin that must fall upon trade, manu

I have never belonged to any political party; I have never meddled with what are called politics; I have had, and have, no connexion with Mr. COBBETT, factures, and commerce, and all other than that of seeing him, for the miseries, the strife, the con-the first time, at the Norfolk Meet-vulsion, the probable bloodshed ing, three years ago, and seeing and the certain national disgrace him three times during these three and decrepitude that must be years, chiefly on the subject of amongst the consequences: to

prevent these, there must be le- and faithful and ever-watchful gislative measures; to have these pilot ready to devote himself to measures, there must be some- our safety, shall we, from mere body to propose them; to propose pecuniary meanness, reject his them, with any chance of success, powerful aid; and thus, by the the proposer must be in Parlia-saving of that which is hardly, ment; and need I ask, what other worth naming, incur the just inman there is so likely as Mr. fliction of all the complicated evils COBBETT to perform, in the best that now menace our country, manner, this most important ser- ourselves, and our children? vice to the country? There needs It is a great misfortune, that. not any thing to be said of his money should be necessary to diligence, his perseverance, his effect an object like this. Such,. however, is the case; and, therefore, to settle on the proper means of collecting the sum required, is the first step to be taken. Wholly unacquainted, as I am, with the mode of conducting such a matter, I shall not presume to point out these means; but I shall, before

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foresight, his profound political knowledge, and his talent in communicating that knowledge to others. Events, terrible events, proclaim his wisdom, and his ability and zeal to serve us. Not to be convinced of these now, we must literally seal up our eyes and our ears. And thus situated, the fifteenth of January, publish having this conviction in our a general invitation to the gentleminds; seeing the great and aw-men who think with me on the ful danger; seeing the tempest gathering around us; hearing the wind's and thunder's not distant

roar; seeing the hideous rocks on

which the present men are about

subject, to meet me at some convenient place in London, on some day after the 25th of January, for the purpose of settling on the manner of conducting the whole busi

to conduct us; seeing the skilfulness.

TO THE PUBLIC.

Kensington, Dec. 27th, 1825.

In consequence of the above Address, I have to state to the public, that I am, as for several years I have been, very desirous

In the meanwhile I shall be glad to hear, by letter, before the tenth of January, from any gentlemen, any suggestion that he may think useful; and shall be particularly obliged by such as may think proper to announce to me their intention to do me the honour to meet me in London, in order that I may, when I notify to be in the House of Commons; the day of meeting, inform the that I am, as I was in 1820, conpublic of such their intention; vinced that I could, if there, do and thereby give to that meeting much greater good to my country a weight which it could not derive from a name so humble as that of

THOS. B. BEEVOR.

than I can do out of Parliament; that I am convinced, that I could point out the means of effectually

Hargham, near Attleborough, Norfolk, rescuing the country from its pre

Dec. 21st. 1825.

P.S. Gentlemen must be aware of the great mass of malignity that I shall, by this step, have put in motion, and that to pour abusive letters in upon me would be a perfectly safe mode of gratifying

that malignity. Therefore, I hope,

that Gentlemen will see the ne

sent great difficulties, and its still greater dangers; that I am, as I long have been, thoroughly convinced, that, unless suitable remedies be adopted, and that too before it be long, there must come a convulsion of which no man can

foresee the extent or the conse

cessity of paying the postage of quences; that no man wishes, their letters, that I may be able, more anxiously than I do, to see without risk of giving them offence, such a lamentable catastrophe prevented; and that, therefore, I

to protect myself against this species of hostility.

am not only ready, but desirous,