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that they communicated their profigacy, or at least a part 0:
it. to the peopl eople of this country, after they had been plundered
and beggared by Heury VIL. by bis son, and by their vaprin-
asl sit nota g that ia the year 182 25,
such a work as the ¢ Pronata Tejornaion should be written.’
Hs amazing, and especially to such mea as.this writer. The
~ Catholics themselves think it amazing; and wel hey may, ae
ter hearing themselves and their religion, and the religi
sheir and ouy fathers, calumui.ted wtihout bounds, and oot
one Protexant to defend them, for more eed two hundred and
fifty years. It is really amazing that a man should be found,
who, living among Protestants, living, having bis sole depend-
ence, having the dpe endeuce of inily upon Protestants al-
most wholl, amazing that such a man, who has all his re-
. lations, all bis particular acquaintances, all the persons he ever
visits, all his intercourse among Protestants, who never sup-
posed that his works were read by above a score or two of Ro-
man Catholics; it must appear amazing that such aman should
dare to eacounter all these ages of triumphant calumny; and
(iis must ve particularly aiuazing to one who never pnt pen to
_ Paper, wh sed a single type to be set up without ac-
cly ascert: bing what it was to bring into the packet; a
“gan who after calumniating the Catholic Religion for the space
“ot six munths, becaine, all of a sudden, as it were at a single
touch, the zealous fiiend of * Catholic Emancipation,’ even at
the espeuse of the franchises of the Irish freeholders. This
‘ writer. inviauates that [ have something more than a love of
truth and justice in view. In stort, he says, in pretty Plain
_ words, thai aman excellent judge of the way of m
“This discovers mortification and weakness, as
. Lo hear this, one would imagine that, this
writer hinmeelt was, at least not a mere hireling; that be was
“not employed like a mill-horse, to do’ so much work for $0, muelt
‘food, aud that he was not, like a mill-horse, or a dzay-horse, ar
jany part of a miller’s or brewer's stock, to be transferred vith
t at si ck, and to become part of the stock ofa new proprie.
would imagine this much, at any rate, of a man who
he ke inteceocy, the disgusting toeanness and spite, to impute
. y sto me, OY to any man who comes before the pub-
Tie with his» writings, "with His. pame put to those writings, with
“ those writings opeuly for sale, no communication. with the
* parties interested im his opinions, being the tool or the agent of
nobody, relating facts to which all the ‘world has access as weil
he himself, delive ering bis opinions and his arguments to be con-
troverted by any body,. and | detyi ing all the world to say that his
_ work was even. suggested to hin, or that he has had in view any
prospects of gain, other than that which would necessarily de-
ead’ as to its quantity upos, the truth of his relation and the
slocrit of the exccutior
The trath is, that ‘his writer is galled, first by the. success of
‘the work itself, coming from a person who has so often detect-
‘edand exposed his own blunders and bad principles; aud next
‘he is galled at the eilvct which this work is producing. But,
galled, 1 am not to desist. He sees the tendency
"He perceives the maia point that I am driving at.
ec can an pla ly forctel that, if I prove that England was great-
sand her people more happy in Catholic times
“than iu these dimes, the Scotch philosophy, of which he is a
great veacker, will be blown to Martin Luther's old preceptor
‘and comparjon; and therefore. he makes his puny efforts to de-
‘ery it. Lshall eee {his point beyond all contradiction.—
“Yhe necessary brevit work prevents me from everlast
ingly referriag to authorities: but, upon this point, my autho
sties ‘Ye in as small compass. and they are such as no n
ran call in main object all the way through, has
“been to prove that what is called the ‘ Reformation’ has impov-
erished and degraded the main body of the people, and, that it
has also impoverished and degraded the country In order to
‘rome to this great Point, it was necessary to show how the Re-
“formation arose. at, Lam doing, and shallsoon make com-
“plete, and. then i wil, show, afer we e had a view of all the
“beastliness and all the robbery, what the end has been. ©
Thave long thought this would be most useful to my country,
cand, as [, ‘said before, Texpressed my intention to do it even
when Twas in Long Island, as the readers of the Register will
‘ste if they turu “back to. that period... 1 was then in a foreign
‘country; but [had not forgotten England. [ could not thea
smell the ' pig’s meat,’ as the writcr and vender of Scotch bal.
“derdash has the indecency to term a work that has attracted the
aitention of, aud kindled a flame in, according to his own ac-
count, a great part of the-country. Ecould not then have any
da about * where the pig’s meat was
ag. most wanted when he
‘was about to be transferred amongst tie stock from his present
‘master to the. company of masters whe were shout to take to
him and that stock, and who, perhaps would have made him
turn back from eulogizing Mr. peel, to the culogizing of those
Whigs which he had been so long hired to eulogize under Mr.
