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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 131, 9 July 1853, Page 9

Accommodating: Principles.—lv one of Sir Robert Walpole's letters he gives a very instructive picture of a skilful Minister and a condescending Parliament. "My dear friend," writes Sir Robert, " there is scarcely a member whose purse I do not know to a sixpence, and whose very soul, almost, I could not purchase at the offer. The reason former ministers have been deceived in this matter is evident—they never considered the temper of the people they had to deal with. I have known a Minister so weak as to offer an avaricious old rascal a star and garter, and attempt to bribe a youngrogue, who set no value upon money, with ;i lucrative employment. I pursue methods as opposite as the poles, and therefore my administration. has been attended with a different effect." "Patriots," says Walpole, '-spring up like mushrooms. I could raise fifty of them within four-and-twenty hours. I have raised many of them in one night, It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or insolent demand, and tip starts a patriot."