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LONDON. WEDNESDA Y. JAN.I7.
Ws have seldom read two works more feeble than
those written upon the great crisis of their country,
by its two most able statesmen. Two greater politi-
cians or men of more powerful minds than M. Ouizor
or M. THIERS were 'Moat to find, and yet they
have published, each of them, a work upon the
great revelation of the day, so crude, so
vague, so utterly foreign to the great purpose, and so
totally devoid of foresight or calculation, that they
really make one moralise on the vanity and empti-
ness even of the greatest human intellects.
M. Tunas wrote a volume in defence of property,
imagining that this basis of all human society was
seriously menaced. M. GUIZOT has written a volume
upon democracy, under the impression that de•
mocracy was about to swallow up the world.
Aad, lo! ere the ink was dry in the pens of these
great essayists, and ere the marifestauons of their
inward panic could be published and communicated
to the world, it became quite evident that cause of
panic there was none; that the French worshipped
property with • self-devotion sgainst which all
the efforts of communists impinge like air-
bubbles against the sides of the Pyramids
or of the Alps; and that democracy, at least
in France, was in reality of so puny a constita-
Soo, that, however strong and unmanageable in the
access of fever, it still, if left to itself, would sink t)
the ordinary force and consistency of every-day ideas
and of every-day men ; losing itself in the crowd
like them, and disappearing like any other fantasy or
colour of that mode-loving people.
What ruined and misled M. Grum' was his dis-
eased horror of this said democracy, which was, in fact,
the creature first of his imagination, and consequently
of his misrule. There are no more governable people
than the French. Such, at least, is our firm opinion.
But, instead of trusting themselves, their govern-
ment, and their course of policy, to the middle classes
of France, and placing themselves and their dynasties
in harmony with them, both elder and younger
BOURBONs listened to statesmen who bade them be-
ware of their people, who represented them as dan-
gerous and ungovernable except by intimidation,end as
enemies of all authority. When a people is discontented,
and above all when the middle and intelligent chums
is discontented, the wiser course for any government is
to await attack, if it cannot bring itself to yield. By
granting what tho more moderate of opposition
demand, it almost infallibly divides that opposition,
and rallies a new government party. But Louis
PHILIPPE, like CHARLES X., confounded all oppo-
sition to the government as the result of democracy,
and combated all demands alike—those of electoral
reform, or those of Jacobiuic war. M. GUIZOT
evidently labours still under the same mistake. He
does not perceive now, and did not perceive then, the
immense conservative tendencies which mingle with
all the liberalism of the middle classes. And to keep
I down those classes as democrats, is still the prin-
ciple he contends for. Of thirty-Lae millions
of Frenchmen, there were but 180,000 elec-
tors; electors and non-electors met to protest
and to dine together in order to make an associated
protest. M. GuizoT forbade them, and by forbidding
them hurled himself and his master from the throne.
He now says, the work was done by democracy and
democrats. But who forced the middle classes to act
as democrats, or to do what they least dreamed of,
fling the state into democracy? M. GUIZOT. The
word democracy, and the false%dea attached to it, has
been his ruin, and remains still his 111011i0a and
mistake.
There is one passage in M. GUIZOT'a book which
bespeaks the great talent of the writer, but which ap-
pears to us a dangerous error. It is that comparing
the body politic to the individual, and taking a reli-
gious view of the latter. Man, he says, is born-with
evil propensities, and his duty in life is to combat them.
Man in the aggregate, that is, in political so-
ciety, is under the same ban of the Fall.
He is prone to evil, and the duty of
the statesman, like that of the priesthood in private
life, is to combat these evil propensities. Thus in M.
Ouizor's opinion, democracy in political conduct is
analogous to sin in private life. As man is to resat
the tempter, the po itician is to resist the democrat.
GUIZOT does not say this in so many words:
bat such is manifestly his course of thought,
and his line of argument. One more mys-
tio, more fallacious, more illiberal, more
unstatesmanlike, we never yet encountered in or out of
print. Even .Hobbinn is preferable to it. Such an
admixture of things and principles, sacred and pro-
fane, such an humbling of plain and manly political
principles before the misty spectre of religious super-
stition is what we should not have expected from the
nineteenth century, and, least of all, from M. GuizoT.
