The Lyttelton Times.

Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 107, 22 January 1853, Page 6

The Lyttelton Times.

January 22, J853,

By the " Exchange" we have received the long- expected arrears of Wellington Papers. The lateness of the week has prevented our giving but a cursory glance at their contents, nor have we space to print any large portion of the interesting news they contain. Our readers are already aware that Sir George Grey opened the Legislative Council on the 22nd ultimo, and we have now before us the address delivered by his Excellency on that occasion. Its length quite precludes our publishing it today ; we are, therefore, necessitated to give such extracts as appear the most prominent and interesting. After referring to the Bills the urgency of which had rendered' the calling the Council together necessary, alluding to the discoveries of Gold at Auckland, and of Coal and Copper at Nelson, and expatiating upon the increasing civilization of the Maoris as instanced in the extension of their cultivations and improved habits of industry, &c.,—His Excellency says— " A Bill has been prepared for your consideration, which provides for the Registration of Deeds and Instruments affecting Real Property within the Canterbury Settlement. From an oversight upon the part of the framers of the Act of Parliament to empower the Canterbury Association to dispose of certain lands in New Zealand, (13th and 14th Victoria, cnp. 70, 1850) no provision was made for the registration, in conformity with the terms of the local Ordinance, of such conveyances as the Agent of; the Canterbury Association might issue to their purchasers. The Bill which has been prepared provides a remedy for that omission ; and I have no doubt that you will cordially co-operate with the Government in its efforts to render the titles to property in the Canterbury settlement more secure, and to facilitate the transfer of such property." r Sir George makes the following reflections upon the Gold discoveries :— ■ " Undoubtedly the discovery of Gold in Islands circumstanced as these of New Zealand are, may—if unjust and injudicious acts are committed—be the means of creating great embarrassments; but I think that, by availing ourselves, with justice'and wisdom, of a source of wealth which a bounteous Providence appears thus unexpectedly to have placed at our disposal, we may, by our good conduct, deserve and ultimately draw from it those great benefits which, rightly used, it is capable of conferring upon both the European and Maori race." With respect to the cessation of the functions of the Canterbury Association, His Excellency observes:— " A despatch I have received from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the proposed discontinuance of their operations by the Canterbury Association, will, by my directions,, be laid upon the table. From that despatch you will perceive that it was proposed that the Association should, from the 30th September last;, suspend its functions, for the purpose of presenting to the Provincial Council of the Province the option of taking a transfer of the Association's functions, together with'its admitted liabilities, which appear on the 14th of June last to have been about £12,215. In reference to this subject,! have directed! that a correspondence between the Local,

Government and the Agent of the Canterbury Association, should be submitted to you. It contains the details of an arrangement under which I sanctioned advances, not exceeding in the whole the sum of two thousand pounds, from the revenue, to the Agent .of the Association, to enable him to execute certain public works in the Canterbury district. A sum of seventeen hundred pounds has been actually advanced on this account to the Agent of the Association ; this amount, therefore, forms another liability of which the Association were not aware when they made the statement of their affairs contained in their Secretary's letter of the 14th June.

"But as the Government understand that the Agent of the Canterbury Association has disposed of lands at Canterbury since that advance was made, and as it appears that a decided revival had taken place in England in the prospect of land sales by the Association, it is to be hoped that the advances made by the Local Government will speedily be repaid under the terms of the arrangement entered into with the Agent &f the Association."

The following important alterations in the Postal arrangements with England and the Australian colonies are alluded to : —

" I have directed that a copy of a communication, which has recently been received from the Right Honourable the Post-Master-General, should be laid before you. From that communication it will be found that the Postal arrangements have now been finally agreed upon, under which let ters may hereafter be prepaid in New Zealand to any part of Great Britain, or in that country to any part of New Zealand ; and by which printed books and pamphlets may be transmitted by Post. I have recently received a communication from the Governor-General of Australia, proposing the establishment of a similar system of inter-colonial Postal arrangements between Australia and New Zealand : every effort Shall be made by this Government to conclude satisfactorily an arrangement which "would be so beneficial for both groups of Colonies."

His Excellency concludes:—"lf, then, we review the present circumstances of the Colony, I think that every heart interested in the welfare of New Zealand must feel deeply imbued with gratitude to Divine Providence for the past, and full of hope for the future.

