A quiet that had become unusual prevails in all parts
of the United Kingdom. In London, the trials for sedition proceed without much interest ; while the places of late devoted to coun- cils of Chartist and Confederate agitators are closed one after another. In Ireland, events have given place to retrospective gleanings about the suppressed rebellion, tales of straggling con- spirators who have escaped, and prospective gossip about the Premier's promised visit. There is no action to report, except in the past or the future. Even the anxiety about the harvest has mitigated ; for the reports are not so bad as they were at first, and the certainty induced by the expiration of the corn-duty next February, cannot fail to fill our ports at least as full as they were in 1846, when the free ports of England became the d6fait for all Europe and an exhaustless storehcase for ourselves.
