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`Derby, Dec. 4.-Wheat 50s. to 56s.-Beans 40s. to 42s-Oats 22s.ing, and is scarce: high price, how

to 25s.-Barley 32s. to 38s. per quarter.

Chesterfield, Dec. 4.---Wheat 38s. to 54s.-Oats 18s. to 20s.-Barley 30s. to 32s.-Beans 40s. to 44s. per quarter.

Lynn, Dec. 4.-We had a very dull market on Tuesday. Wheat of the best quality supported our last week's prices; but all other sorts were 1s. to 2s. per quarter lower. Barley may also be noted at a decline of 1s. to 2s. per quarter. White and Grey Peas continue the same. Oats very few at market. Beans are 1s. per quarter dearer. Flour continues without alteration.-New Wheat 36s. to 43s. -Barley 22s. to 27s.-Oats 18s. to 21s.-Grey Peas 28s. to 30s.-Beans 35s. to 37s. per quarter.-Fine Flour 42s. per sack of 280 lbs.

Boston, Dec. 3.-We had a small supply of Wheat to-day: prices, Old 50s. to 52s. New 45s. to 50s. -Oats (a good supply) 16s. to 21s. -Old Beans 36s. to 38s. New! ditto 25s. to 28s.-Rye 26s. quarter.

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have another such a winter as the last. -On board: Carlow 90s. to 94s.-Belfast 88s. to 90s.-Dublin 84s. to 86s.low 88s. to 92s.-Dublin 84s.-WaterWaterford 82s. to 84s.-Landed: Carford 82s. to 84s.-Cork 80s, to 82s.— Limerick 80s.

CHEESE.-Every kind of old Cheese is scarce; consequently the new is consumed earlier than usual. Prices are advancing.-Fine old Cheshire 80s. to 86s.; Good ditto 66s. to 74s.-Fine old Chedder 90s.-New Cheshire 56s. to 65s.-Double Gloucester 58s. to 64s.; Single ditto 50s. to 60s.

Price of Bread.-The price of the 4lb. Loaf is stated at from 7d. to 9d.

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City, 10 December 1823. BACON.-The demand for Bacon is very inconsiderable, owing, probably, to the excellent quality of the pork, of which a great deal is now sent to this market from the port of Belfast. Only a few years ago it was impossible to make any one believe that Irish pork could be manufactured so as to equal the Scotch or Yorkshire: has, however, been brought to such perfection as almost to supersede the use of both in this market; and the trade is in the hands of men of great spirit and enterprise.-Bacon, on board, 44s. to 45s.; landed, 50s. to 52s-Pork, landed, 50s. to 52s.

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VOL. 48.—No. 12.] LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923. [Price 6d. Published every Saturday Morning, at Seven o'clock.

TO THE

YEOMEN

OF HEREFORDSHIRE.

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On the question relating to South America, with a look back at the conduct of Parson Smythies, Lawyer Davies, and others, at the last County Meeting.

GENTLEMEN,

South America. Some character in SHAKESPEARE exclaims, "How "poor a thing may do a noble "office!" But, it is not less true, and the occurrence is much more frequent, that the most despicable amongst mankind, the most wretched of human beings, in point of intellect, may, from a combination of unfortunate circumstances, be able to do most tremendous mischief. You are not, therefore, to suppose it im

Kensington, 16th Dec. 1823. possible that SMYTHIES and Da

VIES and the rest of the mean crew of that day, unable to do any thing with regard to this great

You will ask, perhaps, what the conduct of such fellows as SMYTHIES and DAVIES can have question of South America; you to do with the question relating are not to conclude thus, merely to SOUTH AMERICA. But, as I because the men are so conshowed, some time back, that the temptible.

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conduct of Daddy COKE and I shall lay before you the state SUFFIELD had had, in all like- of the matter, with regard to this, lihood, something to do in causing now important, part of the world. Cadiz to fall into the hands of the I shall show you the difficulties in French; so I shall, I think, show which this nation is placed with you, that the conduct of PARSON regard to South America. I shall, SMYTHIES and LAWYER DAVIES then, look back at some of the may have something to do in the causes of those difficulties; and present great question relating to then I shall, I think, bring you to

Printed and Published by J. M. COBBETT, No. 183, Fleet-street.