"Within a few years we have seen war succeeded by permanent and lasting peace, and a discontented population in a state of rebellion become attached and industrious citizens. In the place of disaster, discontent, and want, we now see upon all sides, prosperity, wealth, and comfort; and at the time that the peace and welfare of the Colony appear thus consolidated, and it is therefore so well fitted to undergo political changes, New Institutions of the most liberal character are conferred upon it, which, in so far as human sagacity can form an opinion upon the subject, appear likely to confirm and strengthen the present happiness of the country, and to assure its future progress and welfare."

The reports that Gold has been disco-

vcred within the precincts of Canterbury

are not confined to the district, as we. find by the Wellington Journals that a rumour 1 to that effect had reached Wellington. We have been aware for some time past of the report, but never having been enabled to obtain any definite account of the discovery, we have refrained from calling attention to it. What really has transpired is, that a dray, with supplies for some weeks, had started up the country, and this coupled

with vague rumours, has induced a feeling that Gold had actually been found by the party accompanying the dray ; several persons have, accordingly, started up the country on the track, furnished with all the necessary implements for digging, washing earth, &c. A very confident feeling prevails that Gold, if not already, will soon be, discovered, and the numerous parties now in search for it, renders it not improbable. At present, however, we must take for what they are worth, the mere second and third hand accounts now prevailing.

The Wellington) Spectator publishes a rather lengthy correspondence relative to the land forming part of the town site of Akaroa, in which the Rev. Mr. Aylmer, the Colonial Secretary, and Mr. Godley are concerned. As it refers to the dispute now raging in Akaroa with respect to land claims, some particulars of which were given last week, we shall publish it in our next.

The " Government Gazette" of the 7th inst.. publishes the Proclamation of the New Zealand Constitutional Act, which His Excellency has at last received.

Proclamation. By His Excellency Sir George Giiey, a Knight Commander of the most honourable order of the Bath, Governor and Com-inander-in-Cbief in and over the islands of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c, &c, &c.

Whereas by an Act passed in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign Her present Majesty, c. 72, intituled "Ah. Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the colony of New Zealand," it is enacted that the said act shall he proclaimed in New Zealand by the Governor thereof within six weeks after a copy of such act shall have been received ly such Governor: and, save as therein expressly provided, shall take effect in New Zealand from' the day of such proclamation thereof:.

Now therefore I, the Governor-in-Chief, do proclaim and declare, that I have received a copy of the said in part recited act; and I do further proclaim and declare, that this proclamation, and the said in part recited act, shall fake effect, and come into operation, within New Zealand, upon and from the date hereof. Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the islands of New Zealand, at Government House, at Wellington, in the Province of New Minister! in the islands aforesaid, this seventeenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. G. Grey, Governor-in-Chief. By His Excellency's command, Alfred Domett, Civil Secretary. God save the Queen ! As we consider that every good mot should be chronicled, we mention that a conversation occurring with respect to Quail Island in our harbour, its present tenant said that, owing to its basaltic formation, it might be more correctly designated "Staffu." Did it belong to a Native, exclaimed a bystander, he would say, lona, (I own her). Upon which a second wit remarked, the native would rather call it, Icolmkil, (I come kill). We hope our readers are sufficiently "up" in geography to know that the Islands mentioned are in close propinquity..

Lnst night, between ten and eleven o'clock, the Geelong mail cart was stopped between the flagstaff ami the burying; ground, by three armed and mounted bushrangers. They ordered the driver and a passenger out of the cart, and searched and robbed them of their money and watches. One of the villians then proposed to break open the letter bag?, but desisted at the desire of his comrades, who said they had not time to wait; about a quarter of an hour after this, these same men stopped a gentleman riding in from Flemington, and eased him of some few sovereigns, and a gold watch and chain. The chief constable and a party of police started in pursuit, but we have not yet heard with what success. — Melbourne Argus, December 24.