We will not deny that democracy has many
evil tendencies and bad attributes, that it is often tar-

bulent, and reckless, and iniguitoils, and cruel. But
aristocracy or despotism may be shown to have the
same tendencies and the same attributes. Nor can we
admit the crimes of one Lobe more diabolical than those
of the other. We can, at the same time, conceive an
enlightened democracy incapable of crime or injustice,
as we can also conceive a Trajan, under whose sway
the noblest and the freest mind might delight to
live. But democracy, or self-government, is &science
which is capable of being improved or perfected.
Whereas man's disposition ui so little to be framed, or
calculated upon, that no mode of rearing a prince
can prove a guarantee of his wisely using power. The
despotic and aristocratic principles are indeed dying
out. We have nothing left but the democratic as a
paramount influence, which must prevail even in
monarchic countries. Our duty is to cultivate, im-
prove, and regulate that principle, not as M. Gueor
does, anathematise it, and depict as poison what in
truth must be our daily food.

A =morn is current. and we have reason to
believe it well founded, that the title deeds of about
thirty large landed estates, chiefly belonging to
families of distinction, perished iu the chambers
of a firm of solicitors in the recent fire in Lincoln's-
inn. We avoid mentioning the name of the
parties, lest even a temporary alarm should
be o:casioned in the minds of those who might
happen to be their clients. We say temporary, be-
cause all anxiety as to any serious or immediate
consequences of this accident, could but exist 'so
long as would be necessary to make inquiry, for
any lawyer would be able at once to dissipate the
notion so commonly prevalent that the right to an
estate depended on the possession of the title deeds.
But while we thus avail ourselves of the opportunity of
at once relieving the minds of the parties more imme-
diately affected by the calamity in question of
any groundless fears which they might entertain
of being disturbed in the easy and quiet possession of
the property, we cannot deny that ft is likely
to give rise to much serious inconvenience. This must
occur particularly in cases iu which there happen to be
no attested copies or other collateral legal evidence of
the contents of the documents destroyed, and especially
where parties are entitled to reversionary and other de-
ferred interests in the estates to which theyrelated. The
usual evidence of the existence of such rights and
interests being destroyed, it seems difficult to see how
those entitled to such interests will be able to establish
them. And even as to the present holders of such
properties, from the feet of one or more of material
documents relative to them being lost, their value
will be seriously deteriorated by, their being ren-
dered what is called " not marketable "—that is,
incapable of realising the amount they otherwise
would have done in case it were found neces-
sary that they should be sold or mortgaged.
Though productive, then, of no immediate results of

Int Court.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Duchess of Sutnerland
and Lady C. Leveson Gower, the Duke and Duchesa of Bed-
ford, the Martinis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl of
Aberdeen, Earl Spencer, and Colonel Wylde are ex
petted to arrive at the Castle this evening on a visit to her
Majesty and Prince Albers.
The royal dinner party at the Castle, this evening,
will include the Duchess of Kent, the Princesses Amelia and
Elise of Hohenlohe Schillingsfunt, the Duchess of Suther-
land, and Lady C. Leveson Gower, Lady Fumy Howard,
Baroness de Spech, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl of Aber-
I (leen' Earl Spencer, and Colonel Wylde.

Mr. Bennett and Mr. Elworthy, accompanied by
the Solicitor• General and Mr. Tafnell, members for Devon-
pert, Lord Ebvington and Mr. Roundell Palmer, members
for Plymouth, had an interview with Sir G. Grey, yester-
day, at the Heme-office, and presented a petition to her
Majesty from the inhabitants of Plymouth, Devonport, Stone-
house, and the neighbourhood, lay members of the church of
England, praying for the adoption of measures with a view
to a revision of the Liturgy, and a definition of the ceremo-
nial of the church.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a committee meeting, yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-
place.
Mr. J. Wood and Mr. Pressly had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Evlegner, yesterday. Mr. B.
Harrison, chairman of the Public Works Loan-office, bad
also an interview, yesterday, with the right hon. baronet, at
his official residence in Downing-street.
Despatches were sent off, yesterday evening, from
the Colonial-office, for the governors of the West India
colonies.

Lord Clements had an interview, yesterday, with
Sir G. Grey.

(From last night's Gazette.)
