SC( MLA N It is said that Sir Daniel Sandford's
health has suffered materially by his short Parliamentary campaign, and that he will probably resign his seat for Paisley. His friends will not regret his retirement from the liouse of Commons and resumption of the ditties of his Professorship ; for they must be sensible that he appears to far more advantage in the Greek chair at Glasgow than on the floor of St. Stephen's. We observe a whining paragraph in some of the papers, stating that Mr. John Crawford has been on a canvassing expedition to Paisley, and insinuating that he is deficient in right feeling for so doing while poor Sir Daniel is sick. Now eve happen to know that Mr. Crawford left town on a visit to his relations in Scotland without any intention of the kind; though it would be absurd and wrong in him to neglect any opportunity of keep- ing up his connexion with the Paisley electors, who are pretty sure to return him to Parliament on the first vacancy.
The Glasgow turn-out calico-printers, after a nine months' struggle, have found it their interest at last to yield to their employers, and take work at whatever they can obtains from them. This st, ike has cost the employed, to support the idlers, 1`2,a00/.
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