3 JULY 1869, Page 22

Cobbett's Legacy to Parsons. (Griffin.)—Whatever it may have been, the

Legacy is scarcely just now, but it certainly has the merit of very vigorous language. "The author's son, William Cobbett," supplies a preface in which the only remarkable thing is a curious anticipation or parallel of Mr. Sumner's speech. He declares that the Church owes to the State a debt of £500,000,000.