TO THE CROAKER IN THE COUNTRY.
neighbourhood. LINGTON'S, between Catholic Relief and Reform ; or Lord GREY'S, As soon as the news arrived at the ball that the dear Duke from after Reform down to the beginning of this session,—a Govern-
meat, as you say, possessing confidence. Give me a Government
which is suspected, and therefore watched; which is despised, and therefore manageable; just such a Government as this Las:snows:E- D:nes and calls from all the neighbours round, who now professed A it UCK LA ND Composition of the Lord BROUGHAM AND TRICKS. I am she had the double satisfaction of showing her courtesy to those But then, say you, We want a strong Government to deal with the she knew had a friendly feeling towards her, and of snubbing Tory Lords. I answer, It would be well, provided such a Govern- those whose professions she suspected. She sent to invite all her meat were inclined to deal properly with the Tory Lords, but not other- adopted sons to come down to the hall, and counted on her fingers wise. There's the point: Lord GREY is attached to his order, and the numbers of titled personages she had on her visiting list. The would dislike as much as any man or lord, to see them roughly handled. butler brought out all the old filmily plate ; the porter furbished Instead of even affronting them, you see, he tells them that he is their up his gold-headed staff; and the old lady laid out all her finery, most obedient, humble servant. Early in the Reform struggle, he and had the gold-laced dressing-gown and the velvet cap with might easily have swamped them ; and since then, it has been in his gold tassel, which she keeps for the man whom she delighteth to power at any time to starve them into submission, by merely dismissing
honour, well aired for her dear Luke. every opponent, and the relatives and dependents of every opponent,
The happy day at length dawned. The old lady got no sleep from post and place, and saying to the lot, a la WELLINGTON, Support all night with thinking of her darling. So great was her me, or keep out ; support me, and you shall have.a share of the good joy, tbat she consented to receive as a guest the scapegrace things. He has no inclination to correct them ; and on that account I BRINIEST Guli ten, and had a high-backed chair set for him ; and rejoice in his present weakness. If he were strong, Mr. Croaker, she would have even held out hand to the old ex-Bishop, who with his prejudices and predilections, then might you reasonably stripped off his gown and tossed away his mitre to put on a grumble. court livery and become lackey to the King of France, but lie Talking of his inclinations, I should like to know whether Lord was sulky at not being adopted, and would not come. GREY, or any one of the present set, except ELLICE perhaps, sincerely
As soon as the dear Duke's arrival in the place was made wishes to reform "all proved abuses." Don't they, rather, nearly known to her, the old lady, dressed in her best bib and tucker, and every one of them, find the temper of the Lords of the Court a very wearing her smartest cap and her longest train, walked staff in convenient excuse for maintaining the old system in all things impor-
• Query," Toby Falpot? "—Compositor. nistry of whose chief the Times—the never-failing supporter of a strong Ministry—says, that he is "a poor fellow," "no gentleman," and "without a heart in his body."
STANLEY'S downfall is most gratifying. Overrated as be was, he had much power for evil. His wilful consistency gave strength to the
Ministry ; and his miserable bigotry was a secret. It is amusing to ob-
serve him in his nakedness, lie has stripped, to show great defects eiitherto concealed. Young, brave, wilful, fierce, with uncommon vowers of speech, and a large stock of craft for everyday use, he might 'have done wonders in a bad way, if he had been capable of yielding to *vents. He is the oak of the fable, and has been broken because be could not bend. A self-proclaimed and bitter bigot, incapable of even simulating generous sentiments, or controlling his sour temper—his po- litical life is, I think, ended. We used to suppose that he might die on Tower Bill for his opinions ; but now I cannot imagine that he will ever be distinguished in any way. He has rushed rashly on his fate, which is to growl in obscurity with Pero. and INems.
By the way, he made a wretched Colonial Minister. Thoroughly ignotant of the merest elements of political economy, or rather hold- ing such knowledge in contempt, yet conceited and self-sufficient, he committed monstrous mistakes in exerting his will upon many distant
comm 'ties; which, be it understood, are as much subject to the in- dividual Secretary for the Colonies, as we in England are subject to Parliament. Having to exercise far more extensive powers, as well legislative as executive, than any other Minister, he was difficult of ac. cess, fiigid, indifferent, preoccupied with home politics, and so waspish that none could approach him without fear. I know a bold and good- tempeled man, his equal in condition, who had frequent need to visit bum on some Colonial business, but who never entered his office with- out a feeling of apprehension, or left it but in ill-humour. He was perfect at affronting people. Like all very selfish men, he seems to take delight in wounding the self-love of others. His ignorance and conceit, i im rashness and procrastination, with his unbearable rudeness, turned many a friend of the Whig Government into downright ene- mies. I speak advisedly, and will prove the charge if it should be denied by the emasculated Globe. Croak on for your own enjoyment ; but the poor Colonies, and the few in England who care about them, have good reason to illuminate. In Lower Canada, there will certainly be a general illumination. Lord DERIIAM, also, is a wilful man ; but then, mark the difference in other respects. The strength of STANLEY'S Will is in itself admi- rable ; it is hateful only because joined with ignorance, conceit, selfish. -ness, and bigotry. The other is full of the spirit of the age, the spirit of improvement; he forms his own opinions after diligent inquiry, and with due regard to the opinions of other people who may be supposed to understand this or that subject better than himself; he has a generous disposition, for he sympathizes with millions whom he has never seen nor ever will see ; mid those who know him best, allow that he is, for a wilful man, remarkably open to conviction. United with such qua- lities, resolution is an excellent thing. Where there's a will, there's a way. Ile unable to form a good Cabinet, when the time shall be come (it is coming fast) for deciding which House shall make our laws! Nonsense, Mr. Croaker. He will have for colleagues nineteen- twentieths of the nation. We shall all pull together then, except,—that is, against, the " PEEL and (not DAWSON, as the Standard used to say, but the PEEL and) STANLEY crew." No revolution, mind ; no violence ; it shall be a paper war : and thus shall we be saved from that confusion, crash, and ruin, which it would seem that the Greedy-feeble Ministry .desire as much as your melancholy spirit enjoys the prospect of it. Such a prospect there would have been, if STANLEY had been able to command himself us, since he turned out Lord Donnam, he has com- manded Lord GREY. As it is, his vigour may exhaust itself in psalm- singing ; and Lord GREY will be commanded by circumstances. Greedy and feeble, he will cling to place, and deprecate collision, and hesitate between the two Houses, and compromise between right and wrong, and shuffle from side to side, and sneak away at last to Howick, making room for "a gentleman with a heart in his body." The
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