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perceive that mischief, and mis-] read in all the American newschief of great magnitude, too, papers, that his father was keepcan be effected by creatures ing a butcher's shop in Kensinglike SMYTHIES and DAVIES ton; this scoundrel press, which and COKE and SUFFIELD; has, within the last fifteen months, especially when these are prompt-brought thousands of families to ed, aided and supported by a beggary, by the lies which it has noisy, a bullying, a base and published, respecting the affairs lying press, like that of London, of Spain; this scoundrel press which, about this time twelve-began last year about this time, month, was busily engaged in en- that attack upon me, and upon deavours to destroy me, and every my proposition for reducing the other man, who would have made interest of the Debt, which attack the nation able to keep the French has done more harm, I again say out of Spain, and which has now, it, than the whole of the press of of late, (and again, also, for its the world has ever done good from base and selfish purposes), been its first invention to the present engaged in propagating a mass of hour. However, I shall have to lies, exaggerations, and abomina-speak of the monstrous thing tions, that have, at last, actually again, by-and-by: let us, if you impeded the course of justice, and, in all probability, has screened, for a while, at least, men charged with the most horrid of crimes. This atrocious press has done more mischief to this kingdom, within the last few years, than the press has ever done good in all the parts of the world put together. This scoundrel press, which told the English people, that I (while absent in America), had New Times, the Editor of which been tried and punished for libel-(STODART) was Walter's associate ling that Government also; this in the Old Times, when that scoundrel press, which, about two bloody-minded newspaper conyears ago, caused my own son, tained a justification of the horriwho was then at New York, to ble wretches who murdered the

please, first proceed with the other part of my subject.

You have observed, perhaps, that, it is agreed, on all hands, that the independence of the Spanish Colonies of South America is a thing which this country ought anxiously to desire. You have observed, that this is a point insisted upon by all the newspapers, even by the sanguinary

Protestants at Nismes. Even this those Jews will lose the money STODART is for the independence that they have lent to the vagaof South America; because it bonds, as they have already lost would, he thinks, be conducive to that which they lent to the jacothe prosperity of our manufac-bins: I beg pardon of the jacobins, tures. The COURIER is even I mean the " patriots" of Old clamorous for this independence; Spain.

in which he is joined by that Now, I also wish for the indewhich is certainly by far the most pendence of Spanish America. I important of all the daily publi- must stop here to explain once cations; namely, the Morning for all, that, I use the word South Chronicle. They all agree, that America, because it saves time. it will be most calamitous if South American independence be not

established.

But Mexico, which contains threefifths of the population of the whole of the Colonies of Spain in This press is, in this case, right America, which, in fact, is equal upon wrong grounds: its wishes are in population and equal in riches, right enough; but its reasons for to Old Spain itself; this Colony; the wishes are good for very little. this great and rich country, is, It is always grubbing its dirty indeed, in North America, notnose about after manufactures and withstanding, we always speak of mines and loans. Some of the im-it as being in South America. pudent vagabonds, calling them- Therefore, in speaking of South selves patriots, in the Spanish American independence, I must, Colonies, have already been mort- of course, be understood as ingaging the land and the labour cluding MEXICO. In the Register of their country, to the vile Jews of November 22, vol. 48, pages and Jobbers of London. The Jews 468, and four lines from the botand Jobbers own the far greater tom of the page, from mere error, part of this execrable press. The the word Africa was inserted, inpress, therefore, is for South Ame- stead of Asia, the context would rican independence, as it is called; show what was meant; but the because, if the Colonies be re- error is so material that I think

stored to Spain; or, rather, if it right to mention it, they be taken out of the hands of Ialso wish for the independence the unprincipled vagabonds, who of South America. It would be are mortgaging them to our Jews, impossible for me to wish for the

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hundred times more rapid than that of her rise. This is my firm conviction; and if I were a Minister, this should be the basis of all my policy.

Now, within these last twenty years, or thereabouts, we have, in

same thing that this infamous press | sinking of this country will be awishes for, unless I wished for it, for a different reason. Very different is the reason in this case. So far from wishing for South American independence as the means of fattening Jews and Jobbers, I wish for it, as the means of preventing this country from the first place, by commercial becoming a poor contemptible greediness; next by as villanous feeble thing; that very thing a little war as ever was carried on which it is the interest of Jews in this world; by eighteen months and Jobbers to make it. of as disgraceful war as ever stained the annals of a country,' we have caused the United States to become really a great maritime power. This dear daughter of ours, as the hero of the inkstand would call her; this liberty-: loving daughter, who places upon her coins the eagle of her wildwoods, and the picture of the mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; this dear liberty-loving daughter of ours, has thrown herself, neck and heels (I mean nothing immodest), into the congenial arms of the Russian Czar! There, then, are they two ready at any moment, to stretch every point for the purpose of lessening the power of England. The wise COURIER observed the other night, in remarking upon the Russian Minister's speech to the King of Spain, that it was curious to observe,`` Russia, who, till of late, was

We ought never to look at South America, without keeping, at the same time, North America constantly in our eye. Things are in a very different state with regard to America, all taken together, from that in which they were only ten years ago. This country must become a little and contemptible power, unless it can openly, boldly, and as matter of course, always speak of itself as the mistress of the seas. There must be no mock modesty about it; no pretended love of peace with all the world; no sham liberality'; and, in short, nothing that shall lead our Government to speak of the great ocean but as of the dominion of England. No necessity to thrust this impudently and boldly forward upon all occasions; but this must be maintained, and openly maintained, too; or, the

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