The _Porcupine_ had the smaller difficulties to contend with; as when several country subscribers complained of “other papers being foisted on them;” and “the flagrant imposition of some of the hawkers in Wimpole Street, who have charged eightpence for the _Porcupine_.” In fact, there was a little too much communicability on the part of the editor toward his correspondents, at the same time that correspondents were permitted to be very plain-spoken. One of them suggested that satire would be more keen if conveyed in the most polished language: he thought that “the comparison, some days ago, of _the dog returning to his vomit_, or any ideas or expressions bearing upon coarseness, offend the more refined inhabitants of this kingdom.” In inviting correspondence for his paper, Mr. Cobbett adopted a course which is not usually taken, viz. that of requesting that communications be _not_ accompanied with the real name of the author. He was, besides, much plagued with unpaid letters--a circumstance which he had often to complain of both before and after this period. Some of his correspondents were people of real distinction, among them being Lord Grenville, who wrote letters under the name of SULPICIUS. Jeremy Bentham, also, contributed a long article upon the projected Population Bill; which appears in the _Porcupine_ of Dec. 1st, 1800, and is reprinted in Bentham’s collected writings. Toward the close of the _Porcupine’s_ career, the negotiations for peace came to a conclusion, and that paper stood almost alone in opposition. The perilous task of boldly attacking the First Consul was pursued:-- “We request our readers to observe that henceforth we shall be very particular in what we say about the most illustrious sovereign, Consul Buonaparte. Oh, how we shall extol him! We shall endeavour to give our readers the earliest information when he rises, breakfasts, dines, sups, and spits.” And, as all this was in direct violation of the popular feeling of the moment, a catastrophe occurred which, in all probability, contributed to bring the _Porcupine and Anti-gallican Monitor_ to an untimely end. Mr. Cobbett was repeatedly urged to bend before the blast, but that was not in him. The story appears to be this. Lauriston, the bearer of the despatches containing the preliminaries of peace, received an ovation from the mob, immediately upon his landing. On his reaching London, “a vile, degraded rabble, miscalled BRITONS, took the horses out of the carriage,” and dragged the vehicle round the parks and the West-end in triumph.