From recent extensive importations, the price of flour and other articles of general consumption has fallen considerably. The recent arrivals of flour here, with a knowledge of the state of the markets at Sydney and Melbourne, have caused it to decline rapidly in price. At the sale of flour on Thursday £18 per ton was realized, and the piice may be stated not to exceed £20 per ton, yet with this very great reduction in price, the bakers, who have supplied themselves with recently imported flour, charge 7d. per loaf. When flour is £40 per ton, the 21b. loaf is sold at Bd., when it is reduced to £20 per ton, the bakers charge 7d. per loaf. Surely the public should apply a remedy to this state of things, and not quietly submit to be taxed at this enormous rate by the bakers for their own especial benefit in one of the necessary articles of life. — Wellington Spectator, loth January.

Infringement of the Passenger Act.— Jjunes Toohipr, master of the schooner " Munfovd," from Wellington, New Zealand, was charged by the Emigration Officer at Williamstown, before George Harrison and C. Pasco, Esqs., with a breach of the loth clause of the Passengers' Act, in having 23 passengers placed in a compartment 12 feet square, and only 3 feet 6 inches hijrh. The Beach fiued him £25 and costs. — Melbourne Argus.

OCTKAGEOUS AND MYSTERIOUS ATTACK.— It has rarely fallen to our lot to give publicity to a more daring and murderous assault than that of which we subjoin the particulars :—On Saturday night, between 12 and I o'clock, an attempt was made to enter a boarding house in Swanston-slreet, by breaking a pane of glass in the window of the back parlour, where three gentlemen, lodgers in the house were sleeping. One of the gentlemen being aroused by the noise, started up and sprang to the window with a bowie knife, when the burglars made off. No further notice was taken of the circumstance at the lime, as being one of common occurrence in Melbourne; however, at about the same hour on Monday night, the attack was renewed, and the three persons sleeping in the same room were awakened by another pane of glass being smashed, and a hand thrust through the opening. A pistol loaded with ball was immediately fned out of another broken pane by one of the inmates, when a shriek, as of a person being wounded, was heard outside, and silence followed for a time. The police were sent for, and the yard was searched, but nothing found to indicate the presence of thieves, or a person having been shot. The police then left. However, about a quarter of an hour afterwards, a slight noise was heard amongst the wood in the yard, and almost immediately two shots were fired directly into the room, but fortunately without injuring any one. Five gentlemen resident in the upper part of the house then came down stairs, armed with guns and pistols, and stationed themselves at the side of the window, behind a screen, from which a volley was fired at the assailants, who, nothing daunted, endeavoured to force an opening. One gentleman then went to a front wiiulow, to call for the police, when he saw a man standing near, muffled up in a great coat, who sail', " What do you want with the police ; let me in ; the police are coining if you will open the door." ,It being imagined that this was merely a ruse to gain admittance, the dour was kept fastened. Meanwhile a running.fire was kept up by the inmates and the assailants, and a watch was sent to the upper window to discover the movements of the burglars,who were seen moving about with a dark lantern in the yard ; a cart was also perceived in the back street. Finding they met with a warm reception, the men, after a time, withdrew themselves. Yesterday morning the room presented a scene ot devastation, bullet holes being dispersed all over the walls, and fragments of broken glass lay strewn about the floor. No cause can be assigned for this repeated and murderous attack, and at present it remains in mystery. No police were to be found after they were first called, neither did the continuous report of firearms attract their attention. We believe the third attack upon the house was to avenge a wounded comrade, and had admittance been gained by these villains the consequences might have been of a most serious and fatal nature. It is almost marvellous that none of the inmates were shut, as from the appearance of the parlour, the contents of no less.than five pistols must have becjn tired iinto the room. — Melbourne Argus, November 22*

WHIGS SKETCHED BY WHIGS. [From tho '"Britannia."] WTNVILLE, OR CLUBS AND COTEIUKS. LONDON SKKKX. 1852.

