text:  And here again we may ask--why were not the government called on to explain the conduct of their officials by Lord John Russell who read and recommended the book to the attention of Sir Robert Peel? But in addition to the necessity of having Ring thrown into jail to exhibit the power of the landlords it was necessary for our author's purposes that he should be put out of the way in order to account for an apology given by the editor of a local newspaper to this Mr Shee