"which the Americans offer are too strong | they wrote to me, pressing me to bring an ac"to be resisted by numbers of our soldiery. tion against you and your associate calumnia"We must not shut our eyes to the falli-tor of the Hampshire Paper, which I have "bility of human nature, to the influence since heard is published at that sink of servi"of example, to the strength of allurement.lity and corruption, Portsmouth. My answer "The best, the only way to keep the sol-was, that I scorned a resort to the law "dier to his colours, is to place him under a against any body, who, however basely, "commander to whom he can look up with attacked me through the press, and espe "pride and confidence, and who will lead cially against such despicable vermin; and him into active and continuous service that, besides, I was very sure, that your "throughout a whole campaign."So, malignant efforts, if they should have any then, the Americans hold out temptations, effect at all with the Insurance Association, do they? And the remedy is to send a would have an effect precisely the contrary commander that the soldiers shall be proud of that which it was manifestly your wish of, and that shall keep them constantly em-to produce. My insurance was with THE ployed! And this will make them not UNION LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE Assodisposed to yield to the Yankee tempta-CIATION, the chief office of which is at tions! I could point out a better remedy, NORWICH. I wrote to the Office an exact my Lord; and if you will engage, that I description of the premises; told them shall not have my ears cropped off for so how the fire happened; ascribed it wholly doing, you shall have my remedy. As it to the erection of a steaming copper is, I shall keep it to myself. But what a in one of the barns subsequent to the makbeast this writer must be, or what beasts ing of the insurance; told them, that I was must he look upon his readers, as being, to aware that I had a very slender, if any talk at this rate! If he were paid by Mr.legal claim; but, at the same time, used Madison, he could not serve his cause more effectually than he now docs. I ani, &c. &c.

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such arguments as suggested themselves to me in support of an equitable claim; and offered, if they had any objection to grant this claim, to submit entirely to the decision of a sole arbitrator, chosen by themP. S. The London Common Hall have selves, from amongst the gentlemen of the resolved, that they do not like the Property Bar in this or any adjoining county, proTur; but they seem to like the American vided that he came to the spot, and exaWar very much. I observed to your Lord-mined into all the circumstances.—I do ship before, that this was very unjust. I not know, whether your mean malignity do not call it foolish; I do not call it had any weight with the Managers; but stupid; I call it really dishonest. They the fact is, that they chose no arbitrator; like the war; they wish to have the war; they took my word as to the cause of the but they do not like to pay for it. It is fire; and, with a very handsome letter paltry shuffling to say, that the tax belong-from Mr. T. Bignold, their Secretary, ed solely to the war with France. Every man knows, that the American war cannot go on without the tax; and, therefore, to approve of the war is to approve of the tax, as much as the approving of chicken at table is to approve of killing them.

FIRE ON MR. COBBETT'S PREMISES. To the Proprietor of the Times Newspaper.

through Mr. Wooldrige, their Agent at Winchester, THEY SENT ME THE AMOUNT OF THE WHOLE OF MY CLAIM.—I am afraid that I have been induced to make this public acknowledgment of the fairness and liberality of this Institution, not so much from the motive of doing it justice, as from that of shewing, that your malice is incapable of doing harm, where it has to encounter hoThere is no doubt in my mind, and, I nesty and good sense. I wish all your believe, none in that of the public, that the readers were like the Managers of this Inparagraph which you published some time stitution. We should not then have to laago, relative to the fire on my premises, ment the mischievous effects of your press and which you took, or pretended to take, with regard to the ruinous, and, as you now out of "a Hampshire Paper," was intend-call it, disgraceful, war against the Ameried, as it was clearly calculated, to injure can Republic. We should not, then, have me with the Insurance Ofice. Several of my 'to lament that a great part of this nation friends were so fully convinced of this, that has been, and yet are, so besotted as to be