WHITEHALL, JAN. —The Queen has been pleased
to direct letters patent to be passed under the great seal of
the United Kingdom constituting and appointing the Right
Honourable Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bart. ; Rear Ad-
miral James Whitley Deans Dundas, C. 8.; Maurice Frede-
rick Fitshardinge Berkeley, Esq., C. 8., Captain in her
Majesty's nary; Lord John Hay, C. 8., Captain in her
Majesty's navy; the Honourable William Francis Co•vper;
and Alexander Milne,
.Esq., Captain in her Majesty's navy,
her Majesty's commissioners for executing the office of High
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereto be-
longing.

.
Otows-oFFicz, JAs.l3.—Member returned to serve
in parliament for the borough of Truro : HamplayWillyams,
Esq.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. JAM. 15.
Royal Reid- at Artillery.—Brev..CoL W. Wylde, to be col., vice
Cleaveland, dee.; Brev.-514 Cu age, to be lieut.-col., vice
Wylde; Sec. Capt. T. De Winton, to be rapt, vice Cup ; Firet
Lieut. J. L. Vice, to be sec. apt, vice Dc Winton; Bc.• heat 0. A.
Itilinan, to Le Ant lieut., vice Elgce.

to be
dell::: abysfritesiett,
des emrvaealter.
constantTnough trend whs., to be cured by hesphi
importance, it is clear that the accident to which we by idles-se;
mimlatplryovisoodentrithwosust
refer must ultimately give rine to serious cense
peprmeeierntte.
coofunetheotolrisoite.cberasrel iyou,2l9tirpeer—z•
in this country, bility of their making aansinglePerordt sitiShclu,s the
the
queue's. And whin we consider that neatly all
their criminal career, and 38 per cont. best--
ettecetipti"t thoseeedsofdeothmee few large Prl property
landed proprietors, powers of self-control. What had the° esitici h...-7
who have munlment rooms on their own establish-
LuardWllihnedirato.33.2ina
went", are in the custody of solicitors, and are there-
fore continually expmed to the perils under which al thew previous habits of
those in question have jest succumbed, it is impos- attention had first been drawn to this subjectlab3hr. an
Bible not to feel the force of this among the many moos increase of commitments for crime, lenbol V 14.3 r.
other cogent reasons that already exist of at once us that it was necessary to see that our system of 'mill tehde
adopting the long proposed system of a general regis- went was a sound on., ? If the legillatore WIN din% iningia.
tendon of all deeds by the state. Since the time of thetton
.niylirrwof executions;itd if
t.f it was abolishing trroeports
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, who, "at the suggestion of the Lions, such asstshegverhiaing-post allandsstrelplear,`"7 infra.
noble lord then at the head of tune administration," as toting imprisonment fur it, did it not teach the Lid
we are told by his pupil. the well known conveyancer, fm2ott ince of seeing that the /mem of prison ficaapee'lat
soy
Mr. JOHN BELL, first entertained this important quee. a humane, efficient system ? He believed that the fume 4.
tion, down to the present day it has never ceased to tion of prison dim.coiptituie must
ini be continuous industry. if ,
occupy the attention of all men whose occupations be corrected by habitsi of mtadittandulgencl, it mut
have led them to the consideration of this subject. had become criminal from habits of improvidencte, we alheh.,
So long ago as in 1832, a committee of the House of adopt some course that would cut on himself in ptio7m-
Common., after a lengthened investigation of care of maintaining himself. If men got to prison Iron to
ea
1 the subject, in which they availed themselves feeblenesstern that ofatiledpttinweftofths:tlf control, we must adopt g in.
of the knowledge at d experience of all the spurn sou at these power" and
control themselves. us
ablest conveyancers and attorneys of the day, pus legislature. For the tut forty or fiftysyecany.,,vit
lattd, reported in favour of its immediate operation been deluded and deceived by looking at the outside of t
in all cases of large landed estates, and in all cases of Prison, instead of looking at ties 'quern. We should adopt
smaller ones so soon as the expenses incident to a spite in
_which, without involving any utneceuary loco.
registration could be made commensurate with the lion would
wtooullboguirv.e aNT)awnitthweumeanneelatobouer and the Maim.
