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daily hazard of their fortunes, and al- the crisis will have arrived. most their lives. A journalist lives hopes of the world will be at once esunder the impending threat of ruin and tablished, or lost entirely, for our time. a dungeon, like Damocles under the We do not ourselves contemplate such hair-hung sword. Any accident, how- a manifestation on the part of our ever inevitable; any adversary, however rulers, nor do we think that the spirit contemptible, may draw down a prose- of our people is so sunken and debased cution. The infamous dogmas of truth as to allow it to triumph. There is being a libel, and that the proof of a energy in countless individuals, there libel is its tendency to bring contempt is principle among the mass sufficient on the object of its strictures, are as to baffle any such design. Associations complete prohibitions on the freedom would be formed; not such as were of the press as the most rigid and in- formed by the Tories at a somewhat genious tyranny could devise. We similar conjuncture, to aid the tyrant maintain it is impossible to conduct a law in gagging, dungeoning, and bannewspaper at all, not to say with any ishing the popular advocates, the dedegree of spirit or the exercise of talent, nouncers of oppression and misrule; without incurring the liabilities of penal not "Mock Constitutional Associations ; infliction at every publication. That not "Bridge-street, Conspiracies; prosecutions do not daily occur, that but liberal associations of men who, men and things are examined and com- despising those addicted to either facmented on constantly and boldly, that tion; the almost equally selfish and antipublic opinion and common sense sup- popular adherents of Whiggism and port journalists against the interference Toryism, would unite in defence of the of the vindictive and litigious, are no people from the hostility of both. arguments in favour of the law. The Funds would be collected, an organised law is too absurd, too inapplicable to system of perseverance and activity the intellectual demands of the age, to would be developed. The press and be observed, and is habitually evaded or its writers would be defended and supdefied yet still it exists. for tyranny or ported, its victory be secured, and malice to use whenever its self-will is failure be the least punishment of its stronger than its sense of shame in re- enemies. No Tory conspiracy, even sorting to such an odious instrument of oppression.

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should that party, forgetting its present difference on the Catholic Question, Should such hostility to the press in cement its old alliance with the Court general, as is predicted by some of the and Ministry, in fear of the utter extincpresent Administration, continue to be tion of its inherent principles; no Whig manifested, should we have any further Attorney General could avail against the evidence of a settled intention on the roused energies of the one, the popular part of power to stifle opinion, the pub-party. Power might glut itself with lic must instantly rouse itself. The victim after victim; while opinion, supvery existence of liberty is then threat-ported as it should be, would quietly, ened; and without the most effectual unceasingly supply the means of reand triumphant opposition, the name peated resistance, if prudence withheld of Briton will be synonymous with that any more forcible demonstration. The of slave. If the people of England will press cannot be put down, if liberal and` give up the press, they will merit what independent thinkers do their duty. they assuredly will meet, entire degra- We have said that we do not anticidation and miserable slavery. Should pate any serious attack on the freedom there be any truth in the alleged cru- of the press from the Wellington Admisade of all the European Governments nistration; we believe the rumour of it against freedom of discussion; a con- to be a Tory calumny," a weak invenjecture formed from the simultaneous tion" of bigotry, to strengthen an oppoappearance of attacks on the press in sition to those Ministers who gave liberty England, France, and the Netherlands; of conscience to millions of our fellow

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subjects, and who are suspected of enter-will amount to no less than a censortaining a tendency, only a tendency, ship, disguise it as we may. It is to us towards liberal principles in commerce. an additional pain to find that Mr. The declarations of Sir James Scarlett, Brougham has received in all these trials it is true, have done much to give con- a fee for the prosecution. It is true, he sistence to these reports, and have, ex- does not appear to have acted, but a cited a more general mistrust of the Whig should not have lent the sanction Administration than any other circum- of his name to these prosecutions. stance could, than even the fact of the prosecutions.

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(From the Leeds Intelligencer.)