lieve, as firmly as they believe in the Incar- f twenty hogs, four horses, two asses, all nation and the Athanasian Creed, that we the waggons, carts, ploughs, harness, &c, shall depose M. Madison, re-colonize the &c. were saved by a degree of activity American States, and make them help to and presence of mind, and, indeed, of pay the National Debt.Your fellow- bravery, in my servants, which was neverLabourer at Portsmouth, whose name I have surpassed, and which not only consoled not heard, and the name of whose paper I me for he loss of my buildings, but mihave forgotten, and all of whose readers tigated the vexation which I naturally have a coarser appetite than some of yours, felt at the attempts of the "honest rustics" lias gone, in this case, lengths, I am told, of the Times newspaper to rob me, and to which you, for want of courage and not which robbery was only prevented by my for want of malignity, have declined to enforcing my order of dispersion, which, follow him. Not satisfied with giving it by occasioning the disappointment of to be understood, that I would not suffer thieves, naturally excited their anger, and as the "honest rustics" to extinguish the naturally drew forth the malice of the Proflames, he has, I am told, published, that prietor of the Times newspaper, and his the thing which I had erected, made the fellow-labourer at Portsmouth.—I chose premises what is called "double hazard- to insure with the Norwich Office, because ous." As it may be of some use (address- its terms were the fairest that I had ever ing myself now to the reader), to persons seen; and, more especially, because I had disposed to try the effect of feeding cattle been informed by several persons, that the with cooked, instead of raw, roots, to know Office was in the hands of good men, who the facts, as to this point, I will here state were not in the habit of dragging unfortuthem.- All that is necessary is, to erect nate sufferers by fire into the still more dea boiler in just the same way that a boiler structive flames of the law. These were is erected for brewing or for washing, ex- the reasons which induced me to insure cept that the boiler for steaming has the lid with this Office, and I now find, by expefastened down, and has a pipe going out of rience, that they were well founded.it, which pipe conducts the steam into the Without more experience of another sort I thing containing the roots. The fire-place, cannot speak confidently as to the effect of the flue, or chimney, every thing else is the feeding oxen with cooked roots. People same as in the case of a common brewing about here ridicule the idea of feeding a copper; and, of course, there can be no score or two of oxen in such a way. They more hazard in a steaming boiler than call the food ox-pap! And, when we conin a brewing boiler, or copper. The sider, that a score of oxen will eat a ton accident in my case arose thus:-In or- and a half of ruta baga in a day; and der to have the roots as near to the that, during their fatting, they will eat, place of feeding as possible, the boiler was perhaps, two hundred tons of even this crected in an old barn, from one end of food, it does, at first sight, seem a wild which ran off, at a right angle, an ox-shed scheme. But when the reader is informof considerable length. The flue, or chim-ed, that three buckets of water will cook a ney, ascended through the side of the roof ton; that roots, like mine, from four, to of the barn, but was not so high as the fourteen pounds weight each, require no -ridge of the roof. The covering was cutting; that the thing in which they are thatch, the wind blew hard from the chim- cooked holds three tons; that there is not a ney towards the ridge, the weather was, and pound of waste in each batch; that the bad long been, very dry, a spark of strong cattle eat them in a fourth part of the time wood fire from the top of the chimney was that it would require to eat raw roots; that driven against the thatch, which instantly the labour required is less than if the feedwas in a blaze, flaming fragments of it ing was with raw roots: when these facts were driven across the yard (about sixty are known, the scheme does not appear to feet) to another barn, to which the ox-be so very wild.As to whether this shed was joined at one end, and the carthouse at the other end, other fragments dropped on the ox-shed, others on the stable; so that, in less than ten minutes, the whole of the buildings, forming a hollow square, were in a blaze that was seen in the Isle of Wight. Twenty-three oxen,

mode of fatting cattle will perform the work in less time, and with a smaller quantity of roots than the raw mode, I am not, as yet, able to speak with certainty. If my opinion were asked, I should say, that I thought the former mode would save half the time, half the food, and half the

labour, necessary in the latter mode. If this should be the case, would not the reader think me a very weak man to be deterred from the practice by the grinning of philosophers in smock frocks, or by the fool-born jests of the Editor of a country newspaper, who, in the scale of animated nature, is barely one remove from the cattle on whose diet he has the presumption to comment?

SPAIN

In her state of Deliverance.

time, have approved of the Constitution, which the Cortes had prepared for Ferdis nand? It was all scandalous hypocrisy to pretend, that the war in Spain was a war for freedom. It was a war for the restoration of the old Government; it has restored that Government; and it has, therefore, been attended with complete success.

There are persons, amongst the Opposi tion to our Ministers, who complain of them for having sanctioned what Ferdinand is now doing. This charge is very foolish and even malicious; because the Opposition expressed their wishes for the restoration of Ferdinand. That was the business of the Ministers. They did that, and then, of course, they had finished their job. The Spaniards, who acted and fought with us, wanted Ferdinand "the bolaved” to be restored to them; they wanted to get rid of the Usurper; and these things being accomplished, they were, of course, left to themselves. They had their “beloved" restored to them; and then they were left in his "paternal" hands.

It was easy to foresee, that no country in Europe would long have to rejoice at what was called the Deliverance of the Continent; but it was hardly to be expected, that, even in Spain, where the worst of all possible Governments has been overthrown, the deliverance would so soon have so many persons to complain of its effects. Amongst these effects the punishment of those whom we called "the Spanish Patriots," is the most striking, though by no means the most important. Some amongst us, and I for one, never called them patriots; because we never thought, that, if they succeeded Our Ministers are blamed for not interin restoring Ferdinand they would do their foring in behalf of those "Patrists," country good. We saw, that, if the Bour-whom the "beloved" has put in prison, bons were restored in Spain, the Monks, the Inquisition, the Mesta, and the rest of the old system would follow. We saw, that there was no middle course to be hoped for that it must be the Bourbons and the old system entire; or, a new system, and no Bourbons.

