He longed to be at this great work; but his energies were crushed by the opposition of his colleagues.

Sir Gregory thought -- and Sir Warwick, though he hardly gave a firm support to Sir Gregory, would not lend his countenance to Mr.Jobbles--Sir Gregory thought that enough would be done for the present, if they merely provided that every one admitted into the Service should be educated in such a manner as to be fit for any profession or calling under the sun; and that, with this slight proviso, the question of patronage might for the present remain untouched.

'Do you,' he would have said to the great officers of Government, 'appoint whom you like.

In this respect remain quite unfettered.

I, however, I am the St.Peter to whom are confided the keys of the Elysium.