1864.
Ar. 60.

LIFE OF OOBDEN. [oB. xxx7L
this old man at the head can contrive to use all parties for
his own ends. With Gladstone and Gibson for his colleagues,
and with a tacit connivance from a section of the Tories,
there can be no honesty in our party life and little chance
for ridding ourselves of the incubus, excepting with the aid
of Time, which I suppose will enforce a superannuation upon
the old gentlernan some day.
“It would have given me very great enjoyment to have
visited you at your Highland box, but I go quietly among
my children at Dunford during the fine weather, for I always
feel under the liability of being induced to leave home for 8
southern clime in the winter. During the Session I see
little of my young people, and I really think it is as healthful
 as it is pleasant to relax after the turmoil of the House
and the clubs among the minds of children. I remember
bearing Wakley say in the House when O’Connell first
showed symptoms of giving way, that if he would withdraw
from politics and live with his grand-children, he might last
for ten years. But he died in a twelvemonth,”