tions, the grindings of this gro | have perceived with peculiar revelling aristocracy of the spigot gret; namely, that this Bill would

and the bung?

"Great evils," you said, "would

lessen the power of interference on And, upon what ground? That the part of the magistrates. Good they have, forsooth, a vested in- God! And do I hear you, Sir, terest in the monopoly; a vested object to a measure, which your interest in the right of selling beer whole argument makes you conto the poor for more than it is fess to be otherwise for the people; worth. On the ground that ca- do I hear you object to this meapital has been invested in the mo- sure because it tends to prevent nopoly on the faith of Acts of the magistrates from interfering Parliament. Oh! LOPEZ! much- with the enjoyments of the people injured MASSA MANASSAH LOPEZ! So much as they hitherto have Oh! SWANN! much-injured Swann, done? Yes, painful as is the why didst thou die? Come Gat- statement, I do hear you making ton; come Sarum; come Corrup- this objection! tion thyself, in thy proper person, for here is Alderman Wood with" arise from the establishment of justification complete for all and houses for the sale of beer, over singular the abominations of which" which the magistrates would Reformers have ever complained, "have no control." You quoted or which they have ever expressed COLQUHOUN, whom you call a wish to remove. What! shall an able magistrate, and you' a daubed sign-post, stuck up but a praise his principle of placing month or two ago, give a vested public-houses immediately under interest, give a right of enjoyment, the eye of the magistrates! which are denied to parchment, Really one can hardly believe having the seal of the Plantage- one's eyes and ears. This is the nets? Curious that we should language of one of the creatures have lived to hear doctrines from of PITT or PERCIVAL, or SIDyourself and our "patriot" county MOUTH. One would think that member, being a complete answer you had been living in Lancashire to all our arguments in favour of that Reform for which Englishmen have been struggling now for half a century!

of late. Butterworth was proceeding in the same strain; so that you are, at last, in good company, at any rate. But, this holy perThere is yet one of your objec-sonage, happening to mention the - tions to notice, which objection I injury that would arise to "public

morals" from suffering men to get a belly full of beer without suffering a magistrate to be looking on, the House, the reporter laments to say, was taken with such a fit of coughing, that not another word was to be heard in the gallery.

ΤΟ

PARSON BRERETON,

OF LITTLE MASSINGHAM, IN THE
COUNTY OF NORFOLK.

On his Pamphlet, which contains,
like the book of Parson Malthus,
an attack upon the labourers,
who are paupers only because
they are oppressed with taxes. :
PARSON,

YOUR book, or pamphlet, is no more than a sort of hash of a part of the disgusting, bloody-and-raw and half-cooked mess of your brother Parson, MALTRUS. Mr. COPE LAND has given you a complete answer; and I should not have noticed your book, had it not af forded me a fair opportunity to

That "public morals" should receive more injury from men taking the beer home to drink it than drinking it at the publichouse; that public morals should receive injury from a Bill that suffers men to take a parcel of beer into a workshop or into a private house to drink it, when they can do the same thing now, if they please; that public morals should be injured by a Bill, which must, of necessity, diminish the quantity of gossipping, sotting, give a blow to a Parson; to one gaming, and hawking; that public of that tribe, from whom I have morals should be injured by such received so many blows, and whom a Bill is a thought well worthy of the whole nation begins now to see those, who hold the doctrine of in their true light. vested interests.

Parson, your object is to preHere I stop, Sir. Having per-vent parish relief being given. This formed my duty, I say not a word is your object. You and the rest in aggravation. I lament that I of the parsons have been pushed have had it to perform, and a good deal by the rating of your tithes! This has set your wits to work; and those wits seldom travel out of the direct path of your interests. The taxes, necessary for the purposes of the parsons, have robbed, and do rob, the labourers

1 remain,

Your most humble
And most obedient Servant,
WM. COBBETT.

parsons,

only, that have been the cause of the paupers.

so much, that they must get from manner. I promise to do it shortly. the parish, or starve. You dare I will take the side of the lanot push them to the latter. You bourers; and if I do not place the would not like open rebellion. parsons in a proper light, may I Therefore, you hate the labourers. have to endure their blessings! I You cannot tell why; but you hate will show a little more plainly than them. I will tell you why: they you have, what it is that makes cause deductions from the amount paupers: 1 will show, as clearly of your tithes. That is the true as day-light, that it is the church and only cause of your hatred and the church parsons towards them. Your scheme would make them half-naked, like the Irish. You forget, that you must have them shut up in their houses from sunset to sunrise, and, besides this, have a bayonet and a red coat ready at every corner of a street! You are puzzled, Parson; but, you will be a great deal more than puzzled by-and-by. You smell danger; but, I am convinced, that you have not the scent so strong as you ought to have it.

EARL OE RODEN.

