We have never yet been told why
this was done;--but we believe that we are justified in
saying that it was managed through the influence of the
member for Tankerville; and we are quite sure that the
public service of the country has thereby been subjected
to grievous injury.
It is hardly our duty to praise any of that very awkward
team of horses which Mr. Gresham drives with an audacity
which may atone for his incapacity if no fearful accident
should be the consequence; but if there be one among them
whom we could trust for steady work up hill, it is Mr.
Bonteen. We were astounded at Mr. Gresham's indiscretion
in announcing the appointment of his new Chancellor of the
Exchequer some weeks before he had succeeded in driving
Mr. Daubeny from office;--but we were not the less glad to
find that the finances of the country were to be entrusted
to the hands of the most competent gentleman whom Mr.
Gresham has induced to follow his fortunes. But Mr.
Phineas Finn, with his female forces, has again
interfered, and Mr.
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