therefore, for the closing article, as a proper crest for such a mountainous scale-such a Pelion upon Ossa-of frauds, the closing words by which Mr Shiel thinks fit to bully the House of Commons into rejecting Lord Stanley's bill. "Pass it," says he, "and that agitation which, in its simplest form, overthrew you in 1829, you shall meet in a triple form to consume you." To appreciate this, to give the force which is intended to the words, let it be observed that Mr Shiel does not speak of some mere futurition, as metaphysicians love to speak, some event in futurity not subject to human will, and which simply he is able to foresee. No; it is of a voluntary--it is of a deliberate agency which he speaks, ap

proaching not calamitously but vindictively; this agency belongs to a party, of which the denouncer is a member, and as representing whom it is that he speaks. The prophet is a bully -the prophecy is a menace; and if no other fragment survived of that influ ence which Mr O'Connell has organized against (and instead of) the very elementary force by which the legis lature ordains the creation of a legislative body, by which the senate renews the senate, this would serve to express and to measure the enormity of that system which Lord Stanley has first fully exposed, and which it will be the fault of Parliament if Lord Stanley does not fully destroy.

THE result of a very long consultation between Mr Runnington and his partners, held on the day after his last interview with Mr Aubrey, was, that he drew up the following draft of a letter, addressed to Messrs Quirk, Gammon, and Snap.

"Lincoln's Inn, 26th April, 18"GENTLEMEN,

DOE d. TITMOUSE v. JOLter. "In answer to your letter of yesterday, (the 25th inst.,) we beg to inform you, that after the judgment in this cause pronounced yesterday in the Court of King's Bench, our client, Mr Aubrey, does not intend to resist the claim of Mr Titmouse to the residue of the Yatton property. We now, therefore, beg to give you notice, that on the 17th of next month you will be at liberty, on behalf of your client, Mr Titmouse, to take possession of all the property at Yatton, at present in the possession of Mr Aubrey. The whole of the last quarter's rents, due at Ladyday, have been paid into the bank of Messrs Harley, at Grilston, and will, on the 17th of May, be placed at the disposal of your client.

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"We are also instructed to request the delivery of your bill at as early a period as may suit your convenience, with a view to its immediate examination and settlement.

"We cannot forbear adding, while thus implicitly following the instructions of our client, our very great surprise and regret at the course which he has thought fit to adopt; since we have the strongest reasons for believing, that had he been disposed to contest your claim further, in accordance with advice received from a high quarter, his case would have been materially strengthened, and your difficulties greatly increased. We feel confident that the magnanimity displayed by our client, will be duly appreciated by yours.

We are, Gentlemen,

Your obedient servants,
RUNNINGTON & Co.

Messrs QUIRK, GAMMON,}

AND

Really," said Mr Runnington, when he had read over the above to

his partners, "I must throw in a word or two about those infernal mesne profits-yet it's a very ticklish sub

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