THE next Register will contain a Letter to the EARL OF RODEN, on his happy conversion, through the means of the Bible Society! What a fine thing is this Society! The noble peer was, it appears, struck all at once. Bless me! what a fine thing this Society must be! And all the servant girls subscribing their pennies towards this grand means of converting the wicked! I wonder whether these

Parson, why ought not poor labourers to be relieved? A very large sum has been voted, partly out of the taxes laid on the labour-pennies came out of the wages of ers, to relieve the poor clergy; and the pious souls, or out of what why should not something be given they purloin from their mistresses, to the poor labourers? You talk when they are sent to market? of idle labourers. Are they more They must think it a duty to deidle, Parson, than non-resident duct, when they conveniently can, parsons are? You, Parson, have from the means of a sinner; and, two livings yourself, I fancy; and, these pious damsels do, I dare can you take care of the souls of say, think the greater part of misthe people in both these parishes? tresses to be sinners. A caution But, Parson, I have not time to sinners !-Never take a saint, pow to deal with you in a proper he, or she, into your house.

HANTS PAPER, MAY 17.

AT the Meeting of the British and Foreign School Society, on Monday, Mr. F. Buxton told the following curious anecdote:-It had been his misfortune, when very young, to live with a gentleman, whose prejudices against the

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

Tuesday, 25th May.

IMPRESSMENT.

tolerated, he was persuaded, so long in England, but from the idea that it was absolutely necessary to the support of our maritime greatness. After a consideration of the subject, and consultations with many persons well qualified to give their opinion, he was persuaded that this supposed necessity did not exist; and peace was certainly the time to inquire whether the system could not be dispensed with. As regarded the relation of this with other countries, it was worthy of consideration whether it had not promoted the war with the United States, and whether, if we were again at war with every other country in Europe, it would be possible to put the system of impressment in force without being again involved with America.

Mr. Hume said, he had a Petiimprovement of the poor were nu-tion to present from the Mariners, merous and inveterate, There Watermen,and others of Greenock, were, in that gentleman's opinion, against the practice of Impressthree great causes of the demora- ment-a practice so irreconcilelization of the poor-reading, able with principles of justice and writing, and arithmetic-(laugh- freedom, that it could not have been ter) and whenever a quarrel took place in his neighbourhood, he was in the habit of saying, "That is the effect of education." If a theft or a murder were committed, “There," he would say, "is another test of the bad effects of education." In speaking of his own steward, this hater of human improvement would say, "That man, to his credit be it spoken, is not able to read a word, or to write a figure; and yet he is, perhaps, the best accountant in the country." It was natural to inquire by what process of memory the steward kept his accounts. This was shown. A drawer was produced in one compartment there was a parcel of beans, in another a parcel of peas, and in the remaining divisions there were various descriptions of grain. These The petitioners were the symbols of various debts stated, that if a Parliamentary inand payments, which with the aid quiry took place, it would be found of a strong memory, the steward that the causes which seemed to kept with exactness, until one make impressment necessary, were night a rat broke into his account-within the control of the Legisbox, and down went the account lature. This he (Mr. H.) had no of what was due from various te-doubt would be fully established, nants, and all was thrown into the but as he should soon have occawildest confusion and doubt (loud laughter). From that moment he (Mr. Buxton) had been a convert to the superiority of written or printed symbols.

sion to enter into the subject in detail, he should move that the Petition be brought up.-The Petition was read, and laid on the Table.

MARKETS.

Average Prices of CORN through

of Corn arrived last week, and this morning the fresh supplies of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Peas, are only moderate, and there are a

out ENGLAND, for the week end-few more vessels up with Oats from

Qrs.

£. S. d.

s. d. Wheat.. 5,604 for 18,627 6 10 Average, 66 5 Barley 1,979.... 3,641 12 5....... .36 9 Oats.. 13,313....18,770 3 8........ .28 2 Rye...... 63...... 132 6 0........ .42 0 Beans.... 1,261.......... 2,435 1 4.38 7 Peas.... 513.... 1,006 13 3..........39 2

Friday, May 28.-The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are only moderate, but the weather being remarkably fine, has occasioned a great dulness to prevail in the disposal of all sorts of Grain. Prime Wheat obtains the same prices as Monday, but other qualities are nearly unsaleable. Barley is very dull at Monday's quotations. There is not much doing in either Beans or, Peas. Oats find but few buyers at a decline of 1s. per qr. from Monday's terms.

Monday, May 31-Only a moderate quantity of all descriptions

the northern ports. Prime samples of Wheat alone command last Monday's prices, but middling and inferior qualities are 2s. lower, and cannot be sold even at that reduction.

Barley is very heavy, and prices of last week are hardly supported. Beans sell freely on full as good terms as last quoted. Boiling Peas also sell well, and fully maintain their value. Grey Peas are unaltered. There was a good show of Oat samples this morning, and the prices have declined 1s. per qr. since last Monday, but to-day there has been an improved demand at the reduction, and a great quantity has been sold. The Flour trade continues in nearly a stagnant state, except for such as is fresh made.