By force of our arms and the weight of our purse, the old system entire has been restored. This is nothing to be surprized at. The only wonder is, that there are persons, who supported the war in Spain, impudent enough to affect, or foolish enough to feel, disappointment at what has taken place. That which has taken place was the natural, and, indeed, the almost unavoidable, consequence of the restoration of Ferdinand. What! was there any man foolish enough to suppose, that he would become a constitutional King? That he would be a guardian of civil and religious liberty? That he would be a protector of the rights of man? That he would become a disciple of Sydney, Locke, and Paine? That he would recognize, in Spain, what the Bourbons and what all our monarchical writers had declared to be abominable in France? And who, without the most flagrant inconsistency, could have censured the French Revolution, and, at the same

and otherwise punished. But in what way are they to interfere? Are they to tell the King of Spain how he is to rule his people? Are they to dictate laws and modes of trial in Spain? Are they to take, in short, the Government of Spain out of the bands of her beloved Monarch, and thus do what Joseph did? If those, who spoke and who fought with us against Joseph find themselves disappointed; if they feel the weight of chains where they expected the gentle pressure of ribbons and stars, they have themselves to thank for it. They freely chose Ferdinand in preference to Joseph, who had put down the Inquisition, the Monks and the Mesta. They declared, that Ferdinand was their lawful sovereign; that they owed him unalterable allegiance; that it was the duty of all Spaniards to fight in the cause of his restoration; that Spain could never be happy without him. And, after all this, shall they complain that we do not interfere in their behalf against him?

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is simply this:-Two gentlemen, who had were less than the offence of the “State been writers in a journal, containing Prisoners," they were not sent back to matter displeasing to the Government, a prison, as the others were. And if fearing its vengeance, go from Cadiz to their offences were such as to cause them Gibraltar. Sir James Duff, our Consul at to be put into prison when sent back to Cadiz, writes to Gen. Smith, Lieutenant Cadiz, surely there was as good reason Governor and Commander at Gibraltar, to send them back as State Prisoners, as telling him that he suspects that such there was to send back those whom General persons (naming the two in question) will Campbell sent back? I am not, mind, leave Cadiz for Gibraltar; and observes, justifying the act; I am only shewing, that he does it, in order that the General that, if the "Patriots" feel, they made "decide what he may judge best with others feel in just the same way before. respect to their residence in that garri-I am only shewing, that the act of Generak son." He then describes them as sedi-Smith was of exactly the same sort, full as agreeable to the laws of free nations; full as just; full as merciful; full as consistent with the feelings of humanity, as the act of General Campbell; and that, as the conduét of the latter had not been disapproved of, the former might naturally look upon it as quite safe to fellow his example.

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tious writers. On the same day (the 16th of May, 1914), the Governor of Cadiz, Juan Villavicencio, writes to Gen. Smith, requesting him, in case these persons should go to Gibraltar, to seize them and send them to the Commandant General of the Spanish Camp, near Gibraltar, or to send them, at once, to Cadiz. The two persons, Don Diego Carrea and Don Antonia Puigblanc, arrive, and are seized by General Smith. The Spanish Consul at Gibraltar claimed them as Spanish subjects; General Smith gave them up to him, and he packed them off to Cadiz. General Smith justifies his conduct by an appeal to precedent. He says, that, in February last, four Spaniards having come to Gibraltar from Ceuta, and who being demanded as State prisoners, were, at once, sent back to Centa by General Campbell, then Licutenant-Governor of Gibraltar.

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The Times newspaper, nettled at the sweet proof which the restoration of Ferdinand has produced of the blessed fruits of the long war in Spain, observes, that we were in February last, in alliance with the Government of Spain. And were we not in May last? Were we not, at that time, paying subsidies to Ferdinand? Are we not in alliance with Ferdinand? Is not the Regent now sending out the Order of the Garter to this "beloved" Sovereign of the Spaniards?

