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"On Jaws in 1949, and in the meantime it is virtually a fixed 1846.
Tuty of 46. He hag done more than was expected from him, Zr. 43.
"ud 61} but the rigght thing Whether it will satisfy our ardent
tends in the north is the gnestion., Let me kreow all the
808sip you hear about it. I abstained trom saying a word
Whe House because 1 did not wish to commit myself, and I
Bssuaded Villiers and the rest of the Leaguers from speak-Ug.
 If was foo good #» measure to be denounced, and nob
Tuite good enough for naquulified approbation, and therefore
though it best bo be quiet. To-day I have attended a
Westing at Lord John’s of the leaders of the Whig party.
They seemed disposed to co-operate with Peel. But Villiers
will bring on his motion for total and immediate repeal, and
When that is lost we must do the best we can. The measure
will pats the Commons with a very large majority, some
People say seventy to one hundred, but the question still is
hat will be done in the Lords? I asked Lord John to-day
What hie thonght the Peers would do with the Bill, and he
Says if Lord Stanley heads the Protectionists they will reject
% but that the Lords will not put themselves under the Dukes
of Richmond and Buckinghar, I hear that Lord Stanley
® not for fighting the battle of Monopoly. So much for the
Breat question.”
“Jan, 29.:—My own opinion is that we should not be
lstifind in the eyes of the country if we did anything in the
Houge to obstruct the measure, and I doubt whether any such
%op out of doors would be successful. In the House, Villiers
will bring on hie motion for total and immediate repeal, and
Tshall not be surprised if it were successful simply on agri-“ulturg]
 grounds by our being able to demonstrate unanswer-Wly
 that it is better for farmers and landowners to have the
Change at once rather than gradually. But we should have
0 chsnee on any other than agricultural grounds. To make

2 Po Geo. Wilson.