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' NOTES FOE THE MONTH. 



The leading feature of the last month, and in the higher circles almost 

 the exclusive one, has been party politics. The spectacle of Peter Wil~ 

 kins has brought some full boxes at Covent Garden Theatre ; but the 

 people at Astley's complain terribly, " that the members of the House of 

 Commons don't come over now to see M. Ducrow ride and wait for the 

 " Division," this present session, as they used to do. All bye questions, 

 too, are giving way or have given way, almost without exception to 

 the main one Who or what party shall govern the country ? The Duko 

 of Clarence who three months ago could not get a vote of addition to 

 his income as heir presumptive, without difficulty, has got the place of 

 High Admiral (over and above the " grant"), with a thumping salary at 

 the back of it, without any difficulty at all. Mr. Brougham rather de- 

 precated Mr. Alderman Waithman's motion, the other night* as to the 

 affairs of the " Devon and Cornwall Mining Company ;" and, from what 

 transpired on that occasion, we rather suspect there will be no proceeding 

 founded, in the previous case, upon the report of the " Arigna" Com- 

 mittee. Lord Charles Somerset's Cape of Good Hope Inquiry, too, is 

 not very likely to be closely pressed, since the parties who urged it most 

 strenuously, have got " a place at court." And even Sir Francis Burdett's 

 motion about the water companies and Mr. Wright's account of the 

 Grand Junction Dolphin is heard no more of, and the people of West- 

 minster must go on " even to be poisoned !" for the honourable baronet 

 who represents (and was to have redressed) them, has now higher matters 

 to attend to. In the interim, there will be amusement for some time, in 

 seeing how cleverly the new allies of government will back out of all the 

 minor questions that they were used to be riotous upon. And how the old 

 ministry which will be out of its senses to see them so escape will not 

 be able to say a word to cut off the retreat. For the measures which the 

 Whigs now will only refrain from attacking, are exactly those which 

 the ministers themselves were the advocates of, and the most fiercely 

 defended. 



Lord Wharncliffe's bill for the amendment of the Game Laws, has been 

 lost in the Upper House by a majority of one. A defeat like this, to the 

 particular measure, is victory to the principle. Colonel Wood's bill, in the 

 House of Commons, to legalize the sale of game " for a period only of 

 two years," will probably be assented to ; and in that case, the main ques- 

 tion may be considered as disposed of. In fact, the making it a question 

 at all, whether the whole demand for an article of constant and general 

 consumption, should be -supplied exclusively by robbery ! does seem a pro- 

 ceeding almost too absurd to be believed, against any sane and sober (far 

 less against any legislative) assembly ! 



A Sunday paper states, that the number of individuals who have con- 

 formed to the Established Church since the converting system has been 

 operating in Ireland, amounts to more than three thousand. This is a 

 fortunate hearing, if another fact stated by the Westmeaih Journal is 

 equally true ; that, of one hundred and ninety-five prisoners for trial for 

 that county, at the last assizes, one hundred and ninety-three were Catho- 

 lics; and the charge against the two others was " a conspiracy" 



Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Hunt t( coalition" being the order of the day 

 formed an alliance on the 1 6th of May. and attempted to call a meeting 

 in Westminster to abuse the new ministry. The proceedings were opened 

 by that unctuous patriot, Mr. Pitt, of the Adelphi ; who " lost his watch. 



