[115] ‘On The Hateful Party: probably the Liberal Party of 1833.’ _Lyra Apostolica_, Beeching’s edition, p. 140. But possibly the reference is to the English Reformers, and the poet’s idea that they should be considered serviceable, in a way, to the very spirit of Catholicism which they did their best to destroy. However, the context of Froude’s letter to Keble, going on to mention, as it does, a current political interest as inspiration (not forthcoming) for the next copy of verses, tends to bear out Mr. Beeching’s theory. _Lyra Apostolica_ began as a separate poetic section of _The British Magazine_ in June, 1833. The poem above is an unconscious expansion of S. Augustine’s _Ne putetis gratis esse malos in hoc mundo, et nihil boni de illis agere Deum_. [116] Exactly what this interpretation was is not apparent from Lord Grey’s biographers, nor from his _Letters_. On this ground, he was suspect, after his significant remark in the House of Lords, on May 7, 1832: ‘I do not like, in this free country, to use the word Monarchy.’ [117] Christian Carl Josias, Baron Bunsen, 1791-1860, Minister Plenipotentiary, and German Ambassador to England from 1841-1854. [118] Misread, and misprinted ‘ability’ in the _Remains_. [119] The first audit at Oriel, Mr. Christie being then, as Froude’s successor, Junior Treasurer of the College. [120] Afterwards Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. [121] [All this must not be taken literally, being a jesting way of stating to a friend what really was the fact, viz., that he and another availed themselves of the opportunity of meeting a learned Romanist to ascertain the ultimate points at issue between the Churches.] Note, _Remains_, 1838, i., 306. [122] Newman writes to a friend then out of England, R. F. Wilson, Esq., on Sept. 8 following: ‘… If we look into history, whether in the age of the Apostles, St. Ambrose’s, or St. Becket’s [_sic_], still the people were the fulcrum of the Church’s power. So they may be again. Therefore, expect on your return … to see us all cautious, long-headed, unfeeling, unflinching Radicals.’ Newman, _Letters and Correspondence_, i., 399. [123] The contributors to the _Lyra_ numbered but six, in the end. Mr. Christie is not among them. [124] Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., 1805-1868, an accomplished Oriel man, Fellow of Merton, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., and K.C.B., Governor-General of Canada, author of a _Handbook of the Spanish and French Schools of Painting_, and of various philological and literary essays. Hurrell might have named also a young Mr. Gladstone, late of Christ Church, already eminent in the Oxford academic world and beyond it, who spent a good part of this year, 1832-1833, in Italy.