2
we vever, I have the satisfaction to know that I have. produc.
ed and am producing very great effect with this little work. 1
have this day broken off from the history of her whom I was
taught to call the bloody Queen Mary ; and when that, history is
finished and pat forth. from the Press, 1 would see even. the shirt
off my back, if I could thereby insure its being read, b:
nan ia England. ‘This cannot be done; but I feel great satis-
faction in being assured, that [shall induce many and many
thousands of Englishmen to think highly of the memory of that
Mnost caluraniated’ Queen, and scorn the conduct of her hypo-
critical and base calumniators. . WILLIAM COBBETT.
—————
. Bitevarn, Review.
Menwirs of Samuel Pepys, E3sq.,, F. RB. 8., Secretary to the Ad.
-miralty ia the Reigns of Charles TL and James. 11. » Co ‘ontpris-
ing his Diary fen 1659 fo 1669. Decyphered: by the Rev.
Raj
-Saithy, from the original Short-hand MS. ih the Pepysian
Libs tnd @ Sclection from his Private Correspoloncen
_E by Lord. Braybronke. 2 volse 4to. London, 1825,.
| Colburn,
- Notwitsaraspive the extensive popul of the Memoirs.
of Gremmout, and. the still greater eee of those of Eye-
iyn, we have no hesitation in stating our opinion that these vo-
Tames will outstrip. them both in public estimation... For our-
selves we are delighted with tem: they reach the very beau.
ideal of what we desire from such records:. ‘The station of the
individual gave hjin access to the most interesting intelligence of.
ee fe pesiod—the period i is onc of Peculiar vaticly, min:
character, and fluctuation both national and private—the diary
is an honest, unaffected memorandum daily occurrences, not
intended for any eye but that of the writer, being kept in short-
hand, only legivie to himself: aud, finally, the entries give so
troly “ne impressions of the moment, that-many of them, ata
week or month’s distance of time apart, perpetuate opinions
and facts widely differing from those first felt or believed
e have thes obtained a fund of private anecdote; perpetual
notions of the changing fashions of the age; lamps to light u:
to the truth of history} 3 a perfect idea of the protligate Court of
Charles, and of the leading persons around that easy and disso-
lute monarch} most interesting accounts of the drama and stage;
ands in fine, just such a picture of life, a century anda ago,
s it is entertaining beyond } measure to examine and reflect
upon. =
ope are reminded that it is often desirable to introduce the
author to‘his readers, that they may know a litle of the person
are requesied to spend their time.
the son of a citizen and
probably originally
from Scotland. He was educated e St. Paul’s School and Cam-
bridge, married very young, and became a protege of his rela-
tive Sir E. Montagu, afterwards the celebrated Earl of Sand-
wich. He appears to have: b very drudge in his official
appointnients, and rose to value by ‘his application and compara-
tive purity—for in those days the purest men in office seem to
have Bad a gS correct notion of integrity than the meanest
In private he. acts with much simplicity, and might
well be esteemed a worthy fellow, though he does not neglect
his own advancement, nor shun (after he acquires fortune) the
pleasures which surround him. . He had at last aseat in Parliae
ig 0:
ment, was two years President of the Royal Society, and,
the accession of William and, Mary, retired from the bustle "and
fatigue-of public affairs. He died at Clapham, i in Mi 03, and was
uried in St. Olaves’s Hart-rtreet.
In reviewing the present work, which contains matter to eu:
‘rich a whole year of our Gazettes, we shall endeavour to class
tracts from the diary under séveral heads—such as history,
manners, fashions, the drama, literature, science, anecdote, &c.
and, we confess, so attractive are they all, that we hardly know
jow or where to begin. Perhaps the precedency i is due to the
more general topics, and we commence with them, being aware
at they also incidentally include much which might be other-
sie flassed. So let us fo dinner, “ with what’ appetite we
“ 5 an. 1659- 60.—Home from. my office to. my Lord’s lodg-
ings, where my wife. had got ready a very fine dinner, viz. a
dish of marrow bones; a leg of mutton; a loin of yoals a dish
of fowl, three pullets, anda a dozen ‘of larks, all i adish; 3
great. tart, a neat's tongue, a dish of anchovies; a dish” of
pxawns and cheese. My company was my father, my uncle
Fenner, his two sons, Mn Pier, and all their wives, and my,
brother Tom. ::
“The u of this day i isa letter ‘that speaks “absolute tely
Monk’s concurrence with. this Parliament, and nothing ke,
which yet I hardly believe. -
“ Feb. 2.—I this day left of my gieat skirt suit,. and ‘put on
my white suit with silver Hace e and went over to Harper's,
where] met with 3 Doling, Luellin, and three. mer-
chants, one of which had occasion to use a porter, so they sent
for one, and James the soldier came, who told us how they had
been allday and night upon their guard at St. James’s, and that
through the whole towu they did resolve to stand to what they
had began, and that to-morrow he did believe they would go
into the city, and be"received there. After this we went to a
sport called, ‘selling of a horse for a dish of 5 gs and herrings,
and sat talking there till almost twelve at nig! t
Within a few days Monk entered the matopoli and ‘the Tes
atoration became certain.
