WEEKLY REGISTER. al VOLUME XLVIII. FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 1823. LONDON: Printed and published by G. CLEMENT, No. 188, Fleet Street. 1823. No. Contents of Volume XLVIII. 26 4.48 1.-Letter 2 to Mr. Peel, showing that his Bill has not been carried into 2:-To Mr. Ogden, of Manchester, on the Speeches of Mr. Canning, of Waithman, at the Sheriff's Din- ner, in the City of London, on rican Trees. 3. To the Men of Kent, on the fall England, compared with that of 4. To the People of Kensington, Extortions and the Insolence of the Turnpike Toll Collectors and 5.-A Letter from the People of Spain to the Jews and Jobbers, on the abuse which the Jew and Jobber forth on the Spanish Nation for expressing their joy at the recent 6. To the Yeomen of Norfolk, on the 7.-To the Reformers, on the prospect which now presents itself with States. Turnpike-Tolls, to the nicle.-Mechanics Institution.- 8.-To Mr. Canning, on the prepara- making with regard to South 9.-American Trees.--Subscription for 10.-The West India Colonies.-Lo- Straw Plat.-Gross's Antiquities. 11.-To Mr. Wilberforce, on his "peal to the Religion, Justice, "in behalf of the Negro Slaves Plat. American Trees. - To - 12.-To the Yeomen of Herefordshire, on the question relating to South the conduct of Parson Smythies, rican Trees.--To Correspondents. 13.-A Memorial on the apparently ap- GIFT OF Bancroft Library "This Bill (Mr. Peel's) was grounded on concurrent Reports of both " expressed in the above motto, has A Printed and Published by J. M. COBBETT, No. 183, Fleet-street. 953974 full effect; but, that it has been, [has put forth five hundred lies, as to a material part of its object, perhaps, each of them as comrepealed by subsequent Acts of plete a lie as the butcher's shop Parliament. lie. The vile wretches of the I said enough in my last Regis-press have known, that all wellter about Mr. BROUGHAM's press, informed men would know that and I have only further to observe, these were lies; but these miswith regard to that infamous thing, creant dealers in paragraphs, that, amongst all the mischiefs these prostituted venders of praise which it has done, I do not know at so much an inch, these vile that I can find one to surpass the wretches, worse than SHIMEI's mischiefs which it has done to" dead dog;" these worse than the farmers and landlords; and, toads or tadpoles or any thing indeed, any to equal this; because most poisonous and disgusting; this has been and will be pro- these creatures well knew, that a ductive of more injustice and large part of their readers were misery than any other. In this not, as to those matters, well incase, I shall, however, confine formed; and as to contempt; as myself to a narrow view of its to the contempt of wise and good operations. It has, as I have men, what cared they for that, if observed in the first paragraph of it were unattended with a diminumy last latter, been for months, tion of their profits? According to exulting in what it calls, the falsi-Walter's own declaration, "The fication of my prophecies. It has "rascals would sell their country, published, according to its usual" if they could get a farthing custom, lies of all sizes and in" by it." all shapes. It has extracted, or, rather, pretended to extract, words from my writings, which are not That which encouraged them to enter upon these strings of lies and other efforts of delusion was to be found in those writings. It the rise, which, about the middle of winter, took place in the price thing, and they knew, that, on the of corn, and, indeed, in the price contrary, when speaking of the low state to which prices would come, I always spoke of an average of years; that I expressly of all the produce of the land. I had all along insisted that the fall in the price of the produce was the effect of your Bill. Others, observed, that I spoke, barring and the bullocking press along the effect of seasons; and that, with those others, had maintained upon more than one occasion, I the contrary. The moment, there- said expressly, that, if the cashfore, that prices took a rise, out payments continued, I expected came the curs full cry; "There! the bushel of wheat to vibrate "there! he is wrong; for the Bill between three shillings and seven. “is still in force, and prices have And yet, the moment the wheat " risen!" Excessively stupid got even to six, the "caitiffs," beasts as the London newspaper Mr. Brougham's "highly respectpeople are, they could not say this able people," who call one another from ignorance alone. It was "rascals and forgers," bellowed Then came the first of May, and your Bill was still unrepealed. Oh! there I was a false prophet in a still greater degree; and impossible for them to believe, out, that my predictions were that I could ever have thought falsified! that your Bill would prevent bad crops or bad harvest weather. It was impossible for them to believe, that I could ever have thought, that your Bill would some of the "caitiffs," as WALTER prevent blight or mildew. The justly calls them, published witty "caitiffs," as WALTER himself accounts of my being broiled, a calls them, the "wretches," as he thing which was done with more calls them, could believe none of than ordinary display by the this. But, indeed, they knew well" caitiff and rascal" of the READthat I had never said any such ING MERCURY, under the auspices, |