value of the property to be registered. In this of land within sixty minutes' distance of the placease l'whe 000 still
the committee were supported by the opinion was now standing, which Lid riot produce 2s. ca. au &e.t.a%
of the three greatest conv'yencers of the day, the
anyear; it was possible to place a prison on ;bog
late Mr. Joan BELL, Mr. FREATON, the late
thousand of
actuate straangttati so as tt, contain. one
Mr. DUVAL, and by the present Lords LANGDALE
, that lend—Jolty, prisoners
andssaulLtan
mighti and
deth built roma
and CAMPBELL, then Messrs. BICKERSTETH awl expense of 100,0001. or 1001. per prisone'r, wherse:s?Usis It
'lin
CAMPBELL, and by a host of eminent attorneys. It is were paying for Reading gaol at least 2001 a prisonerwetf.
not to be denied that some conveyancers and other out the land. The plan of the prison which he propourlbsil
men whose opinion commanded respect,. were opposed been en.prepszdtyoMr. &evens, and he hat been assured that
to it, but the weight of authority and of aegis- 20,0001. n If the pet fple of Euselltludidbv:oeusld bedsafisssfi Pith than
meat was indisputably in favour of the opinion more expense should he incurred in housing end losigins' no
of the committee. With inch evidence as this, criminal portion of t,s community, we should he relireedled
of the importance of a general registration, it seems not from the anomaly this they had mansions more convenient
a little di 'tt cult to understand how the legislature and more comfortal,le than those resiiences which could be
should have allowed the matter to rest for EC/ '
tl)lenrinicoanm
tied.
community. Tree
I iv: ptraton
roof
mathte‘tni:dutitittiout clus of
many years, especially when other law reforms of corn- that 10,000 prisoners, between i the &gess maatdefiferttas4
paratively insignificant importance to this have and forty-five (widen constituted the large doe of
been carried into effect. No one unacquainted the prisoners of this country). could, by thespide cultne
with the fearful mysteries of conveyancing can tion of_ the land, by constant and continuous labour, dig out;
form any ides of the enormous trouble and con- not opntvu;ottentrettceoewnnout:php,,itnt,evaetrlrealrlticelcefoutf prison eon.
port
sequent expense, and el the serious injury that of the cfficers engaged in the control of the prisotn,sosustPha
is continually occurring to parties through the an ample stock to pay the salary of the gweraer and se:
loss of deeds and through the want of proper means dens. He would feel with a man in prism as he must be
of enforcing the production of them when still in dealt with in a s'a'e of freedom. The Szripturr told us that
existence. The real property comaresioners went so i_ftitnitilpailae would
hnaot not rtico,
be suspended
slcitotdildwhheenest. Oa what
far as to say (see 2nd Report, page 16), that this was r
applied to the criminal population.ln All the prtownusystts be
the cause of prerenting a large proportion of the titles had failed, by placing a man in en urtifi is! instead :Ist
in this country from being marketable. natural state. The err r Ind been to try to mike goof
The real cause of the delay which this measure prisoners instead of acts I men. Mr. Pearson then proeee led
has met with, lies, we suspect, in that dislike toit ecoxlitranittitdr winf
partftstoantd
fira modelan of. the prison prop ued.
which the aristocracy and landed interests of this considered indispensable to soundlon* by
lat.- which he
prison p.me, but all
country experience at having either themselves beyond that was unnect ssary.
or their affairs exposed to the prying eye of
the public. Nor is this aversion, so far as the
present matter is concerned, without founda-
tion. It is a notorious fact that conveyancers
continually have documents laid before them, which
on investigation turn out to confer the estate upon
parties others than those in the actual enjoyment
of it; and Lord KENYON once said, in reference to
this very matter, that if every man were com-
pelled to produce in open court every bit of
I paper in his possession, millions would be
ruined. But the force of this objection to
a system of general registration at once vanishes,
when it is borne in mind that it never was propose d
that the register should set out any conveyances made
antecedent to its first establishment, or any convey-
ances now in existence. The register would only be
of such deeds as were made after its establishment,
and all defects therefore existing in titles before that
time will lie as deeply buried in oblivion as those who
are interested in such secrecy might wish. It is to
prevent injwiticeand accidental damage for the future,
not to remedy that of the past, that a general registra-
ation of deeds is proposed.
The other objection raised to this scheme is that it
would enable every man to pry into the concerns
of his neighbour, and that where the parties are
concerned in commercial transactions, the fact of
their having mortgaged or otherwise encumbered
their teal estates, might be the cause of seriously in-
juring their credit. Both these objections are
grounded on the assumption that parties
whose estates are encumbered have a right to
conceal that feet from all the world. We deny this.