“ We were told that the Parliament had sent Scott and Robin-
son to Monk this afternoon, but he would not hear them, And
that the Mayor and Aldermen had offered. their own houses for
himself and his ofticers and that his soldiers. would lack for no-
thing, And indeed {saw many people give the soldiers drink
andi money, and all along the sweets eried— God bless them,”
and extraordinary good words. _ Elence we went to merchant's
house hard by, where I saw Sir Nich. Erep, and sowent to the
Star Tavern, (Monk being then at Benson’s.) In Cheapside
there was.a great many bonfire: e3,.and Bae and allthe bells
in all the churches as we went home were a- ringing. Hence we
went homewards, it peing about ten at night.~. But. the common
joy that was every w e to be seen! The number of bonfires,
there being foaecn ‘between, St. Dunstan’s and Temple Bar,
and at Strand Bridge I could at one time tell thirty-one fires.
King-street seven or eighi; andall along burning, and roasting,
and rdrinking for rumps. There being rumps ti tied upon sticks,
and carried u upanddown. ‘The. butchers at the May Pole in the
Strand rang a peal with theiz knives when they were going to sa~
crifice their ramp. On Ludgate Hill. there was one turning of a
spit that had a rump tied upon. it, and another basting ofits In.
deed it was past imagination, both the greatness and ‘the sudden-
ness of it, At one end of the street you would think there was a
whole lane of fire, and so hot that we were fain to keep on the
further side.
Lord. Sindwich’ brought the. King overs: and ‘how was. he
amused. the first or second evening after his arrival in London?
“ Apri23d.—In the evening, for the first time, extraordina
good sport among the seamen, after my Lord had done playing
at nine: pins”
The. details respecting the King are (though we pass them for
the ne nance) highly curious = we are now upon the manners of the
Ba
“ ‘July 8th, (Lord’ 's day. To, White-Hall Chapel, where I
got in with ease by going before the. Lord Chancellor with Mr.
.| Kipps.i Here I beard very good: musique, the first time that
ever L remember to have-heard the organs and singing-men in
surplices in my lite. , The Bishop of Chichester preached pefere
the King, an le a great flattering sermon, w!
dike that the Cleray should, meddle with matters of state, Dined
with Mr. Luellin and Salisbury atacook’s shop. Home, and
staidall the afternoom with my wife till after sermon. ‘here
ull Mr. Fairebrother come to call us out to my father’s to sup-
er. He told me how he had perfectly procured me to be made
Master in Arts by Proxy, which did somewhat please me, though
J Femember pr my cousin Roger Pepys was the other day persuad-
ing me fr
Toth. This day I put on my ney silk suit, the first that ever
[wore in my life. . Home, and calle: 7 my wife, and took her to
Clodin’s to a great reading of Nan Hartt fo Mysheer Roder,
which was kept at Gor use with v veat state, cost,
§
and noble company, “But among all the beau there, my wite
was thought the greatest. And finding ny I Lord in White Halt
garden, L sot him to go the Secretary’s, which he did, and de- -
sired the dispatch of his and my bills to be viene by the King.
His bul is to be Earle of Sandwich, Viseount Hinchingbrooke, |
and Baron of St. Neot’s.. Home, with’ my mind pretty quiet:
not returning, a3 I said [ would, to sce the bride put to bed.
“Oct. Teh, (Lord's day.)—To White Hall on foot,. calling’at’ *
my father’s to change my long black cloake for ashort one +
(long cloakes being now quite out); ‘but he being gone. to
chureh, [ could not “get one. . [heard Dr. Spurstow. Preach ‘be.’
fore the King a poor dry sermon; but a very good anthem ot
ifterwards. “To m; y Lord’s, and dined ith
him; he all dinnertime talking French to me, and tellin;
the story how the Duke of York had got my Lord Chancellor's ‘3
daughter with child, and that she do lay it te him, and that for <
certain he did promise her marriage, and signed it with his’
blood, but that he by stealth had got the paper out of hercabis | *
net. ‘And that the King would bave him to marry her, but that !
he w ill not, So that the thing is very bad for the Duke, and’ ?
them all; but my Lord do make light of it, as a thing that he be~ |
lieves is hot a new thing for the Duke to do abroad.” {The lady *
became Duchess ol f York. 1 (To be continued.)
a eourt of Chancery...
