he inquired, but without genuine interest in the civil administration up the river.

Absorbed in effeminate pleasures, he paid little attention to the internal administration of his empire or to the welfare of his people.

And as "the dislocation of commerce and industry caused by the barbarian inroads, and the increasing demands of the central administration for the payment of its countless officials and the maintenance of its troops, all went together," the load at last became greater "than human nature could endure."

These, though professing no devotion to the interest of others, and little that could be called public spirit, did nevertheless understand that in return for the high rank, the great power, and the liberal remuneration they would enjoy, they were bound to consider primarily the public interest in the performance of their functionsthe right of society to just or at least to carefully legal judgment, and diligent efficient administration.

" The provincial administration was set in working order.

Dramatic copyrights also received protection, and an improvement in the judicial administration was effected.

The soundest maxims of public policy and the principles upon which our republican institutions are founded recommend a proper adaptation of the revenue to the expenditure, and they also require that the expenditure shall be limited to what, by an economical administration, shall be consistent with the simplicity of the Government and necessary to an efficient public service.

Educational administration as social policy.

The converse process has taken place in the case of Lord PORTSMOUTH, who, when he ceased to be a Minister of the Crown, became a bitter critic of successive Administrations.

What they sought was a practical administration of their finances in the interest of the Persian people and nation.

By this spirit of devotion, no less than by his equitable and politic administration, he gained, in a good measure, the affections of his subjects.

If an imperial government was necessary for the existing political and social condition of the Roman world,and this is maintained by most historians,how fortunate it was that the empire fell into the hands of a man whose subsequent policy was peace, the development of resources of nations, and a vigorous administration of government!

This information may console some of our own communities who are labouring under the gnawing and painful disease of a similar corrupt and inefficient administration.

The canons of the holy councils and the Greek ecclesiastical laws, together with the Holy Scriptures, were taken, from the very first, as the basis of all ecclesiastical administration in Russia; and together with them there came into use some portions also of the civil law of the Greeks, through the influence of the Church.

Certainly, if the Jewish colonies are to make progress, they must be relieved of keeping their own police, building their own roads, and the other burdens that fall on them under Ottoman government, and this can only be secured by a better public administration.

The domestic administration of the household and the care of its members require as much talent, intelligence, and discipline as any of the ordinary occupations of men.

There is something, however, far more valuable than propertya fair, honorable, impartial administration of justice; and of the chivalrous race of the south it may be expected that they will do justice, though the heavens fall!

The fact is, as proved by his subsequent administration, he was the ablest man for that post to be found in Italy.

I had added that I was satisfied the more we could avail ourselves of the services of the natives in the fiscal and judicial administration the better, and that all good government must rest upon the village system.

By his report and the accompanying documents it will be seen that the weekly returns of the defaulting officer apparently exhibited throughout a faithful administration of the affairs intrusted to his management.

The means for carrying on the gigantic machinery of centralized administration, and for supporting the court in its follies, were wrung from the groaning peasantry with a cynical indifference like that with which tribute is extorted by barbaric chieftains from a conquered enemy.

By his prudent administration, the nobility of his character, and the moderation of his views, he rapidly gained the hearts of the citizens of Syracusewho had been accustomed to the most scandalous lawlessness in their despotsand of the Sicilian Greeks in general.

It may be thought by some that Manuel acted wisely in centralizing the naval administration of his empire; but the great number, the small size, and the relative position of many of the Greek islands with regard to the prevailing winds render the permanent establishment of naval stations at several points necessary to prevent piracy.

This committee was charged with the municipal administration, under the control of the assembly.

If Theodosius were considered aside from his able administration of the Empire and his patronage of the orthodox leaders of the Church, he would be subject to severe criticism.