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The Reform Bill of 1832, the passing of which entailed much party spirit, has been productive of beneficial effects to the country.

Mark how the blood of Cæsar followed it, As rushing out of doors to be resolved If Brutus so unkindly knocked or no. —Shakspeare.

When first I met thee, warm and young, There shone such truth about thee! And on thy lip such promise hung, I did not dare to doubt thee.—Moore.

Might it not be well for a self-observant person in early life to preserve for the inspection of the old man, if he should live so long, such a mental likeness of the young one.—Locke.

So work the honey bees; Creatures that, by a rule in nature, teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. —Shakspeare.

To the rank red earthy through the gate of death, For the heart that so fain would stay, For the gently child was a pathway wild To the morn of the endless day.—Stewart Ross.

The very martyrs, to whom we owe much of that freedom in which we now rejoice as a cherished birthright, whose memories are dear to every man who is capable of appreciating high principle, patient endurance, unconquerable faith, and by whose humble graves the soil of our country