And what does Lord Bathurst say to General Smith upon the subject? We shall do well to see the whole of his letter. It is as follows:-"It has been represented "to me, that you have delivered up to the "Governor of Cadiz, certain persons, sub"jects of his Catholic Majesty, on the re“ quisition of the Governor, without any previous communication with his Ma"jesty's Ambassador at the Court of Ma"drid; it is further stated, that these persons were not charged with having "committed murder, or any other atrocings "crime; but that the only reason alleged "for your being required to give them up, was, that they opposed the political system which the Spanish Government have thought proper to adopt, since the re"turn of King Ferdinand the VIIth to “Madrid.—I am imwilling to believe that "this representation is correct: but as "there may be some foundation for it, I " must desire that you will furnish me with "

Now, reader, observe, that this precedent took place when Spain was under the government of those whom Ferdinand has put down and is punishing. Is not this Measure for Measure? And, was not General Smith to do, at the request of Ferdinand's government, that which his predecessor had done at the request of the government of our friends the Cortes? Surely a better precedent could not have" been found. It was doing towards the "Patriots" just what the "Patriots" had caused to be done towards their opponents. But, it is said, by some, that those persons, whom General Campbell sent back, were "State Prisoners.” How does that alter the case? They were, in other words, persons accused of offences against the State; and so were these two, whom General Smith gave up; only these two-had not yet been actually put into prison by Ferdinand, while those who fled from the "Patriots," had been put into prison. If the offences of these two men

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and the Holy Inquisition along with them, And yet, we seen not to be pleased! We are a strange “thinking people.”

We are a people very hard to please; for, while we find fault with the King of Spain for having gone too far in the work of coun ter-revolution, we find fault with the King of France, or with the French people, for not going far enough in the same way. There

"vernment, upon this subject.-That you "may not be misled at any time by the urgency with which it is possible similar "requisitions may be made to you, I have "received the commands of his Royal "Highness the Prince Regent, that you "uniformly decline giving up to the Spanish Government any person who may "have taken refuge in Gibraltar, without a previous communication with his Ma-we want to see the Seigneuries, the tythes, jesty's Ambassador at the Court of and all restored. We want to see restored "Madrid.". -What is this? Here is there every abuse, every oppressive instinothing condemning the principle of such tution and regulation; all the whole of that scizing and giving up. Here is no repre- despotism, for submitting to which we forsentation against it, as hostile to any prin-merly called the French slaves. In short, ciple of public law. Here is no censure of the practice generally. But merely an admonition to consult with our Ambassador before any act of the sort is committed in future. Here is, indeed, a tacit acknow ledgment, that we have the right to surrender whom we please. The present act is censured merely on the ground of its inexpediency. If the English Ambassador is of opinion, that persons should be given up, it is here plainly meant, that they may be given up, let what consequences will follow. Besides, how does the Times newspaper reconcile its censure of General Smith with its doctrines respecting Englishmen in America, or on board of American ships? It has called the American Government by all sorts of vile names, because it would not scize and give up deserters from our ships. It justifies the practice of seizing and carrying away by force any British subject, found in an American ship, in time of peace. So that, supposing a "seditious writer," in time of peace with America, to be gone from England to America, he can, necording to the Times newspaper, be Jawfully seiz d, even in the barbour of New York, and brought back to England. If he can be seized and forced away, surely he may be given up; and, if given up in a ship, why not in a fortress?

the writers, who thus meddle with the affairs of France and Spain, wish to see both nations reduced to slavery and misery, and every other nation upon the face of the earth. They are never easy if there be any people enjoying, or likely to enjoy, freedom from plunder and oppression.Their reasons for this, I love my health too well to state here; but I will find the means of stating them, or causing them to be stated, and in print too, in spite of every thing that can be done to prevent it. These enemies of the happiness of nations; these defenders of plunder and oppression in all countries; these corrupt miscreants are displeased with Ferdinand, because be has not acted the part of a hypocritical despot; because he has, at once, come back plumb to the mark; because he has made even our partizans cry out; because he has given to the world so complete and striking a proof of the difference between his Government and that of Napoleon. This, and this only, is the cause of their displeasure at his acts.

Well! there let the Spaniards remain ; let them enjoy all the benefits of having Grandees, Seigneurial Courts, the Mesta, the Monks and the Inquisition. Yet the invasion of Spain by Napoleon, whatever his intentions might have been, has been To return to the situation of the Spa-productive of one great benefit to mankind. niards, it is stated in the public prints It may lead to the emancipation of South here, that the nation is new most grie- America; but it has stocked North Amevously oppressed. But I do not find, that rica with fine-wooled sheep; it has enabled Ferdinand has done any thing more than eight or ten millions of free men not only restore. He has restored every thing. to make their own woollens, but to export He is going on as fast as he well can to wool, and that, too, as good as ever grew make Spain what it was before Napoleon in Spain. This, of itself, is a great revoentered it. He is putting up all that Na-lution in the affairs of the world. It will poleon pulled down. The Spaniards, M. Alderman Birch told his fellow-citizens, were fighting with us, for their homes and their holy altars. They have got them,

be a great cause of intercourse with the American Republic; and if that Republic retain the principles on which it was founded, tyranny in no part of Europe is safe.