Clubs and Coteries have ever been the life and soul of the Wing party. Balls at Devonshire House, literary re-unions at Holland House, and the club-room at Brooke's, have gone far to win to the ranks of the Whigs much of the young talent of this as well as previous political ages. The aspirant after political fame was gratified by the admission to the great Whig Club. The sensuous were led captive by the fetes of Devonshire House, and the free-thinker captured by the peculiar style of conversation that graced the dinner table of the Lord of Kensington. In the present work these Whig recipes for raising young Whigs are sketched with a free and fearless pen. With great power of catching a character and painting it with a few bold touches, the writer brings before us the leading Whigs of the political age between the Eegency and the opening of the Reform agitation. It is in a few words, the Whigs of the last thirt}- years, sketched by a Whig, with a few of their opponents brought into the picture as foils. Let us begin our portrait gallery with THE F.X-PRESIIKU. I was introduced to Lord John Russell, and my very first feeling was that of extreme disappointment. I felt at once disposed to join with those who scoffed at the idea of such a man ever becoming the leader of the Commons of England, or a prime minister of the British empire. Bat after a little while, I changed my first opinion, and felt that there was unmistakable force of character in thnt defined outline of the face—that well-chisclied mouth with its finely cut lips, around which a slightly sarcastic smile played at times, while in the searchingly inquisitive glance of the eyes there was intellectual power and vigour of will. In short, I thought, on looking; at the young nobleman, of Dryclen's lines on JShaftesuury : —

A fiery soul which working out its way Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er in.tonneu its tenement of clay,

_ Lord John seemed then in very poor health, his cheeks were sunken, his face "pale, and he had a short phthisical cou»h ; certainly in appearance, he was the very last person that any one would suppose was destined

The applause of listening senates to command,

We were now at the dinner table, and Lord John began to display his mental character in a way that rivetted my iUtcnton. Mis conversation w.-ts most interesMuo- in its kind, though that kind was neither brilliant or profound ; his memory seem stored with a variety of curious facts, which 'threw li^lit in various directions on society. Sometimes it was a story showiiv the mercantile value of certain popular works', and he would cite ibr his informant, a. bookseller in Paternoster Pur.v ;or perchance he would mention some commercial anecdote, which he had learned iVom a Russian merchant ;or some personal history which he had IVom the proprietor of a icadin.tr newspaper. His facts were happily selected and told in a pithy, unpretending style, occasionally dismissed from the company's notice, with a short trenchant aphorism. His manner also was different from that of men of fashion and peixms of consideration. There was a certain caserne-s in a i any new piece of information put' before 1 his mind, and a certain earnestness and zeal when lie spoke upon a favourite topic very unlike the stoical insouciance of youni/iiubles'of edcbriiy. An intellectual ppj m dominated his nature, which one nn.-ht have supposed was more of a moral philosopher than a practical statesman. Our next portrait is I.hat of Mr. Macau. lay, whoa: peculiar funks arc as gently touched as Us good points are forcibly brought out. The writer lias a correct view of the history, that cross let ween ;i historical novel ami a political pamphlet :— " iMacaulay lnis most extni'irdinary powers; bnt I doubt the substantially of his genius' and I uui sceptical about his possessing the

higher order of the thinking faculty. His powers are very extraordinary of their kiwi ; his talent is dazzling; hut he often dazzles to delude. Has he seriousness and gravity of character? Is his life exalted by a lofty moral purpose ? Is he of that august awl lofty order of spiiits, who contemn present superiority, awl toil for posthumous and honestly-earned fame ? It strikes me that he is a rhetorician of the iirst class in his literature, rather than n gifted and original thinker, as in Parliament he shows that he is more of a deelaiiner than a debater. He uses strong and brave words, but would he do strong and brave deeds?" " I think that you are unjust, Sir Charles, in exacting, that a" man of iMacanlay's literary culture,'"should be also a great man of action. Who can he great men in Idlers and affairs at the same time ?"

'• You mistake me," replied Maclaurin ; " I mean by brave words and deeds—bravery in putting forth man's whole thoughts before his readers. Would JYTacaulay, for instance, follow the example of Hume and Gibbon, and intimate plainly to the reader his own opinions on the greatest and grandest question to the solutionof which the human mind can be applied?

