"Last year the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER frittered away his
resources in a number of small remissions, for which hardly
anyone was grateful. This year he squanders the greater
part of his surplus in providing for Free, or--as the phrase
is--Assisted Education--an innovation for which there is
hardly any genuine demand, and which a very large class of the
community, including many of the most loyal supporters of the
Government, view with rooted distrust."--_The Standard_.