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tempt. We therefore appeal to those Noble Lords who
have the best interests of the country, at-heart, whe-
ther under such circumstances they are justified in
thwarting Ministers in- every essential measure merely.
from political, motives;y-and
,whether they would not
better consult their own dignity, and preserve the
power of" the Upper House, by acceding to rational,
safe, and, we will add, extensive measures of
iinprovernent, without forcing the Administration t 6
throw therUselies entirely on the Commons and the
people Determined:OppositiOn, `and' inch cininels'as
pertain LOrd.s` would advise; would bring affairs to this
eenditiOn at .last—a
:condition' which, whether we re-
giard-the Crown, the' House of Lords itself, and the
whole frame of the Constitution, every friend of his
Country would deplore. The great body of the think:-
. -
ing, the intelligent, and wealthy, portion -of the people
of this country, demand still extensive measures of re-
form, and they now 'have the power in their hands.
-Would it not therefbre be better to moderate
that power, and accede to what- .was just 'and
necessary, without compelling, by factious resistance,,
the liberal men of all parties to demand as a right,
what they . now 'only ask as a boon ? The principles
laid down by Ministers. in 'both Houses last night;
leave no doubt as to their-ikentions. They are pre-
pared,' under every: circumstance, to examine honestly
and boldly into the, institutions of the' Country--to.
remedy defects, .and..remove abusesfor:,the, purpose
not of destroying but strengthening the Constitution;,
and. if thdy• persevere in_ theSe patriotic designs,
therwill be supported:by a power from without which
will defy all opposition. The,secession of Mr. STA N-
LEY's party, and, the accession of such men as Lord
DUNCANNON and Sir J. HOBHOUSE to the Cabinet,
hold out a. -•pledge to the country that the half mea-
sures which weakened the Grey Administration will
be•. discontinued by that -of Lord MELBOURNE, and
that a line of policy will he..adopted which the great
body of the people can manfully'support.,
In concluding these remarks we cannot refrain from
adverting,` to the strong language used, and the un-
seemly wrangling that :occurred, in a House which, ,
with one or two exceptions, conducts its- debates with
great order and decorum.' A frequent. repetition, of
such seenes,'with a factious opposition to Ministers,
.is alone wanting to destroy its,- character and its in-
fluence.

The new Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment is to be raised, to the Peerage, by the title of
Baron DuNcANNo\rr of Besborough.

The Reforniers of Nottingham have now an oppor-
tunity of doing hon Our to themselves, and serving the
best interests of their Country, in the return of a repre-
sentative to Parliament. The confidence which they
haver reposed in us,. 'by; their -liberal support of this
Journal, would be ill requited, did we, on* such an oc-
casion, withhold from them our opinion of the person
of all others most worthy of their suffrages. There
will be candidates enough in the field, no doubt ; but
the only one which we would- recommend them' to
. support—if he come forward; as we trust he will—is
SirJOIIN HOBROUSE, who has •been 'appointed. to
.succeed their. former Noble Representative as Chief
CommisSioner of the Woo& and.. Forests. Sir JOHN'S
principles and high, honour,• area well known. Few
men of the present day haie done so much—few have
suffered so much—for, and in support of, the, rights
and liberties of the. people. Sir JOHN was a Reformer,
and a'martyr to Reform, when the very sound was ,a
reproach—when to be. a Reformer • was to be a sus-
pected traitor ; and never did he relax his efforts in the
good cause which he had so espoused,. till England
had wrung from her oppressors the great charter of
freed Om—the Reform. Bill.- And when Reform was
carried—when he entered Parliament .on the shoul-
ders,, as it were, of the whole constituency' of West-
minster, the moment he found that his votes were at
variance 'with the wishes of several of his constituents,
he, of his own accord, freely resigned his office and his
seat,- rather than hold either an hour after his conduct
had ceased to be approved of by the electors. In the
annals of Parliamentary patriotism there are few sacri-
fices equal to these in support of principle.
Sir JOHN HosHousE is likewise a man of genius,
an able
-writer, andintimately aCqUainted with the whole
affairs of the country, foreign and domestic ; so that
while his services will be of-immense importance, and
an accession of strength to the Ministry,- 'no person
will be better 'qualified to advise -with, direct, and sup-
port the just claims of the people .of Nottingham. He
is " every inch" a statesman ; and unless . we are-
greatly deceived in the character of our Nottingham
ftieritl.4;s he will only have to make his 'appearance
among them to be returned in triumph. , •

Those who are:acquainted with the parochial -job-
bing. that from time out of mind, has been carried on
in almost every parish within. and around London,will
notsbe srirprised. to learn that certain Vestry Dignita-
ries are stirring up factions of their friends and depen-
; ;the House.
'.ents to pet.t.on
• Laws Amendment Bill. The overseers, it, appears,
were:, grossly. maligned by the Commissioners,
when the latter represented • them as generally
an. incompetent • ,body of. men, and not. the
- most, tremblingly alive to the claims 'of the dis-
tressed. The fact was otherwise. Overseers ever
were, arid if we believe themseiVes, ever will be, the
most tender-hearted of mankind. They are full--brim-
full—of compaiirinate feelings, and -their. apparent
harshries•Saroo.from-their, inability to bear' the si4',
o"-
of human suffering. As for the contacts, and the
jobbing, and the defalcatiopf, and deficiencies, why,
worth being alluded to. But
they, were mere trkk-s-not
we canseo, Through the hollow hypocritical whining
of il.l-e.se indiVidnalS as easily as we can detect 'the mo-
tives of the, pot7house, rhetoricians, who, consistently
.with their-avocations of disturbers of the public tran-
Abillity,proPose second their resolutions. We
are no strangers to the amount of confidence which the
.poor ought. to-Put in•whateVer is' set forth by a well-
known faction in the parishes •of Marylebone, St.
Giles's; and St. Luke's. We know their leaders well;
better than theyimaginel, and, knowing them, we
recommend the poor of those parishes not to'believe a
word from them concerning a bill of the principles and
'details of which they either know nothing, or falsify any
knowledge, which they:may have. It is notbecause.the
Bill, before Parliament, limits the claims of- the poor
(which it does not), that the, parochial authorities are
opposed to it ;• but because it threatens to put a stop
to-jobbing—to the good oldrcustoun of overseers specu-
lating, for their'own private advantage, with the parish
.rates—to the system of contracf-dealing, on a mutual
understanding, between the overseers and ,the shop-
keepers—and a number of other acts, of the same kind.
As to. the cry about workhouse .•degradatiOn;
and the„ punishing' of poverty. as crime, it is all
imaginary. Every person who understands, 'any
thing of a system of national relief, must be aware
that,:, the providing one 'kind, of- dress': is not a
punishment in the case of paupers, more thanin the
army or the navy. Poverty, as we Ol*rv'ed:oli a font
mer occasion, is a misfortune,. and; „inuSt,, in
nature of things, be attended.with some 'degree of pain-
ful inconvenience. As' to :saying that it is, punished
as a crime, becanSe those' who are without clothing of
any kind. are provided with Suits _of a particular colour,
it is' just about as. reasonable as if a livery-servant Were
to tell his-niasterthat he was punished as `a` criminal