30 JANUARY 1841, Page 1
The Cabinet have flung away, " as men would serve
a cucum- ber," the Nonintrusionism which the Perth election tempted them to daily with. On Thursday, Lord MELBOURNE stated, in reply to Lord HADDINOTON, that Government intended to bring forward no measure on the subject, but to allow the law to take its course. All the " consideration" which was ostentatiously given to the subject last session, all the vague excitements to expectation, have been found to serve no useful purpose—perhaps they even did harm : they gained scarcely a vote—perhaps they have alienated not a few.