Men obtain standing and position in society upon the
strength of their being wealthy, and as holding large
landed properties. And has not society, therefore, the
right of inquiring and ee eing how far the pretensions
are justified? No one but those keeping up a false ap-
pearance can be injured by such an investigation.
And where a man is engaged in commercial or other
transactions, those with whom he has pecuniary rela-
tions have a right to know the real state of his affairs.
It is to his wealth (of which broad acres always form
so imposing a part), and not to the man personally,
that they look for payment; and it he times any
stops to induce them to believe that that wealth
is greater than it is, or conceals any serious diminu-
tion which it may suffer—he is guilty of a fraud.
No man in business or who is obtaining credit by any
means whatever, can complain at his inability to dis-
charge his debts being made known to his creditors.
It is nothing bat frustrating a fraud. And yet this
and the objection above mentioned were the only
serious ones that were advanced against the mea-
, sure before the committee, and those we fear which
have now servers, for 16 years, t• obviate the vast
amount of good that might have been derived from it.

THE TOOTING CHOLERA CABE&
ADJOUItNED INQUEST.
Yesterday, the inquest on the bodies of the fora
children who died in the Free Hospital, Gray'einn-reed,
alter their removal from Mr. Dmuet's establishment, at
Tooting, was resumed before Mr. Wakley, M.P. Tee*,
assembled as before, in the secretary's office, at the Hospital,
but it being found iecenveniently small, they adjourned to
the Globe Tavern, in Derby street, where the court was
formally opened. As :he proceedings were about to be come
menced,
Mr. Ballantine (the barrister) said he bad been instrueted
to appear on behalf of Mr. Drouet, not with the view of de-
fending him or any one under eceusa•ien, but of msistinginthe
Evesugation which had bees very properly veered
into. An extremely long statement had been made
atraiiist Mr. Drouet and his meabliehe.ent, whit
Mr. Drouet at the time was unprepared to answer,
but which he could new answer by witnesses and
documents ; in bringing forward which he was dairoas of
having the assist' enc. of a professional man, that be might
clear himself before the public from the imputdiens cut
tenon him, It was not for him (Mr. Ballantine) to enter
into any of the details or grounds of defence which it was
in Mr. Drone t's power to ley before them, and he now
merely applied to the coroner and jury to be p emitted to
lanng before them some facts on the part of Mr. Drouet,
which he sincerely believed would much tend to elucidate
the truth sod assist the inquiry which It was importsntte
toe public should be conducted in the fairest and fullest
manner. He had already understood from the coroner that
it was contrary to his proctice to hear counsel on tech emu
dons, and he now begged to ask him whether it would be
contrary to his rule to grant the request made, and if a,
whether he felt disposed to enforce that rule in this ix-
stance ?
Mr. Wakley a .id he could not permit counsel to appear as
such. But the case weay one of se import-nt a nature, cosh
which it was so deairable teat the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth, should be arrived at, that he
should be glad if Mr. Bat lentil,. would remain in the root
and assist Mr. Drouet upon any matters he might think so
gentled for the administration ot justice. A coroner's jwy
was of a peculiar character. No person stood accused bags
it. There was no prosecutor, and consul- ently no defendant,
and the coroner at times had great difficulty in ascereduitg
the course that ought to be pursued. There being no proso
cuter or defendant, a great evil was heard b. Pere a coroner's
jury, es b fore a grand jury, which would not be deemed
evidence in other quarters. They were thus under the no
cessity of invitutine a roundabout inquiry, in order
to get at facts which could be deem, d miler:es
on a trial. Mr. Grainger. for instance, had been
employed by the Board of Health to go to Tooting and
quire into the state of the establishment ; and he ( Mr. Wakley)
had considered it very eesential that that report should be
produced by Mr. Grainger himself, in order feet the jury
might Moe an opportuueq of judging whether there was
anything therein suggested that might lead to the prodeeem
of us. ful evidence. Part of that report was, ibusoless, near
demnatory ot Mr. Runlet ; but, in addressing the jury, he
would t II them what pet Lions of it they were to demi, sad
what came strictly within the scope of the investigation. A
however, it centained imputations that might be prejudicisi
to the interests end character of Mr. Drouet, it wield be
unjust to refuse him ar. oppertunity of answering them S!