Now let us suppose that Sir James's (From the Dublin Evening Post.) notable principle were put into practice, One is really disgusted to witness how are we to get rid of a Ministry, or what will appear to the world the vin- Government, whatever the extent of dictive prosecution against an indivi- their political sins? The worse their dual; for it is evident that all these pro-conduct, the more necessary would besecutions are pointed at Mr. Alexander. come the language of reprehension; Heaven knows, we have no sympathy the more necessary would it be, accordfor the politics or the apparent motives of the gentleman. We have been opponents of that policy, and, therefore, the supporters of the Government, by whose means Emancipation has been achieved. For this great benefit to Ireland and the empire, we, in common, with the Morning Chronicle, the Times, the Globe, the Sun, and all the hitherto opposition press in London, as well as the majority of the liberal press in Ireland, were not unwilling to overlook certain minor matters, on which, it is possible we should, under other circumstances, be disposed to fasten. But if, as the Chronicle insinuates, the present campaign of Sir James Scarlett is the commencement of a war against public opinion and free discussion, the consequence will be, to turn the press against the Administration, and convert that instrument, through the medium of which alone they were able to carry their measures, into an organ of annoyance. Sir James Scarlett is a man of too much sagacity not to be aware of this, and we take it for granted that he will run the round, and try whether the law or the press be the stronger. When the Times and the Chronicle are brought before the courts; when repeated decisions shall be had against the press, and when these decisions shall be found

ing to every principle of right and justice, to rouse public opinion, and induce the people to carry up their complaints to the Throne. But Sir James's doctrine meets us half way; we must lay down the pen; we must shut our mouths; we must abjectly submit; and the greater the offence, the more certain the impunity. This is the liberty of the press that a Whig Attorney-General will give us if a discerning jury does not stop him in his career of applying "wholesome correction."

Just published, No. VII. of COBBETT'S ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN, and incidentally to YOUNG WOMEN. I have begun with the YOUTH, and shall go to the YOUNG MAN or the BACHELOR, talk the matter over with him as a LOVER, then consider him in the character of HUSBAND; then as FATHER; then as CITIZEN OF SUBJECT.

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inoperative, there may be some initia-A GRAMMAR OF THE ITALIAN LAN

tive talked of, something in the style of
the King of the Netherlands, but which

GUAGE; or a Plain and Compendious Introduction to the Study of Italian. By JAMES P. COBBETT.

METROPOLIS

TURNPIKE MANUAL.

SHORTLY will be published, "The Metropolis Turnpike Manual"; being an Analytical Abstract of the Metropolis Turnpike Acts, together with a correct List of all the Turnpike Roads and Bridges, and of the Tolls collected upon each, within ten miles of London. By W. Cobbett, Jun., price 5s. In making this announcement, the author has to remark, that after the 1st of January next, an important change is to take place in the collection of the tolls in the vicinity of London, by an assimilation of the tolls collected on the different parts of the metropolitan trusts; and that, therefore, the same traveller

vested with this title, have not an exclu- · sive jurisdiction over all the turnpikes even in the metropolis. Added to these exceptions, there are the several roads upon which various tolls are collected on the south of the Thames, in the neighbourhood of London; and there are also the bridges which are in London and the neighbourhood. The object of the author is to remedy, in some measure, the inconvenience which will still be felt by the public from the want of an uniform rate of tolls, and in this Manual to offer every traveller the means of always ascertaining with readiness the exact toll due.

