and without his personal qualities; opportunity would have presented itself in vain."—(Machiavelli's Prince, ch. 6.) ·
The most difficult part of the functions of a new prince is, as our author observes, the introduction of new laws; but from the wisdom displayed by Buonaparte in their organization, and the immense military force which was entirely devoted to him, he experienced no obstacles in their formation, and the Code Napoleon passed with less opposition than the most insignificant taxes proposed by the minister in the English house of commons. Buonaparte undoubtedly displayed considerable address on this occasion, but justice demands the avowal that the glory was not exclusively his own. Not to mention others, the Abbé Sieyes, whose political talents are too well known to need any panegyric from my pen; and Charles Maurice Talleyrand Perigord, the Ex-Bishop of Autun, who may be justly denominated
