Messrs. OASTLER and FERRAND go on swimmingly in their Ten-
hours agitation : their meetings are numerous, unanimous, and do- cile; and " King OASTLER" has thus far been so triumphant, that be has, in his own mind, already disposed of the future. He has sovereign contempt for political economy ; and instead of confuting its doctrines, he adopts the more summary method of disregarding them. The Queen, he insinuates, is quite of his mind; and one might almost believe that, if it were not for Ministers, earwigged by certain manufacturers, she herself would take part in Mr. OASTLER'S Yorkshire and Lancashire tour. However, he is prepared for diffi- culties, and has his plan cut and dry : he means to dismiss Sir ROBERT PEEL from office, and call in Lord Joust RUSSELL to pass a Ten-hours Bill. But that is not all : Lord JOHN RUSSELL in, Mr. OASTLER will call upon him to repeal the Poor-law ; perhaps the Whig Premier will wince, and then the new setter-up and puller-down of rulers will call in PEEL again. What he means to do next, he does not say ; nor whether he intends to create Peers, coin money, and make treaties with foreign powers.
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