27 AUGUST 1831, page 7

A Fortnight Ago, We Ventured An Opinion That There Would

be no war, notwithstanding the feigned fears and secret wishes of the Anti-Reformers, who saw in the shock of nations a temporary re- lief from the worse shock of tumbling......

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THE Reform question still "like a wounded snake drags its slow length along." Even its enemies seem at length to have tired of it. They speak, but they are too lazy to vote......