No! Macaulay would deal in a satirical tone with the abuses of our ccclesiastie.il system. He would castigate the parsons, and sneer at the fanaticism of the Dissenting interest. He would round splendid periods about England and Englishmen, and hide from numbers the reality of his opinions." '•' 'Pon my soul, Sir Charles," said Pen rose "my friend Babington Macaulay, is as sincere a Whig, as can be found." "Yes, in a conventional sense, he is undoubtedly a very good party man ; but Macaulay exaggerates opinions, and affects interest when he feels indifference. It may be hypercritical; but in his essays and his speaking, there is the internal twang of a chief of some college debating club. There is a want in his character of that homeliness—that natural simplicity, beyond all affectation, which I have ever found to be the companion of greatness. Jlacaulay is that sort of man who comes under the class of artist rather than author. I fear that he will prove merely an artist—writing for public effect—reproducing, with wonderful brilliancy, the received opinions of others, who, with more originality of speculation, but less brilliancy of style, propounded them. I doubt, in short, the reality of Macaulay; first, as a man, and next, as an author; for every really great author must first he a great man at heart. He must scorn all the vulgar applause of his own time, and regard the opinions of the impartial few, more than the cheers of the applauding multitude. Gibbon and Hume wrote to the few of ail ages and times. Gibbon's labour and learning were enormous ; and Hume spent years npon years in forming his remarkable style. Macaulay's style of writing is that of the rhetorician ; he always has an eye to effect, effect, effect. He never would encounter boldly the moral or religious delusions of his own time and country, supposing lhat his views in philosophy were of a profound, searching, or original character If he attempt the history of England, he will jumble together his politics and his literature, and spoil the latter with the virus of his party spirit."

For a moment let us turn aside to the sketch of one now passed and gone, the late Sir H. Peel, at the supposed date of this sketch Mr. Peel, the Tory:— SHt It. TKKT.. "I don't rate Peel high," said Maelanrin ; " lie is a mechanical genius—if lie be a ircnius at all —as it is almost absurd to call him an orator." " But there is," observed Lord John, "what I will venture to call an actuali.lt/ about Sir Hubert Perl which is very remarkable-, other men in public life pretend to intellectual qualities which they have is«t. Brougham affects to be an omnis homo ; .Melbourne" pretends to caro for nought or nobody, like a thoroughbred stoic, though at heart lie lias kind feelings; Lambton pretends to he an intellectual democrat, when by nature be is the very incarnation of an aristocrat ; O'Counell pretends to be a gentleman, and so on. But Sir lloberl seems to nifi to be thoroughly the man he plays—an English statesman, stooping to the prejudices of his age, but never their'creature ; ready to compromise with what is prudent, and practicable, rather than aim at an .airy and unsubstantial ambition."

" He has none of the mans divinior, of those that I remember—of Burke—or Fox."

" Well, perhaps so, but his information is really prodigious. Take him on law, commerce, finance, or the public history of the countryhe is never at fault.

" His memory is a iile of precedents," said Maclaurin.

(' To be sure," said Lord John, " official habits have considerably influenced him. If he had been with Stewart, his conception might have enlarged along with his memory; but I doubt whether the venerable Dugald would have really made him more suited for the work he has to perform."

"Ah ! Lord John," mildly broke in Maclaurin—'"how can you, the pupil of Stewart, affect/ to think that our honoured friend would not have enforced a more ethical principle into the materialist nature of Sir Robert Peel! There is no moral enthusiasm about Peel, and the peculiar merit of Stewart was a power of giving to those under his care a strong sense of the sublime. It is evident that Peel is merely the successful man of routine, with vigorous mind, and sustained health—a vast fortune, and a strong ambition to be one of the vulgar great men of the day."

': As to his ambition," said Lord John, " it is difficult to determine how far his character is influenced by that passion. His position is a very peculiar one. He is a Parvenu, competing for the lead in politics with the scions of a proud aristocracy. Every false step he makes is maliciously ciiticised. A Goulburn or a Henries are allowed to pass unlashed by ridicule, but the new great man, with a vast fortune, pa} rs a penalty for his heavy purse; and yet, after all, is not Peel an Aristocrat, de facto as much so as if he were a peer ? He is a landlord—has great mansions—has a title hereditary in his family—and has even a great influence amongst a large portion of the aristocracy ; why should he be sneered at for his origin ? There is, to me, something disgusting in the way that we English attack a new man."

The late changes give to the next sketch considerable interest, , nlwnj-s bearing in mind that he was at the time of this drawing Mr. Stanley, the young* Whig:— xord Di-ntur. Mr. Stanley, I have intimated, was proud, if not haughty, of the first rank, and heir to. an earldom of great historical renown. In attacking one of his speeches in the Gridiron, old Cobbefc said, "What wonder for this young sprig of nobility to he an aristocrat to the backbone, a fellow that lias got the blood of princes in his veins ?" A Wynviilc. of Wynville Manor, was not known to be looked down upon by Mr, Stanley, who in point of fact was umloiitedly prouder of his superlative talents than of his illustrious descent, or of the princely property to which he was the h^ir.

