text:  Vain were the hopes which doubtless he had entertained that as his agitation assumed a bolder form it would provoke formidable demonstrations in England against Ministers and their policy; not a meeting could be got up to petition her Majesty for the dismissal of her Ministers! But it is quite conceivable that Mr O'Connell in the course he was pursuing forgot to consider the possibility of developing a power which might be too great for him which would not be wielded by him but carry _him_ along with _it_