(Mr. Wakley) felt assured the jury would not object to at
any length of tome in order to d o justice ; and he therefore
consented, without breaking the ru'e he bad hit
it necessary to adopt of not hea:ing counsel, to
Mr. Ballantine's giving his professional assistance to Mr.
Drouet, trusting that he would nit encroach unduly on the
rule alluded to by addressing the jury, but limit himself to a
suggestive interference.
Mr. Ballantine promised so to limit himself, and believed
that by doing so the object ho had in view, of assisting is
the inquiry, would be sufficiently attained. II- held in his
hand a statement or report, signed by four medical men, who
were at present attending the establishment at Tooting, but
were not connected with it, and he hoped the coroner would
have no objection to lay it, as well as 81r. Oraieger's report,
before the ury.
lie
Mr. Wes y inquired if the gentlemen who signed it were
present.
Mr. Ballantine said they were not, and was . ore that the
present state of the Tooting Asylum would be deemed suf-
ficient excuse.
Mr. Watley observed that Mr. Grainger produced his own
report.
Mr. Ballantine admitted that that made all the different:l;
but Mr. Kite, who had also signed the report—a gentlemsa
of surgical skill, and who cou:d attest the signatures of the
other medical men—was present, and ready to be examined.
Mr. Wakley took the report, and said he would, at a leter
neriol, lay it before the fury ; but the course of proceeding
he wished to adopt was, first ot all, to call some person con-
nected with the boar,' of guardians of the Holborn limos,
for the purpose of ascertaining what was really the nature
and terms of the contract entered into between them and
Mr. Drouet, of Tooting—whether there had been any viola-
tion of it on Mr. Drouet's part—any looseness in the condi-
tion, of it; and whether it gave him any undue license with
regard to the children. Then they would mote
to the legal point as to whether the Poor-law
Commissioners could exercise any authority onf
the establishment—whether, if they could, they were booed
to des so, and, If bound, whether there had been any reitlooi
or remiesnets on their part in not doing so, Then the jury
would be in a position to examine into the actual state of
the asylum and the children previous to the breaking out of
disease.
Mr. W. R. James, clerk to the board of guardians, Hol-
born Union, examined.—ls a solicitor, and held the office of
clerk to the beard since 1838, the year of the formation of
the union. The board of guardians entered into an eagle:
uncut with Mr. Drouet to send some of the chielren to hw
establishment in 1847, and in the beginning of November in
that year some of the boys were sent there. 'f here was aco
distinct or written contract, otherwise than by letter, but they
a owed fully the terms of the engagement with Mr. Mouse
The beard kept miuutes of all the proceedings on the eubjecto
and these contained the conditieus on which the children
were sent. One of these minutes, dated 25 h October,lB47
(as read by witness) contained Mr. Drouet'e ataiement el
dietary and general treatment of the children, of his tenant
which were 4.. 6J. per head per week, and of his being lice
for 1,200, and of there b. ing then only a li.tle over SOO
children in the asylum. The same minutes contained a te-
port of a committee of the boatd of guudians, (normal
their fullest eatisfaction with the asylum which they had
visited, of the diet, which they considered meet ample end
healthy, and of the course of instruction pursued, observing
that there was scarcely one child so ill as to r. quire medical
aid, and that the asylum itself was better situated than. that
at Norwood, and 1,66 t :posed to the cold and cutting etude ;
the guardians were at this time negotiating With Mr. Drouet,
and thee tent about 80 boys to him some days ef.er. One
of the subjects of the present inquiry, Janet Johnston.
was of that number. The license spoken et for 1,200 wale
he understood, the permission of the Poor-law C ;amis.
'loners. filr. Drouet so culled that permisei in. There was
hn e:
thought s , who w
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wouldbei t i g
better interrogated n thing in the report shout dolma, but it coat underatoo,de
in conversation, that Mr. Drouet was to clothe them. Wi.f,
subject if he ran
termelgoacteiddatebyththe
Nome letters which passed between him and Mr. Halle the
Assistant Pox-law Commissioner, in Sept., Oct., and Nev.,
1847. On the 16th Sept., immediately after he had given
ecoeer, here said