text:  They have a smart saying at Manchester to the effect that it is no use whistling against thunder; which we shall interpret to mean that all their "great meetings " speechifyings subscriptions and so forth will fail to kindle a single spark of real enthusiasm in their favour among those who are daily becoming more and more personally sensible first of the solid benefits conferred by the wise policy of the present Administration; secondly of the want of personal respectability among the leaders of the League; and lastly the necessity and vast advantage of supporting the agriculture of Old England