COBBETT, in taking leave of his "kind friends" in Manchester,
as- sured them of his unchangeable faith in his present opinions on the cur- rency, andall other matters. He added, that he should soon have an opportunity of confronting Mr. Hosnissox on the floor of the House of Commons, and of putting down that gentleman's free trade system, and all its advocates. In a letter to the Duke of WELLINGTON in the Register, Conn Err repeats all this ; and from some other statements it would seem, that the Currency Bill has made his fortune. Where- ever he goes, the people flock around. He delivered, he says, four speeches in Manchester, on four successive nights, on each occasion to upwards of a thousand people This, at the rate of a shilling' a head, is - better than fifty pounds a night—so that Commit's acting is remune rated at the rate of KEAN'S tragedy and LISTON'S farce. - There is, undoubtedly, very severe distress throughout the country.; and the sense of this impels the many to seek advice that is delivered oracularly. When men suffer in mind, they are apt to listen to spiri, tual counsel ; when the commercial relations of a country are unset- tled, they are easily induced to open their ears to political prophetss. This we take to be the secret of CORBETT'S attraction. .. ,