‘Fa the Matter of Wn. Alerander Willock,an Infant.
Mr. Heart said, he held in his band a Petiti
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vrort tine os novel ‘nature. A Capt. of an East India ship,
short ti i i i l=
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voyage commenced, Mrs. Willock and one of the children died ;
the other(who is the plaintiff) was fostered and brought safely
te this country by the humanity th the Captain, having no other
oul on beard to attend him.. [lis father, a short time before
the voyage commenced, died in India, leaving property there
to the amount of about ‘soot. which is quite ready to be trans-
smitted to this.country upon a proper authority being sent ont
‘or that purpose. The dificulty that now presented itself was,
foe the Captain was about to return. to the East Indies, and no
one knew what todo with the infant; therefore the direction of
he Court was prayed. been made respecting the
relations of the child, and it was found that his nearest relation
jor shoemaker in Ireland; and a Rev. Mr. French, also in
reland, having heard of the. child’s condition, has o:
become his guardian, giving at the same time the most respecta-
bie references. . There might be a difficulty in the Court’s ap-
pointing a guardian residing i in Ireland, but that difficute was >
obviated by the Duke ot Lei
allow his name to be with Mr. French's, as the
child’s guardians, provided his Lordship would make an order
to that effect.
. His Lordship said, he“ would have done a great deal for th
protection of an infant having no relation whatever in this
country, but there could nésy be no diificulty, in consequence of
his Grace’s humane offer,.and therefore, bis Lordship at on¢e-
le. the order of appointment, and thu:
tain his tender and and important charge.”
us took from the Can.
- Sanaticism anv Fined :
n Thursday, several of the: parish officers of Nowington attended ut
waren Hall, before the mages LB. Allen, Esq., in order to state facts
which had comeé to qheir ks owledge, relative tothe j treutment of fe young
girl named Sarah olman, y hee ¢,.Wwho had t of the.“
house into the stre fice of her refusal to become a convert to!
asect, of W as. member, who denominated themselves “The tue
believers in the fuith of Mury Johama Southcote, and the coming of the
young Shiloh.”
It appeared that about three years ago, her father’s barbarity commenced.
by turning her mother and herself out of doors: ich she went into
service, but, ou account of ill health, was obliged to leave about five weeks:
a master tailor in comfortable circumstances, having
led, in Walworth. ‘The officer
‘ory, fond ina room in Hole
with a bure lip, which extended ¢0 far up her faco asto completely divide
her noze in two parts. personage, on inquiry, they learned was
eal Mary Johanna,” and upon asking whut the old man was doiug, they
bring “ young
specially sent upon earth for that purpose, as well as tor the performance
of some other prodigies, befure she made her exi
w two or three other wonten in the house, one of w
tioned respeeting an iufont which ste earried in her a ‘rine Said thot it wa
e futher of it; but th was not his
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rowne: who appear
called her on one aide, telling her that sh
eal “ Mary Sohannay” tha t she was sent upou earth endued with the spirit
e that she would pi erform miracles before she was transluted
buck into Reaven agai
Magistrate the ridiculou:
f futher, she seid, some-time ago went to cou:
able expunce in mak-
in ste up a most splendid red cout, richly. embroider with gol with.
Ieters worked in gold on the back of it.to this oat is for
the young "Si lok.” This cout, she said, was gi ven to 3 sy Browne, alias
Mary Joh Nain by her father, who, on presenting ity said, * What pf Ito,
do.with thi: ry;Johanna’s reply was, 4 Let it be given whe
the Lord's spirit dwells in perfection.” “Tien,” enid her. futher, placings
the coat over her shoulders, “it dwelleth ii lary Jol
permitted to enter the room w were cong!
“was an, unbeliever, and her father “pltanately turned hey ont of doors,
sed to atlow her any suyy ohinan sai did not consider the
female: ee hie daughter, becuase she was not ¢ teed with the spirit of
the Loy ‘The greater part of her statement, was fals % id
not lool upon her asa daughter, for her mother med him, aud was
commpn ptostitute—The Magistrate having listened to hima for i tong times
id be must give the parish some security tor the maintenance of bis dani
angement oe
Lee Lewis, the harlequin, is gene-
od at the little theatre in the Ha y
and being fatigued, he sent for a coach to
the stage door, ant bet re hecame down to the coach, the dri-
ver entered into conversation with the call-boy, respecting the:
lives aud habits of the players, and concluded his enquiries by
a shake of f the bead, andan observation, that. he: was afraid. they:
The agility of the late Mr.
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