A Hundred Years Ago
THE SPECTATOR, MAY 2ND, 1829.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Both Houses of Parliament met on Tuesday after the Easter recess. On that day, the Duke of Norfolk and Lords Dormer and Clifford took their seats among the Peers, under the Catholic Relief Act.
Mr. Robinson supported the views of Mr. Fyler. Both these gentlemen contended against the principle of free trade, rather than free trade in silk. Indeed, Mr. 'Robinson stated that it was the glove trade with which he was, through his constituents, chiefly connected.
Mr. Alderman Waithman followed on the same side. There was one point made by the worthy Alderman worth noting. It had been alleged, he said, that the first two years of the new system were prosperous ; and the proof was, that there was more beer than ordinary consumed during that period ; but the Alderman contended that the beer was not drunk as loci., Mit merely as a sweet oblivious antidote to charm down sorrow.
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