And superlative ability he certainly had, and of the most remaikable kind, lie had a certain masculine vehemence of nature, joined to an instantaneous perception. He was quid* and rapidly comprehensive beyond any man I ever met, though in the working of his* intellect there was so much of physical impulse, that one could not be always confident of the soundness of the conclusion arrived at by a mind that glowed with ardour in the exercise of its athletic power. Ue was a man who revelled in self-reliance, and was reckless of the.small and useful arts of judgment by which ordinary men guide their minds. tiis character influences his intellect. There was a wild stock of pride in his nature that, was poetical, not in its manifestation (for he was no rhymstcr), hut in its lofty ambition", and its superiority to com-mon-place life. Whatever, motive would influence such ;i man, you would be sure, as you looked on him, that no vu'gar motive could rule the proud and lofty spirit tabernacled in that masculine and wiry frame, gleaming- from the deep-set eyes that twinkled under a bold brow, over-arched by a massive and grand skull, which contained a brain, often surpassed in subtilty, but not easlv excelled in force, in power, in logical lamej-s, With imagination he would have been one of the master spirits of the world. But he bad the power of appreciating the ideal, and a play of •Shakspcaro ever made him forget the stormy life in which he had embarked his energies.

To conclude our political portraits, can we do better than titke the exrPremier's

sketch of his late colleague, the mischiefmaker of Europe:— I.ORl) PAT.MEItSTOX. v Amongst the pupils «>f Mr. Canning, who were inclined lo support, reform, Viscount Palmerston was in s:nne respects the most remarkable, from his union of many qualities not often found together. He possessed many accomplishments, enabling him lo fill with effect a leading department of affairs. His reputation with the country in those days was not so high as it deserved, for in the early part of liis career he sacrificed too much to social enjoyment, being proficient in those graceful pursuits, which impart more polish to the person than "power to the will. But his nature was too masculine to sink beneath the flowery bondage of fashionable life, and applying to affairs be look them for his pastime. Popular with both sides of the House of Commons, bold without bitterness, at once aff.ible and vaunting in bis port, he could alternately coticilia'e or command as exigency required. With the advantages of official experience, he bad also some of the main qualities requisite for power. Like more

than one of his contemporaries, lie had acquired from Dugald Stewart's teaching a certain largeness of thought, enabling- him to look beyond precedents on the official file, and makingl him understand and sometimes sympathise with those broad social impulses, which burst beyond traditional routine. As fluent in the cant of diplomacy, as if he had lisped it from his cradle, he could as a debater sail near the wind, without committing himself to any tack, like one bred in the old Pittite school. His secretarial aptitude was undoubted, for he had been connected all his life with office, havingserved under Portland, Percival, Liverpool, Canning, and Wellington, all being ministers of transitional Toryism. He had as much liveliness of fancy, as is requisite for decoratinga parliamentary harangue. He could sparkle with vivacity in a style that scintillated, but never flashed with the lire of genius, and was conversant with all the arts of compilation and selection necessary for parliamentary speaking". Then his fine presence, his buoyant animal spirits, with his undoubted manliness, excellently sustained him before a popular assembly like the Commons. Tiie wear and tear of public life, the pangs of ambition, the toil of competitorship, never soured him into moroseness, or parched him into a mere thing of formula, like a hardened hunter after power. Though his thinking* was never original or profound, he could spice his common-places with so much piquancy, and dress up parliamentary platitudes with so much sounding rhetoric, and then rattle off his concerted pieces with such swashing spirit, that he would deceive political novices into the idea that he was a genius. Wanting a high moral purpose, he was only a desultory patriot, and was more calculated to attain present notoriety than posthumous renown. On the whole, he was a man litter to head a faction than rule a nation; for though aided by opportunities and the providence of events, he :* Jmight make or break ministries, he was not of an order of spirits that overwhelm and establish empires. If troublesome—the policy of the Sovereign to such a man would be suggested by the family motto being- read conversely, as— fl Frangi mm jlicli," for it is a testimony to the moral order of nature, that it is more easy to crush than to cajole, the statesman too enamoured of—-Himself! Such a man always wants the sympathies of others to make him formidable in his fall."