Five gentlemen, constituting a deputation from the " Short Time
Committees" of West Yorkshire, began last week to publish a series of reports on their several interviews with Ministers on the 28th October; and the account grows more entertaining as they proceed. Their interview with Sir ROBERT PEEL, which was reported last week, though it developed their views and exhibited the Premier as exercising all his moderation and tact, did not elicit any thing that was new either in the question itself or in Sir Rouser's character. Now, however, their rather discontented and perhaps slightly malicious account represents 'Sir JAMES GRA HAM as an intractable Malthusian and political economist, who treated their cobweb measures in a far ruder style of questioning. He was by no means such a patient listener as Sir ROBERT; and if the deputation were mistaken in supposing that they had obtained a masteg of the Premier's mind, because he sat with his head down during their lecture, Sir JAMES let them see plainly that they had no mastery over him. They left Sir ROBERT exclaiming that he had a heart : Sir JAMES they dismiss with a censure on the doctrines which he had got into his head. They cannot suppose that a Tea Hours Bill may be crammed down the Home Secretary's throat by scolding. There is no knowing, however, on what support they may count upon receiving from Lord Wirkescurrs, who, in their history, constituted himself from the commencement of the interview a witness on their behalf; and from the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, who became one of themselves, helped them in planning schemes, and won their warm eulogium on his practical wisdom. Lord STANLEY proved, in the philosophy of the Five, quite as much of a mauvais, sujet as Sir JAMES. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, again, was all that they could wish : he promised to be Lord ASHLEY'S double. From astute Lord LYNDHURST the Deputation got nothing but politeness and a promise of future attention to the subject. However, politeness is much ; and so the Yorkshire gentlemen, to judge from their dwelling upon it in their reports, appeared to think : the official urbanity of the great men went to their hearts.