Just Published,

This

will not any longer be liable to pay MARTENS'S LAW OF NATIONS. fourteen different tolls in the same day, but to pay the same toll fourteen times. THIS is the Book which was the founBy the way, this assimilation will effect dation of all the knowledge that I ever an injury, in place of a benefit, to the possessed relative to public law; and public generally, by increasing the really I have never met with a politician, burdens of that part of it which are al- gentle or simple, who knew half so much ways taxed beyond their due propor- of the matter as myself. I have wanted tion in the instance of a stage-coach this book for my sons to read; and mo(or Omnibus) the toll is now at Ham-nopolizing has never been a favourite mersmith twenty-two pence halfpenny, with me; if I have ever possessed useand at Kensington sixpence for the same ful knowledge of any sort, I have never carriage: being payable only once in a been able to rest till I have communiday at Hammersmith, and twice (with cated it to so many as I could. the same horses) at Kensington. Now, Book was translated and published at the alteration in this instance will be, the request of the American Secretary that the nominal toll of Hammersmith of State; the Bookseller, though he paid and of all the other parts of this Trust, will me only a quarter of a dollar (thirteenbe fixed at the present rate of Kensing-pence half-penny) for every page, had ton, but that it shall be paid every time a Subscription from the President, Viceof passing, thereby trebling, and some- President, and all the Members of the times quadrupling, the tolls on stage- two Houses of Congress, and from all coaches. Private travellers will doubtless the Governors and Lawyers in the counbe saved considerable trouble in ascer- try. This Work was almost my coup taining the sum which is due; but the d'essai, in the authoring way; but upon assimilation is not general, and, so far looking it over at this distance of time, I from applying without exception to the see nothing to alter in any part of it. roads in the vicinity of London, there is a thick octavo volume, with a great are many turnpike roads even on the number of Notes, and it is, in fact, a north of the Thames, which are under book, with regard to public law, what a distinct Trusts, and on which different Grammar is with regard to language. tolls are still collected. Notwithstand- The Price is Seventeen Shillings, and ing the high-sounding terms of "Me- the manner of its execution is, I think, tropolitan Trustees," the indefatigable such as to make it fit for the Library of body (a select one also) who are in- any Gentleman,

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THE TREES

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EMIGRANT'S GUIDE.

Just published, at my shop, No. 183, Fleet Street, a volume under this title, price 2s. 6d. in boards, and consisting of ten letters, addressed to English Taxpayers, of which letters, the following are the contents :

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Letter I.-On the Question, Whether it be advisable to emigrate from England at this

time?

Letter II.—On the Descriptions of Persons to
whom Emigration would be most beneficial.
Letter III.-On the Parts of the United States
to go to, preceded by Reasons for going to
no other Country, and especially not to an
English Colony.

Letter IV.-On the Preparations some time
previous to Sailing.
Letter V-Of the sort of Ship to go in, and
of the Steps to be taken relative to the
Passage, and the sort of Passage; also of
the Stores, and other things, to be taken out
with the Emigrant.

Letter VI.-Of the Precautions to be observed
while on board of Ship, whether in Cabin
or Steerage.

Letter VII.-Of the first Steps to be taken on
Landing.

Letter VIII.-Of the way to proceed to get a

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THE LANCET.

No. 332, published this day, contains :MR. LAWRENCE'S Fifteenth Lecture; Ulceration: Callous, Phagadenic, and Sloughing Ulcers; Hospital Gangrene: Treatment, Dr. Alison on Rheumatism, Nervous Diseases, Hemiplegia, and Paralysis.

Mr. Coley on the Treatment of Internal Uterine Hæmorrhage.

Mr. Lawton on Puerperal Convulsions, Contracted Uterus, and Protracted Labour. Dispensers' Ignorance.

Non-Medical Coroners.

Mr. Gossett's Case of Aneurism.
Hospital Humbug.
St. John Long.

Review of Munro's Morbid Anatomy.
Dr. Fox's New Stethoscope.
Dr. Bernard on Ovarian Dropsy.

Mr. Green's Case of Fracture and Transfusion
of Blood.

Mr. Truman, Dr. Ayre, and Mr. Sleigh.
Westminster Hospital :-Pneumonia.
Royal Western Hospital: - Extirpation of
Scirrhous Mamma.

Hopital Saint Louis:-Caries of the Spine.
Hamburgh Hospital :-Treatment of a False
Joint.

Literary Intelligence.
Mary Walsh's Case.

London: Published at the Office of THE
LANCET, No. 210, Strand.

Farm, or a Shop, to settle in Business, or
to set yourself down as an Independent 93,

Gentleman.

Letter IX. On the means of Educating Chil

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It grieves me very much to know it to be my duty to publish this book; but I cannot refrain from doing it, when I see the alarms and hear the cries of thousands of virtuous families that it may save from utter ruin,

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Printed by William Cobbett, Johnson's-court; and published by him, at 183, Fleet street.

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