been told, that _that_ was _now_ what was carried on by men, who talked of the "_damnable_ errors" of those who founded that very church! But it beggars one's feelings to attempt to find words whereby to express them upon such a subject and such an occasion. How, then, am I to describe what I felt, when I yesterday saw in Hyde Meadow, a _county bridewell_, standing on the very spot, where stood the Abbey which was founded and endowed by Alfred, which contained the bones of that maker of the English name, and also those of the learned monk, St. Grimbald, whom Alfred brought to England _to begin the teaching at Oxford_! After we came out of the cathedral, Richard said, "Why, Papa, nobody can build such places _now_, can they?" "No, my dear," said I. "That building was made when there were no poor wretches in England, called _paupers_; when there were no _poor-rates_; when every labouring man was clothed in good woollen cloth; and when all had a plenty of meat and bread and beer." This talk lasted us to the inn, where, just as we were going to set off, it most curiously happened, that a parcel which had come from Kensington by the night coach, was put into my hands by the landlord, containing, amongst other things, a pamphlet, sent to me from Rome, being an Italian translation of No. I. of the "_Protestant Reformation_." I will here insert the title for the satisfaction of Doctor Black, who, some time ago, expressed his utter astonishment, that "_such_ a work should be published in the _nineteenth_ century." Why, Doctor? Did you want me to stop till the _twentieth_ century? That would have been a little too long, Doctor. Storia Della Riforma Protestante In Inghilterra ed in Irlanda La quale Dimostra Come un tal' avvenimento ha impoverito E degradato il grosso del popolo in que' paesi in una serie di lettere indirizzate A tutti i sensati e guisti inglesi Da Guglielmo Cobbett E Dall' inglese recate in italiano Da Dominico Gregorj. Roma 1825. Presso Francesco Bourlie. Con Approvazione. There, Doctor Black. Write _you_ a book that shall be translated into _any_ foreign language; and when you have done that, you may _again_ call mine "pig's meat." RURAL RIDE: FROM WINCHESTER TO BURGHCLERE. _Burghclere, Monday Morning, 31st October 1825._