16 APRIL 1842, Page 13
The" agitation" seems to have begun to change sides. The
Post this morning publishes Sir Robert Peel's reply to the resolutions of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, thanking them for their support, and accepting it as the confirmation of his own convictions in the justice and policy of his general scheme. With this letter the Post has an address presented to Sir Robert by the Mayor of Ashton yesterday, and a petition from the working-classes of Carlisle to the House of Com- mon; approving of the Premier's measures in strong and hearty terms.